{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-817.54","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 817.54","heading":"Obtaining of mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, etc., by false representation.","body":"Any person who, with intent to defraud, obtains any mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note or other instrument evidencing a debt from any person or obtains the signature of any person to any mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note or other instrument evidencing a debt by color or aid of fraudulent or false representation or pretenses, or obtains the signature of any person to a mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, or other instrument evidencing a debt, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 63-142; s. 880, ch. 71-136.","path":["CHAPTER 817 FRAUDULENT PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0800-0899/0817/0817.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:14:53Z","sha256":"71ce0ab26c54f6e5162207493abd04cfe378916b9be01efad9fdd326e536cd80","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-817.537","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-817.545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}