Florida criminal practice
Florida Criminal Statutes & Criminal Code, grouped and source-linked.
A clean entry point to the substantive Florida criminal code for state and county defense work, every charge linked to the official Florida Legislature text. Built for the way a case is actually charged, not the way the statute book is numbered.
Often searched as the “Florida penal code” or “Florida criminal code”, the state's crimes are codified in Title XLVI of the Florida Statutes — chapters 775 through 896 — and grouped here by how a case is actually charged.
Florida criminal statutes · quick reference
Florida criminal charges, grouped and source-linked.
The 630 substantive Florida criminal statutes most relevant to a state defense practice, across 22 offense chapters, from assault and battery through homicide, weapons, sex offenses, fraud, and the penalty framework, grouped by offense category. Each entry links to the official Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) text for the full, current statute. The short description shown is the statute's own catchline, reproduced verbatim.
The traffic code (chapter 316, including DUI §316.193) is covered separately, see the Florida DUI & criminal traffic offenses reference. The evidence rules (chapter 90, hearsay, privileges, impeachment, character) live in the Florida Evidence Code → reference. Always open the official link for the full, controlling text, this index is a navigation aid, not legal advice.
630 statutes
Assault & Battery Ch. 784
↑ Top- §784.011Assault.
- §784.021Aggravated assault.
- §784.03Battery; felony battery.
- §784.031Battery by strangulation.
- §784.041Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation.
- §784.045Aggravated battery.
- §784.046Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; dating violence investigations, notice to victims, and reporting; pretrial release violations; public records exemption.
- §784.047Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.
- §784.048Stalking; definitions; penalties.
- §784.0485Stalking; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement.
- §784.0487Violation of an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalking.
- §784.049Sexual cyberharassment.
- §784.0493Harassment or intimidation based on religious or ethnic heritage.
- §784.0495Mob intimidation.
- §784.05Culpable negligence.
- §784.062Misuse of laser lighting devices.
- §784.07Assault or battery of law enforcement officers and other specified personnel; reclassification of offenses; minimum sentences.
- §784.071Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer; missing while in line of duty; blue alert.
- §784.074Assault or battery on sexually violent predators detention or commitment facility staff; reclassification of offenses.
- §784.075Battery on detention or commitment facility staff or a juvenile probation officer.
- §784.076Battery on health services personnel.
- §784.078Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
- §784.08Assault or battery on persons 65 years of age or older; reclassification of offenses; minimum sentence.
- §784.081Assault or battery on specified officials or employees; reclassification of offenses.
- §784.082Assault or battery by a person who is being detained in a prison, jail, or other detention facility upon visitor or other detainee; reclassification of offenses.
- §784.083Assault or battery on code inspectors.
- §784.085Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
- §784.086Reproductive battery.
Burglary & Trespass Ch. 810
↑ Top- §810.011Definitions.
- §810.015Legislative findings and intent; burglary.
- §810.02Burglary.
- §810.06Possession of burglary tools.
- §810.061Impairing or impeding telephone or power to a dwelling; facilitating or furthering a burglary; penalty.
- §810.07Prima facie evidence of intent.
- §810.08Trespass in structure or conveyance.
- §810.09Trespass on property other than structure or conveyance.
- §810.095Trespass on school property with firearm or other weapon prohibited.
- §810.097Trespass upon grounds or facilities of a school; penalties; arrest.
- §810.0975School safety zones; definition; trespass prohibited; penalty.
- §810.098Trespass for the purpose of threatening or intimidating another person.
- §810.10Posted land; removing notices unlawful; penalty.
- §810.11Placing signs adjacent to highways; penalty.
- §810.115Breaking or injuring fences.
- §810.12Unauthorized entry on land; prima facie evidence of trespass.
- §810.125Injury to certain trespassers on agricultural land; recovery limited.
- §810.13Cave vandalism and related offenses.
- §810.14Voyeurism prohibited; penalties.
- §810.145Digital voyeurism.
- §810.15Residential picketing.
Theft, Robbery & Property Crimes Ch. 812
↑ Top- §812.005Short title.
- §812.012Definitions.
- §812.014Theft.
- §812.0145Theft from persons 65 years of age or older; reclassification of offenses.
- §812.0147Unlawful possession or use of a fifth wheel.
- §812.015Retail and farm theft; transit fare evasion; mandatory fine; alternative punishment; detention and arrest; exemption from liability for false arrest; resisting arrest; penalties.
- §812.0151Retail fuel theft.
- §812.0155Driver license suspension as an alternative sentence for a person under 18 years of age.
- §812.016Possession of altered property.
- §812.017Use of a fraudulently obtained or false receipt.
- §812.019Dealing in stolen property.
- §812.0191Dealing in property paid for in whole or in part by the Medicaid program.
- §812.0195Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet.
- §812.022Evidence of theft or dealing in stolen property.
- §812.025Charging theft and dealing in stolen property.
- §812.028Defenses precluded.
- §812.032Supplemental fine.
- §812.035Civil remedies; limitation on civil and criminal actions.
- §812.037Construction of ss. 812.012 - 812.037 .
- §812.052Certain purchases prohibited.
- §812.055Physical inspection of junkyards, scrap metal processing plants, salvage yards, licensed motor vehicle or vessel dealers, repair shops, parking lots, public garages, towing and storage facilities.
- §812.061Larceny; return of property to owner; procedure.
- §812.062Notification to owner and law enforcement agency initiating stolen motor vehicle report upon recovery of stolen vehicle.
- §812.081Theft of or trafficking in trade secrets; definitions; penalties; providing to foreign entities; restitution.
- §812.13Robbery.
- §812.131Robbery by sudden snatching.
- §812.133Carjacking.
- §812.135Home-invasion robbery.
- §812.136Mail theft.
- §812.14Trespass and larceny with relation to utility fixtures; theft of utility services.
- §812.141Offenses involving critical infrastructure; improper tampering; civil remedies; trespass on critical infrastructure; computer offenses involving critical infrastructure.
- §812.145Theft of copper or other nonferrous metals.
- §812.146Civil liability of owner of metal property.
- §812.15Unauthorized reception of communications services; penalties.
- §812.155Hiring, leasing, or obtaining personal property or equipment with the intent to defraud; failing to return hired or leased personal property or equipment; rules of evidence.
- §812.16Operating chop shops; definitions; penalties; restitution; forfeiture.
- §812.1701Short title.
- §812.171Definition.
- §812.172Intent.
- §812.1725Preemption.
- §812.173Convenience business security.
- §812.174Training of employees.
- §812.175Enforcement; civil fine.
- §812.176Rulemaking authority.
Drug Offenses Ch. 893
↑ Top- §893.01Short title.
- §893.015Statutory references.
- §893.02Definitions.
- §893.03Standards and schedules.
- §893.0301Death resulting from apparent drug overdose; reporting requirements.
- §893.031Industrial exceptions to controlled substance scheduling.
- §893.033Listed chemicals.
- §893.035Control of new substances; findings of fact; delegation of authority to Attorney General to control substances by rule.
- §893.0355Control of scheduled substances; delegation of authority to Attorney General to reschedule substance, or delete substance, by rule.
- §893.0356Control of new substances; findings of fact; “controlled substance analog” defined.
- §893.04Pharmacist and practitioner.
- §893.05Practitioners and persons administering controlled substances in their absence.
- §893.055Prescription drug monitoring program.
- §893.0551Public records exemption for the prescription drug monitoring program.
- §893.06Distribution of controlled substances; order forms; labeling and packaging requirements.
- §893.065Counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V.
- §893.07Records.
- §893.08Exceptions.
- §893.09Enforcement.
- §893.10Burden of proof; photograph or video recording of evidence.
- §893.101Legislative findings and intent.
- §893.105Testing and destruction of seized substances.
- §893.11Suspension, revocation, and reinstatement of business and professional licenses.
- §893.12Contraband; seizure, forfeiture, sale.
- §893.13Prohibited acts; penalties.
- §893.131Distribution of controlled substances resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury.
- §893.132Dangerous fentanyl exposure of first responder resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury.
- §893.135Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking.
- §893.1351Ownership, lease, rental, or possession for trafficking in or manufacturing a controlled substance.
- §893.138Local administrative action to abate certain activities declared public nuisances.
- §893.145“Drug paraphernalia” defined.
- §893.146Determination of paraphernalia.
- §893.147Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials.
- §893.149Unlawful possession of listed chemical.
- §893.1495Retail sale of ephedrine and related compounds.
- §893.15Rehabilitation.
- §893.165County alcohol and other drug abuse treatment or education trust funds.
- §893.20Continuing criminal enterprise.
- §893.21Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from arrest, charge, prosecution, and penalization.
- §893.30Controlled substance safety education and awareness.
Obstructing Justice (Resisting an Officer) Ch. 843
↑ Top- §843.01Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse.
- §843.02Resisting officer without violence to his or her person.
- §843.021Unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key.
- §843.025Depriving officer of means of protection or communication.
- §843.03Obstruction by disguised person.
- §843.04Refusing to assist prison officers in arresting escaped convicts.
- §843.05Resisting timber agent.
- §843.06Neglect or refusal to aid peace officers.
- §843.08False personation.
- §843.081Prohibited use of certain lights; penalty.
- §843.085Unlawful use of badges or other indicia of authority.
- §843.0855Criminal actions under color of law or through use of simulated legal process.
- §843.09Escape through voluntary action of officer.
- §843.10Escape by negligence of officer.
- §843.11Conveying tools into jail to aid escape; forcible rescue.
- §843.12Aiding escape.
- §843.13Aiding escape of juvenile inmates of correctional institutions.
- §843.14Compounding felony.
- §843.15Failure of defendant on bail to appear.
- §843.16Unlawful to install or transport radio equipment using assigned frequency of state or law enforcement officers; definitions; exceptions; penalties.
- §843.165Unauthorized transmissions to and interference with governmental and associated radio frequencies prohibited; penalties; exceptions.
- §843.167Unlawful use of police communications; enhanced penalties.
- §843.17Publishing name and address of law enforcement officer.
- §843.18Boats; fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.
- §843.19Offenses against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses.
- §843.20Harassment of participant of neighborhood crime watch program prohibited; penalty; definitions.
- §843.21Depriving crime victim of medical care.
- §843.22Traveling across county lines with intent to commit a burglary.
- §843.23Tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
- §843.31Approaching a first responder with specified intent after a warning.
Weapons & Firearms Ch. 790
↑ Top- §790.001Definitions.
- §790.01Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms.
- §790.013Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms without a license.
- §790.015Nonresidents; reciprocity.
- §790.02Officer to arrest without warrant and upon probable cause.
- §790.051Exemption from licensing requirements; law enforcement officers.
- §790.052Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law enforcement officers.
- §790.053Open carrying of weapons.
- §790.054Prohibited use of self-defense weapon or device against law enforcement officer; penalties.
- §790.06License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm.
- §790.0601Public records exemption for concealed weapons.
- §790.061Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure provisions.
- §790.062Members and veterans of United States Armed Forces; exceptions from licensure provisions.
- §790.0625Appointment of tax collectors to accept applications for a concealed weapon or firearm license; fees; penalties.
- §790.064Firearm possession and firearm ownership disability.
- §790.065Sale and delivery of firearms.
- §790.0655Purchase and delivery of firearms; mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.
- §790.07Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weapons.
- §790.08Taking possession of weapons and arms; reports; disposition; custody.
- §790.09Manufacturing or selling metallic knuckles.
- §790.10Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms.
- §790.115Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions.
- §790.15Discharging firearm in public or on residential property.
- §790.151Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substances; penalties.
- §790.153Tests for impairment or intoxication; right to refuse.
- §790.155Blood test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable force.
- §790.157Presumption of impairment; testing methods.
- §790.16Discharging machine guns; penalty.
- §790.161Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties.
- §790.1612Authorization for governmental manufacture, possession, and use of destructive devices.
- §790.1615Unlawful throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging of destructive device or bomb that results in injury to another; penalty.
- §790.162Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty.
- §790.163False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner; penalty.
- §790.164False reports concerning planting a bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction in, or committing arson against, state-owned property, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner; penalty; reward.
- §790.165Planting of “hoax bomb” prohibited; penalties.
- §790.166Manufacture, possession, sale, delivery, display, use, or attempted or threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction or hoax weapon of mass destruction prohibited; definitions; penalties.
- §790.169Juvenile offenders; release of names and addresses.
- §790.17Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms to minors under 18 years of age prohibited.
- §790.173Legislative findings and intent.
- §790.174Safe storage of firearms required.
- §790.175Transfer or sale of firearms; required warnings; penalties.
- §790.18Sale or transfer of arms to minors by dealers.
- §790.19Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupied; vessels, aircraft, buses, railroad cars, streetcars, or other vehicles.
- §790.22Use of BB guns, air or gas-operated guns, or electric weapons or devices by minor under 16; limitation; possession of firearms by minor under 18 prohibited; penalties.
- §790.221Possession of short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun; penalty.
- §790.222Bump-fire stocks prohibited.
- §790.225Ballistic self-propelled knives; unlawful to manufacture, sell, or possess; forfeiture; penalty.
- §790.23Felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices unlawful.
- §790.233Possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when person is subject to an injunction against committing acts of domestic violence, stalking, or cyberstalking; penalties.
- §790.235Possession of firearm or ammunition by violent career criminal unlawful; penalty.
- §790.24Report of medical treatment of certain wounds; penalty for failure to report.
- §790.25Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other weapons.
- §790.251Protection of the right to keep and bear arms in motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes; prohibited acts; duty of public and private employers; immunity from liability; enforcement.
- §790.256Public service announcements.
- §790.27Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibited; penalties.
- §790.29Paramilitary training; teaching or participation prohibited.
- §790.31Armor-piercing or exploding ammunition or dragon’s breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells prohibited.
- §790.33Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted.
- §790.331Prohibition of civil actions against firearms or ammunition manufacturers, firearms trade associations, firearms or ammunition distributors, or firearms or ammunition dealers.
- §790.333Sport shooting and training range protection; liability; claims, expenses, and fees; penalties; preemption; construction.
- §790.335Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records.
- §790.336Lists, records, or registries to be destroyed.
- §790.338Medical privacy concerning firearms; prohibitions; penalties; exceptions.
- §790.401Risk protection orders.
Justifiable Use of Force (Self-Defense) Ch. 776
↑ Top- §776.012Use or threatened use of force in defense of person.
- §776.013Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.
- §776.031Use or threatened use of force in defense of property.
- §776.032Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use or threatened use of force.
- §776.041Use or threatened use of force by aggressor.
- §776.05Law enforcement officers; use of force in making an arrest.
- §776.051Use or threatened use of force in resisting arrest or making an arrest or in the execution of a legal duty; prohibition.
- §776.06Deadly force by a law enforcement or correctional officer.
- §776.07Use of force to prevent escape.
- §776.08Forcible felony.
- §776.085Defense to civil action for damages; party convicted of forcible or attempted forcible felony.
- §776.09Retention of records pertaining to persons found to be acting in lawful self-defense; expunction of criminal history records.
Homicide Ch. 782
↑ Top- §782.02Justifiable use of deadly force.
- §782.03Excusable homicide.
- §782.035Abrogation of common-law rule of evidence known as “year-and-a-day rule.”
- §782.04Murder.
- §782.051Attempted felony murder.
- §782.065Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional officer, correctional probation officer.
- §782.07Manslaughter; aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult; aggravated manslaughter of a child; aggravated manslaughter of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, or a paramedic.
- §782.071Vehicular homicide.
- §782.072Vessel homicide.
- §782.08Assisting self-murder.
- §782.081Commercial exploitation of self-murder.
- §782.09Killing of unborn child by injury to mother.
- §782.11Unnecessary killing to prevent unlawful act.
- §782.30Short title.
- §782.32Definitions.
- §782.34Partial-birth abortion.
- §782.36Exceptions.
Fraudulent Practices Ch. 817
↑ Top- §817.011Definition.
- §817.02Obtaining property by false personation.
- §817.021False information to obtain a seaport security identification card.
- §817.025Home or private business invasion by false personation; penalties.
- §817.03Making false statement to obtain property or credit or to detain real property.
- §817.031Making false statements; venue of prosecution.
- §817.0311Fraudulent sale or lease of real property.
- §817.032Information available to identity theft victims.
- §817.034Florida Communications Fraud Act.
- §817.0345Prohibition of fraudulent marketing practices.
- §817.037Fraudulent refunds.
- §817.05False statements to merchants as to financial condition.
- §817.06Misleading advertisements prohibited; penalty.
- §817.061Misleading solicitation of payments prohibited.
- §817.08Receiving money or property upon false promises of services as seaman or sponge fisher.
- §817.091Fraudulent use of gift cards.
- §817.11Obtaining property by fraudulent promise to furnish inside information.
- §817.14Procuring assignments of produce upon false representations.
- §817.15False entries in books of business entity.
- §817.155Matters within jurisdiction of Department of State; false, fictitious, or fraudulent acts, statements, and representations prohibited; penalty; statute of limitations.
- §817.16False reports, etc., by officers of banks, trust companies, etc., with intent to defraud.
- §817.17Wrongful use of city, county, or other political subdivision name.
- §817.18Wrongful marking with a city, county, or other political subdivision name.
- §817.19Fraudulent issue of stock certificate or indicia of membership interest.
- §817.20Issuing stock or obligation of corporation beyond authorized amount.
- §817.21Books to be evidence in such cases.
- §817.22Making false invoice to defraud insurer.
- §817.23Making false affidavit to defraud insurer.
- §817.233Burning to defraud the insurer.
- §817.234False and fraudulent insurance claims.
- §817.2341False or misleading statements or supporting documents; penalty.
- §817.235Personal property; removing or altering identification marks.
- §817.236False and fraudulent motor vehicle insurance application.
- §817.2361False or fraudulent proof of motor vehicle insurance.
- §817.24Unlawful to add or alter or deface existing brand.
- §817.25Fraudulently marking or branding.
- §817.26Fraudulently changing marks on animal.
- §817.265False or fraudulent proof of need for an emotional support animal.
- §817.28Fraudulent obtaining of property by gaming.
- §817.29Cheating.
- §817.30Punishment for unlawful use of badge of certain orders and organizations.
- §817.31Unlawful use of insignia of American Legion; penalty.
- §817.311Unlawful use of badges, etc.
- §817.312Unlawful use of uniforms, medals, or insignia.
- §817.32Fraudulent operation of coin-operated devices.
- §817.33Manufacture, etc., of slugs to be used in coin-operated devices prohibited.
- §817.34False entries and statements by investment companies offering stock or security for sale.
- §817.35Sale of cemetery lots or mausoleum space; promises.
- §817.355Fraudulent creation or possession of admission ticket.
- §817.357Purchase of tickets.
- §817.36Resale of tickets.
- §817.361Sale or transfer of multiuse tickets.
- §817.37Touting; defining; providing punishment; ejection from racetracks.
- §817.38Simulated process.
- §817.39Simulated forms of court or legal process, or official seal or stationery; publication, sale or circulation unlawful; penalty.
- §817.40False, misleading and deceptive advertising and sales; definitions.
- §817.41Misleading advertising prohibited.
- §817.411False information; advertising.
- §817.4115False, deceptive, or misleading advertisement of live musical performances.
- §817.412Sale of used goods as new; penalty.
- §817.413Sale of used motor vehicle goods as new; penalty.
- §817.414Sale of counterfeit security signs and decals.
- §817.415Florida Free Gift Advertising Law.
- §817.416Franchises and distributorships; misrepresentations.
- §817.417Government Impostor and Deceptive Advertisements Act.
- §817.418Offering for sale or advertising personal protective equipment with intent to defraud.
- §817.43Exemption.
- §817.44Intentional false advertising prohibited.
- §817.45Penalty.
- §817.47Insurance advertising exempt.
- §817.481Credit or purchases; obtaining illicitly.
- §817.482Possessing or transferring device for theft of telecommunications service; concealment of destination of telecommunications service.
- §817.4821Cellular telephone counterfeiting offenses.
- §817.483Transmission or publication of information regarding schemes, devices, means, or methods for theft of communication services.
- §817.484Obtaining telephone calling records by fraudulent means prohibited.
- §817.487Telephone caller identification systems.
- §817.49False reports of commission of crimes; penalty.
- §817.50Fraudulently obtaining goods or services from a health care provider; false reports of a communicable disease.
- §817.504Offering or advertising a vaccine with intent to defraud.
- §817.505Patient brokering prohibited; exceptions; penalties.
- §817.51Obtaining groceries, retail poultry, dairy, bakery, and other retail products; intent to defraud.
- §817.52Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud, failing to return hired vehicle, or tampering with mileage device of hired vehicle.
- §817.53False charges for radio and television repairs and parts; penalty.
- §817.535Unlawful filing of false documents or records against real or personal property.
- §817.54Obtaining of mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, etc., by false representation.
- §817.545Mortgage fraud.
- §817.55Tourist attraction advertisement; misleading use of the word “free.”
- §817.554Fraudulently offering for sale tour or travel-related services.
- §817.558Water-treatment devices.
- §817.561Violations may be enjoined.
- §817.5615Marks required on optical discs; prohibited acts; penalties.
- §817.562Fraud involving a security interest.
- §817.5621Unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle.
- §817.563Controlled substance named or described in s. 893.03; sale of substance in lieu thereof.
- §817.564Imitation controlled substances defined; possession and distribution prohibited.
- §817.565Urine testing, fraudulent practices; penalties.
- §817.5655Unlawful use of DNA; penalties; exceptions.
- §817.566Misrepresentation of association with, or academic standing at, postsecondary educational institution.
- §817.568Criminal use of personal identification information.
- §817.5685Unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another person.
- §817.569Criminal use of a public record or public records information; providing false information; penalties.
- §817.5695Exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older.
- §817.57Short title.
- §817.58Definitions.
- §817.59False statement as to financial condition or identity.
- §817.60Theft; obtaining credit card through fraudulent means.
- §817.61Fraudulent use of credit cards.
- §817.611Traffic in or possess counterfeit credit cards.
- §817.612Expired or revoked credit cards.
- §817.62Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services.
- §817.625Use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder to defraud; possession of skimming device; penalties.
- §817.631Possession and transfer of credit-card-making equipment.
- §817.64Receipt of money, etc., obtained by fraudulent use of credit cards.
- §817.645Alteration of credit card invoice; penalties.
- §817.646Credit card lists prohibited; penalty.
- §817.65Defenses not available.
- §817.66Presumptions.
- §817.67Penalties.
- §817.68Part II not exclusive.
- §817.685Credit card transaction records.
- §817.7001Definitions.
- §817.7005Prohibited acts.
- §817.701Surety bonds; exemption.
- §817.702Statement to buyer.
- §817.703Information statement.
- §817.704Provisions of contract.
- §817.705Waivers; burden of proof; penalties.
- §817.706Actions for damages.
- §817.801Definitions.
- §817.802Unlawful fees and costs.
- §817.803Exceptions.
- §817.804Requirements; disclosure and financial reporting.
- §817.805Disbursement of funds.
- §817.806Violations.
Abuse of Elderly & Disabled Adults Ch. 825
↑ Top- §825.101Definitions.
- §825.102Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult; penalties.
- §825.1025Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person or disabled person.
- §825.103Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult; penalties.
- §825.1035Injunction for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
- §825.1036Violation of an injunction for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
- §825.104Knowledge of victim’s age.
- §825.105Good faith assistance.
- §825.106Criminal actions involving elderly persons or disabled adults; speedy trial.
Abuse of Children Ch. 827
↑ Top- §827.01Definitions.
- §827.03Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties.
- §827.035Infants.
- §827.04Contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child; penalty.
- §827.06Nonsupport of dependents.
- §827.071Sexual performance by a child; child pornography; penalties.
- §827.072Generated child pornography.
- §827.08Misuse of child support money.
- §827.10Unlawful desertion of a child.
- §827.11Exposing children to an adult live performance.
Arson & Criminal Mischief Ch. 806
↑ Top- §806.01Arson.
- §806.031Arson resulting in injury to another; penalty.
- §806.10Preventing or obstructing extinguishment of fire.
- §806.101False alarms of fires.
- §806.111Fire bombs.
- §806.13Criminal mischief; penalties; penalty for minor.
- §806.135Destroying or demolishing a memorial or historic property.
- §806.14Art works in public buildings; willful damage; unauthorized removal; penalties.
Kidnapping & False Imprisonment Ch. 787
↑ Top- §787.001Victim’s age; ignorance and misrepresentation not defenses.
- §787.01Kidnapping; kidnapping of child under age 13, aggravating circumstances.
- §787.02False imprisonment; false imprisonment of child under age 13, aggravating circumstances.
- §787.025Luring or enticing a child.
- §787.03Interference with custody.
- §787.035Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations.
- §787.04Removing minors from state or concealing minors contrary to state agency order or court order.
- §787.06Human trafficking.
- §787.061Civil actions by victims of human trafficking.
- §787.07Human smuggling.
- §787.29Human trafficking public awareness signs.
- §787.30Employing persons under the age of 21 years in adult entertainment establishments prohibited.
Lewd & Lascivious Offenses Ch. 800
↑ Top- §800.02Unnatural and lascivious act.
- §800.03Exposure of sexual organs.
- §800.04Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age.
- §800.045Lewd or lascivious images; penalties.
- §800.05Forfeiture of retirement benefits for a felony defined in s. 800.04.
- §800.09Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an employee.
- §800.101Offenses against students by authority figures.
Sexual Battery Ch. 794
↑ Top- §794.005Legislative findings and intent as to basic charge of sexual battery.
- §794.011Sexual battery.
- §794.0115Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing.
- §794.0116Sexual offenses by persons previously convicted of sexual offenses.
- §794.02Common-law presumption relating to age abolished.
- §794.021Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.
- §794.022Rules of evidence.
- §794.023Sexual battery by multiple perpetrators; reclassification of offenses.
- §794.0235Administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to persons convicted of sexual battery.
- §794.024Unlawful to disclose identifying information.
- §794.026Civil right of action for communicating the identity of a sexual crime victim.
- §794.027Duty to report sexual battery; penalties.
- §794.03Unlawful to publish or broadcast information identifying sexual offense victim.
- §794.05Unlawful sexual activity with certain minors.
- §794.051Indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching of certain minors.
- §794.052Sexual battery; notification of victim’s rights and services.
- §794.053Lewd or lascivious written solicitation of certain minors.
- §794.055Access to services for victims of sexual battery.
- §794.056Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.
- §794.075Sexual predators; erectile dysfunction drugs.
- §794.08Female genital mutilation.
- §794.09Forfeiture of retirement benefits.
Forgery & Counterfeiting Ch. 831
↑ Top- §831.01Forgery.
- §831.02Uttering forged instruments.
- §831.025Evidence in prosecution for forgery or counterfeiting.
- §831.03Forging or counterfeiting private labels; definitions.
- §831.031Evidence.
- §831.032Offenses involving forging or counterfeiting private labels.
- §831.033Forging or counterfeiting private labels; destruction; forfeiture.
- §831.034Prosecutions.
- §831.04Penalty for changing or forging certain instruments of writing.
- §831.06Fictitious signature of officer of corporation.
- §831.07Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes.
- §831.08Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or drafts.
- §831.09Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notes.
- §831.10Second conviction of uttering forged bills.
- §831.11Bringing into the state forged bank bills, checks, drafts, or notes.
- §831.12Fraudulently connecting parts of genuine instrument.
- §831.13Having in possession uncurrent bills.
- §831.14Uttering uncurrent bills.
- §831.15Counterfeiting coin; having 10 or more such coins in possession with intent to utter.
- §831.16Having fewer than 10 counterfeit coins in possession with intent to utter.
- §831.17Violation of s. 831.16; second or subsequent conviction.
- §831.18Making or possessing instruments for forging bills.
- §831.19Making or having instruments for counterfeiting coin.
- §831.20Counterfeit bills and counterfeiters’ tools to be seized.
- §831.21Forging or counterfeiting doctor’s certificate of examination.
- §831.22Damaging bank bills.
- §831.23Impeding circulation.
- §831.24Issuing shop bills similar to bank notes.
- §831.25Bringing private bills similar to bank bills into the state.
- §831.26Circulating any substitute for regular currency.
- §831.27Issuing notes.
- §831.28Counterfeiting a payment instrument; possessing a counterfeit payment instrument; penalties.
- §831.29Making or having instruments and material for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards.
- §831.30Medicinal drugs; fraud in obtaining.
- §831.31Counterfeit controlled substance; sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver.
- §831.311Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances.
Perjury & False Statements Ch. 837
↑ Top- §837.011Definitions.
- §837.012Perjury when not in an official proceeding.
- §837.02Perjury in official proceedings.
- §837.021Perjury by contradictory statements.
- §837.05False reports to law enforcement authorities.
- §837.055False information to law enforcement during investigation.
- §837.06False official statements.
- §837.07Recantation as a defense.
Loitering, Prowling & Public Order Ch. 856
↑ TopDisorderly Conduct & Miscellaneous Crimes Ch. 877
↑ Top- §877.01Instigation of litigation; penalty.
- §877.02Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty.
- §877.03Breach of the peace; disorderly conduct.
- §877.05Killing young veal for sale; penalty; exception.
- §877.06Labeling of beef not slaughtered according to state or United States standards; enforcement; penalty.
- §877.061Marketing establishments; maintenance of scales.
- §877.08Coin-operated vending machines and parking meters; defined; prohibited acts, penalties.
- §877.09Tampering with or damaging sewer systems.
- §877.10Real property; dual contracts prohibited.
- §877.101Escrow business by unauthorized persons; use of name.
- §877.111Inhalation, ingestion, possession, sale, purchase, or transfer of harmful chemical substances; penalties.
- §877.13Educational institutions or school boards; penalty for disruption.
- §877.14Merchandising of dogs; required records; penalty for violation.
- §877.15Failure to control or report dangerous fire.
- §877.155Report of initial treatment of burn injuries; penalty for failure to report.
- §877.16Exhibition of deformed animals prohibited; penalty.
- §877.17Works to be submitted by students without substantial alteration.
- §877.18Identification card or document purporting to contain applicant’s age or date of birth; penalties for failure to comply with requirements for sale or issuance.
- §877.19Hate Crimes Reporting Act.
- §877.20Local juvenile curfew ordinances; legislative intent.
- §877.21Definitions; ss. 877.20-877.25.
- §877.22Minors prohibited in public places and establishments during certain hours; penalty; procedure.
- §877.23Legal duty of parent; penalty.
- §877.24Nonapplication of s. 877.22.
- §877.25Local ordinance required; effect.
- §877.26Direct observation, videotaping, or visual surveillance of customers in merchant’s dressing room, etc., prohibited; penalties.
- §877.27Unauthorized transmissions to, or interference with, a public or commercial radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission prohibited; penalties.
Threats, Extortion & Defamation Ch. 836
↑ Top- §836.01Punishment for libel.
- §836.02Must give name of the party written about.
- §836.03Owner or editor of the paper also guilty.
- §836.04Defamation.
- §836.05Threats; extortion.
- §836.06Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations.
- §836.07Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel.
- §836.08Correction, apology, or retraction by newspaper.
- §836.09Communicating libelous matter to newspapers; penalty.
- §836.10Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; punishment; exemption from liability.
- §836.11Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited.
- §836.115Cyberintimidation by publication.
- §836.12Threats or harassment.
- §836.13Altered sexual depictions; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability.
- §836.14Theft or unauthorized promotion of a sexually explicit image.
Obscenity & Child Exploitation Ch. 847
↑ Top- §847.001Definitions.
- §847.002Child pornography prosecutions.
- §847.011Prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials; penalty.
- §847.012Harmful materials; sale or distribution to minors or using minors in production prohibited; penalty.
- §847.0125Retail display of materials harmful to minors prohibited.
- §847.013Exposing minors to harmful motion pictures, exhibitions, shows, presentations, or representations.
- §847.0133Protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty.
- §847.0134Prohibition of adult entertainment establishment that displays, sells, or distributes materials harmful to minors within 2,500 feet of a school.
- §847.0135Computer pornography; prohibited computer usage; traveling to meet minor; penalties.
- §847.01357Exploited children’s civil remedy.
- §847.0137Transmission of pornography by electronic device or equipment prohibited; penalties.
- §847.0138Transmission of material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or equipment prohibited; penalties.
- §847.01385Harmful communication to a minor.
- §847.0139Immunity from civil liability for reporting child pornography, transmission of child pornography, or any image, information, or data harmful to minors to a minor in this state.
- §847.0141Sexting; prohibited acts; penalties.
- §847.0145Selling or buying of minors; penalties.
- §847.0147Obscene telephone service prohibited; penalty.
- §847.02Confiscation of obscene material.
- §847.03Officer to seize obscene material.
- §847.06Obscene matter; transportation into state prohibited; penalty.
- §847.07Wholesale promotion of obscene materials; penalties.
- §847.08Hearings for determination of probable cause.
- §847.09Legislative intent.
- §847.201Obscene programming on cable television during promotional period unlawful; penalty; applicability.
- §847.202Video movie; official rating of motion picture.
Penalties & Sentencing Framework Ch. 775
↑ Top- §775.01Common law of England.
- §775.011Short title; applicability to antecedent offenses.
- §775.012General purposes.
- §775.02Punishment of common-law offenses.
- §775.021Rules of construction.
- §775.022Effect of reenactment or amendment of criminal statutes; references in criminal statutes.
- §775.027Insanity defense.
- §775.03Benefit of clergy.
- §775.04What penal acts or omissions not public offenses.
- §775.051Voluntary intoxication; not a defense; evidence not admissible for certain purposes; exception.
- §775.08Classes and definitions of offenses.
- §775.081Classifications of felonies and misdemeanors.
- §775.082Penalties; applicability of sentencing structures; mandatory minimum sentences for certain reoffenders previously released from prison.
- §775.0823Violent offenses committed against specified justice system personnel.
- §775.0824Dangerous unauthorized alien offender; legislative intent; definitions; mandatory minimum prison terms.
- §775.083Fines.
- §775.0835Fines; surcharges; Crimes Compensation Trust Fund.
- §775.0837Habitual misdemeanor offenders.
- §775.084Violent career criminals; habitual felony offenders and habitual violent felony offenders; three-time violent felony offenders; definitions; procedure; enhanced penalties or mandatory minimum prison terms.
- §775.0841Legislative findings and intent.
- §775.0842Persons subject to career criminal prosecution efforts.
- §775.0843Policies to be adopted for career criminal cases.
- §775.08435Prohibition on withholding adjudication in felony cases.
- §775.0844White Collar Crime Victim Protection Act.
- §775.0845Wearing mask while committing offense; reclassification.
- §775.0846Possession of bulletproof vest while committing certain offenses.
- §775.0847Possession or promotion of certain images of child pornography; reclassification.
- §775.0848Offenses committed by an unauthorized alien; reclassification.
- §775.0849Public service announcements; ch. 99-188.
- §775.085Evidencing prejudice while committing offense; reclassification.
- §775.0861Offenses against persons on the grounds of religious institutions; reclassification.
- §775.0862Sexual offenses against students by authority figures; reclassification.
- §775.0863Evidencing prejudice while committing offense against person with mental or physical disability; reclassification.
- §775.087Possession or use of weapon; aggravated battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence.
- §775.0871Public service announcements.
- §775.0875Unlawful taking, possession, or use of law enforcement officer’s firearm; crime reclassification; penalties.
- §775.0877Criminal transmission of HIV; procedures; penalties.
- §775.089Restitution.
- §775.091Public service.
- §775.13Registration of convicted felons, exemptions; penalties.
- §775.14Limitation on withheld sentences.
- §775.15Time limitations; general time limitations; exceptions.
- §775.16Drug offenses; additional penalties.
- §775.21The Florida Sexual Predators Act.
- §775.215Residency restriction for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.
- §775.24Duty of the court to uphold laws governing sexual predators and sexual offenders.
- §775.25Prosecutions for acts or omissions.
- §775.26Registration of career offenders and public notification; legislative findings and intent.
- §775.261The Florida Career Offender Registration Act.
- §775.30Terrorism; defined; penalties.
- §775.31Facilitating or furthering terrorism; felony or misdemeanor reclassification.
- §775.32Use of military-type training provided by a designated foreign terrorist organization.
- §775.33Providing material support or resources for terrorism or to terrorist organizations.
- §775.34Membership in a designated foreign terrorist organization.
- §775.35Agroterrorism; penalties.
Source: Florida Legislature, Online Sunshine (leg.state.fl.us/statutes), the official publisher of the Florida Statutes. Current statutes only.
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Florida criminal statutes, common questions.
- Does Florida have a penal code or a criminal code?
- Florida does not have a single document titled a 'penal code.' Its criminal offenses are codified across Title XLVI (Crimes) of the Florida Statutes — chapters 775 through 896 — with criminal procedure in Title XLVII. This reference groups those substantive criminal-charge chapters by offense; open each official Online Sunshine link for the full, controlling statute text.
- What does this Florida criminal-statute reference cover?
- The substantive Florida criminal statutes across chapters 775 (penalties and sentencing), 776 (justifiable use of force and self-defense), 782 (homicide), 784 (assault and battery), 787 (kidnapping and false imprisonment), 790 (weapons and firearms), 794 (sexual battery), 800 (lewd and lascivious offenses), 806 (arson and criminal mischief), 810 (burglary and trespass), 812 (theft, robbery and property crimes), 817 (fraudulent practices), 825 (abuse of elderly and disabled adults), 827 (abuse of children), 831 (forgery and counterfeiting), 836 (threats, extortion and defamation), 837 (perjury and false statements), 843 (resisting an officer), 847 (obscenity and child exploitation), 856 (loitering, prowling and public order), 877 (disorderly conduct and miscellaneous crimes), and 893 (drug offenses), grouped by offense and each linked to the official Florida Legislature text.
- Does it include DUI or traffic offenses?
- No. The traffic code (chapter 316, including DUI s. 316.193) is a separate domain and is covered in the Florida DUI and criminal traffic offenses reference.
- Is the short description official?
- Yes, the short description is the statute's own catchline, reproduced verbatim. Open the official Online Sunshine link on each entry for the full, current, controlling statute text.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. It is a navigation aid for locating statutes; the official statute controls and nothing here is legal advice.