Terms Used In Florida Statutes 717.1244

  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Department: means the Department of Financial Services. See Florida Statutes 717.101
In rendering a determination regarding the merits of an unclaimed property claim, the department shall rely on the applicable statutory, regulatory, common, and case law. Agency statements applying the statutory, regulatory, common, and case law to unclaimed property claims are not agency statements subject to s. 120.56(4).