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Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 717
FLORIDA DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY ACT
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F.S. 717.115
717.115 Wages.—Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder’s business that have not been claimed by the apparent owner for more than 1 year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.
History.—s. 16, ch. 87-105; s. 15, ch. 2001-36; s. 53, ch. 2026-174.