(1) All funds belonging to an insurer or other person received by a sales representative in transactions under his or her license and appointment shall be trust funds so received by such representative in a fiduciary capacity; and the representative, in the applicable regular course of business, shall account for and pay the same to the insurer or other person entitled thereto.
(2) Any sales representative who, not being entitled thereto, diverts or appropriates such funds or any portion thereof to his or her own use commits theft as provided in s. 812.014.
History.—s. 1, ch. 79-103; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 15, 20, 21, ch. 83-278; s. 179, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 92-79; ss. 6, 7, ch. 93-147; s. 497, ch. 97-102; s. 104, ch. 2019-167.