Florida Trucking Company Sales: The Authority Does Not Ride Along
In a Florida trucking company sale, the USDOT number, safety rating, and driver files do not simply transfer — and the trucks themselves can trigger sales tax.
In a Florida trucking company sale, the USDOT number, safety rating, and driver files do not simply transfer — and the trucks themselves can trigger sales tax.
Florida brownfield M&A turns on the DEP Voluntary Cleanup Tax Credit Program. Why VCTC enrollment caps the buyer’s environmental exposure better than a Phase II report alone.
Florida workers comp experience mod under FL § 440 follows the payroll, not the entity. Asset buyers in labor-heavy deals should diligence the NCCI mod 90 days before the LOI to avoid a mid-deal pricing surprise.
Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 reshaped concurrent-representation analysis in M&A — what your engagement letter should say if the same firm represents the entity and the selling founders.
Florida Sunbiz administrative dissolution under FL § 605.0714 is a closing-blocking diligence item — how to pull the lapse history, the reinstatement window, and the contract void-ability risk in an M&A deal.
Fla. Stat. 468.5245 requires board approval before anyone buys or acquires control of a Florida employee leasing company — with one exception worth structuring around.
Florida’s Chapter 714 lets a receiver sell property free and clear of liens — but its scope, owner-consent gate, and finality rules differ sharply from § 363.
A Florida franchise resale has three parties: buyer, seller, and the franchisor whose consent rights control the deal. Fla. Stat. 817.416 is the backstop.
Fla. Stat. 381.986(8)(e) lets an MMTC transfer ownership — but only through a 60-day DOH process, and the buyer inherits the seller’s regulatory record.
A Florida land trust makes the beneficial interest personal property — but s. 201.02(4) taxes its transfer anyway. The diligence and tax map for business buyers.