Unsatisfied final order

Definition

An unpaid board fine blocks the next shop license, and the shop license cannot be bought.

Why It Matters

Florida will not issue or renew a license to any person against whom, or barbershop against which, the board has assessed a fine, interest or costs, until it is paid in full or every term of the final order is satisfied. Read that beside the transfer rule and it becomes the buyer's problem: no shop license may be transferred from the original licensee to another, so a new owner surrenders the old one, files a fresh application and is issued a new license, which is exactly where an outstanding order surfaces. The board keeps a record of its disciplinary proceedings, so the file is readable before closing instead of at the counter. One thing the statute does not settle is worth naming: it says barbershop against which, and never says whether that means the licensed entity or the premises. Pull the file on the shop and on every chair in it.