Fla. Stat. 506.20
Filing and recording of marks and brands on field boxes

Any person desiring to avail herself or himself of the benefits of ss. 506.19-506.28, may make application to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and shall file with such department a true copy and description of such identifying mark or brand, which, if entitled thereto under the provisions of ss. 506.19-506.28, shall be filed and recorded by such department in a book to be provided and kept by it for that purpose, and the name of the owner of such brand or mark shall be likewise entered into such record, and such department shall then assign or designate a permanent registered number to the owner of such brand or mark, said number to be assigned progressively as marks and brands are received and recorded, and the registered number so assigned shall then become a part of the registered brand or mark and shall plainly and distinctly be made to appear on such field boxes, pallets, crates, receptacles and containers, together with the identifying mark or brand referred to in s. 506.19 hereof. The department shall determine if such brand or mark so applied for is not a duplication of any brand or mark previously recorded by or with it, or does not so closely resemble the same as to be misleading or deceiving. If the brand or mark applied for does so resemble or is such a duplication of previously recorded brands or marks as to be misleading or deceiving, the application shall be denied and the applicant may file some other brand or mark in the manner described above.

Source: Section 506.20 — Filing and recording of marks and brands on field boxes, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0506.­20 (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

§ 506.20. Filing & recording of marks and brands on field boxes's source at flsenate​.gov