Florida Statutes
§ 618.27 — Use of term “cooperative.”
Florida § 618.27
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Bluebook
Fla. Stat. § 618.27 (2026).
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(1)No person doing business in this state, shall be entitled to use the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title unless it has complied with the provisions of this chapter.
(2)Any person now organized and existing or doing business in this state, and embodying the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate or other business name or title, and which is not organized in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, shall eliminate the word “cooperative” from its said corporate or other business name or title.
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Legislative History
s. 20, ch. 9300, 1923; CGL 6485; s. 20, ch. 14675, 1931; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945.
Nearby Sections
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§ 618.01
Definitions§ 618.02
Who may organize association§ 618.03
Preliminary investigation§ 618.04
Articles of incorporation; fees§ 618.06
Purposes of incorporation§ 618.07
Powers of corporations§ 618.09
Bylaws§ 618.10
Membership of corporation§ 618.11
How meetings called§ 618.12
Directors; election§ 618.13
Officers; election§ 618.15
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Florida § 618.27, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/fl/618.27.