Fla. Stat. 626.99296, read September 2026
Whether the payee must be told to take advice in Florida
What Fla. Stat. 626.99296 says about whether the payee must be told to take advice in Florida, quoted verbatim from Florida Statutes s 626.99296, Transfer of structured settlement payment rights, read September 2026.
- the statute quoted here
- Fla. Stat. 626.99296
- of the statutes read address this question
- 3/5
- the day these pages were read
- 2026-09-11
The statute's own words
independent professional advice concerning a transfer of structured settlement payment rights.
That sentence is the whole of what Fla. Stat. 626.99296 says on this point in the section cited. It is reproduced here for reporting and comment; it is not legal advice, and nothing on this page is our reading of it.
The same question in other jurisdictions
| Jurisdiction | What the statute says |
|---|---|
| Texas | Independent professional advice" means advice of an attorney, certified public accountant, actuary, or other licensed professional adviser.Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Chapter 141, read September 2026 |
| New York | independent professional advice regarding the transfer and has either received such advice or knowingly waived such advice in writing; (d) the transfer does not contravene any applicable statute or the order of any court or other government authority; and (e) is written in plain languageNew York General Obligations Law s 5-1706, read September 2026 |
Side by side, each in its own statute's words. Where two jurisdictions differ, the difference is between the two quotations; it is not our characterisation of either.
Where this comes from
Reproduced from Florida Statutes s 626.99296, Transfer of structured settlement payment rights as it stood on September 2026; the plain text of that page from that day is stored beside the record, so the sentence can be checked against its origin. Across the questions asked here, Fla. Stat. 626.99296 answers 4 and says nothing quotable on 1.
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Fla. Stat. 626.99296 on whether the payee must be told to take advice in Florida: “independent professional advice concerning a transfer of structured settlement payment rights.” (Structured Settlement Compare US Transfer-Law Record).
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