Fla. Stat. 506.19
Protection of owners of marked or branded field boxes or other specified containers; recordation

Any person who owns field boxes, pallets, crates, containers, or receptacles used in the general production, harvesting, packing, transportation, or marketing of fruits or vegetables or their byproducts or used for the storage or transport of agricultural or other commercial goods in this state may adopt for his or her exclusive use and ownership a mark or brand that designates or distinguishes his or her ownership and may identify his or her field boxes, pallets, crates, containers, or receptacles with a mark or brand using initials, symbols, designs, names, or any combination thereof, by plainly and distinctly stamping, stenciling, painting, cutting, etching, or burning the mark or brand into or upon both ends or sides of the field boxes, pallets, crates, receptacles, or containers. For purposes of any court or administrative proceeding, if a copy of the mark or brand is filed and recorded with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to this chapter, the presence of this identifying mark or brand and the required registration number on any field box, pallet, crate, container, or receptacle is prima facie evidence of ownership.

Source: Section 506.19 — Protection of owners of marked or branded field boxes or other specified containers; recordation, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0506.­19 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

506.19
Protection of owners of marked or branded field boxes or other specified containers 506.20
Filing and recording of marks and brands on field boxes 506.21
Filing fee 506.22
Transfer, release, or sale of registered mark or brand 506.23
Application of law 506.24
Unauthorized possession of field boxes or other specified containers 506.25
Alteration or obliteration of marks or brands on field boxes or other specified containers 506.26
Purchase of marked field boxes or other specified containers from one other than owner 506.27
Refusal to deliver marked field boxes or other specified containers to owner upon demand 506.28
Sending marked field boxes or other specified containers out of state 506.265
Purchase of plastic bulk merchandise containers 506.501
Carts, Cases, Baskets, Boxes, and Containers Act 506.502
Definitions 506.503
Shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, and bakery containers 506.505
Egg baskets 506.506
Poultry boxes 506.507
Bakery containers 506.508
Illegal use of dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 506.509
Possession of shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 506.511
Transportation of dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 506.513
Illegal use of shopping carts and laundry carts 506.514
Unlawful removal of dairy cases 506.515
Unlawful removal of egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 506.517
Deposits 506.518
Penalty 506.519
Scope of ss 506.5131
Return of shopping carts

Current through Fall 2025

§ 506.19. Protection of owners of marked or branded field boxes or other specified containers; recordation's source at flsenate​.gov