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Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 201
Excise Tax On Documents
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Section 201.20, Florida Statutes 2000

201.20  Penalties for illegally avoiding tax on notes.--Any person using the provisions of s. 201.09 to avoid the payment of any tax justly due is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.--s. 4, ch. 19068, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 7473(7a); s. 107, ch. 71-136; s. 4, ch. 71-344; s. 67, ch. 87-6; s. 40, ch. 87-101; s. 14, ch. 91-224.