Florida Statutes Chapter 509 — LODGING AND FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS; MEMBERSHIP CAMPGROUNDS

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XXXIII

• § 509.013 — Definitions.
• § 509.032 — Duties.
• § 509.034 — Application.
• § 509.035 — Immediate closure due to severe public health threat.
• § 509.036 — Public food service inspector standardization.
• § 509.039 — Food service manager certification.
• § 509.049 — Food service employee training.
• § 509.072 — Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund; collection and disposition of moneys received.
• § 509.091 — Notices; form and service.
• § 509.092 — Public lodging establishments and public food service establishments; rights as private enterprises.
• § 509.095 — Accommodations at public lodging establishments for individuals with a valid military identification card.
• § 509.096 — Human trafficking awareness training and policies for public lodging establishments; enforcement.
• § 509.098 — Prohibition of hourly rates.
• § 509.101 — Establishment rules; posting of notice; food service inspection report; maintenance of guest register; mobile food dispensing vehicle registry.
• § 509.102 — Mobile food dispensing vehicles; temporary commercial kitchens; preemption.
• § 509.103 — Food delivery platforms.
• § 509.105 — Third-party reservation platforms prohibited; public food service establishments.
• § 509.111 — Liability for property of guests.
• § 509.141 — Refusal of admission and ejection of undesirable guests; notice; procedure; penalties for refusal to leave.
• § 509.142 — Conduct on premises; refusal of service.
• § 509.143 — Disorderly conduct on the premises of an establishment; detention; arrest; immunity from liability.
• § 509.144 — Prohibited handbill distribution in a public lodging establishment; penalties.
• § 509.151 — Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud; penalty.
• § 509.161 — Rules of evidence in prosecutions.
• § 509.162 — Theft of personal property; detaining and arrest of violator; theft by employee.
• § 509.191 — Unclaimed property.
• § 509.2015 — Telephone surcharges by public lodging establishments.
• § 509.211 — Safety regulations.
• § 509.2112 — Public lodging establishments three stories or more in height; inspection rules.
• § 509.213 — Emergency first aid to choking victims.
• § 509.214 — Notification of automatic operations charge and public food service establishment receipts.
• § 509.215 — Firesafety.
• § 509.2151 — Dining facility firesafety requirement limitation.
• § 509.221 — Sanitary regulations.
• § 509.232 — School carnivals and fairs; exemption from certain food service regulations.
• § 509.233 — Public food service establishment requirements; local exemption for dogs in designated outdoor portions.
• § 509.241 — Licenses required; exceptions; division online accounts and transactions.
• § 509.242 — Public lodging establishments; classifications.
• § 509.251 — License fees.
• § 509.261 — Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; procedure.
• § 509.271 — Prerequisite for issuance of municipal or county occupational license.
• § 509.281 — Prosecution for violation; duty of state attorney; penalties.
• § 509.285 — Enforcement; city and county officers to assist.
• § 509.291 — Advisory council.
• § 509.292 — Misrepresenting food or food product; penalty.
• § 509.302 — Hospitality Education Program.
• § 509.4005 — Applicability of ss. 509.401-509.417.
• § 509.401 — Operator’s right to lockout.
• § 509.402 — Operator’s right to recover premises.
• § 509.403 — Operator’s writ of distress.
• § 509.404 — Writ of distress; venue and jurisdiction.
• § 509.405 — Complaint; requirements.
• § 509.406 — Prejudgment writ of distress.
• § 509.407 — Writ of distress; levy of writ.
• § 509.408 — Prejudgment writ; form; return.
• § 509.409 — Writ; inventory.
• § 509.411 — Exemptions from writ of distress.
• § 509.412 — Writ; claims by third persons.
• § 509.413 — Judgment for plaintiff when goods not delivered to defendant.
• § 509.414 — Judgment for plaintiff when goods retained by or redelivered to defendant.
• § 509.415 — Judgment for defendant when goods are retained by or redelivered to the defendant.
• § 509.416 — Judgment for defendant when goods are not retained by or redelivered to the defendant.
• § 509.417 — Writ; sale of property distrained.
• § 509.501 — Short title.
• § 509.502 — Definitions.
• § 509.503 — Membership camping contracts.
• § 509.504 — Cancellation.
• § 509.505 — Required disclosures.
• § 509.506 — Trust accounts.
• § 509.507 — Advertising; disclosures; unlawful acts.
• § 509.508 — Prize and gift promotional offers.
• § 509.509 — Purchasers’ remedies.
• § 509.510 — Violation of the Florida Membership Campground Act; exception.
• § 509.511 — Violation; Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
• § 509.512 — Timeshare plan developer and exchange company exemption.