2021 Florida Statutes (Including 2021B Session)
The Florida Statutes are updated annually after the conclusion of a regular legislative session, typically published in July/August.
170 Sections found
| Chapter | Title |
|---|---|
| 16.555 | Crime Stoppers Trust Fund; rulemaking. |
| 22.03 | Definitions. |
| 27.255 | Investigators; authority to arrest, qualifications, rights, immunities, bond, and oath. |
| 27.53 | Appointment of assistants and other staff; method of payment. |
| 30.15 | Powers, duties, and obligations. |
| 39.01 | Definitions. |
| 97.0535 | Special requirements for certain applicants. |
| 101.043 | Identification required at polls. |
| 101.048 | Provisional ballots. |
| 101.68 | Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot. |
| 101.6923 | Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for certain first-time voters. |
| 112.011 | Disqualification from licensing and public employment based on criminal conviction. |
| 212.08 | Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. |
| 215.473 | Divestiture by the State Board of Administration; Sudan; Iran. |
| 258.156 | Savannas State Reserve. |
| 282.605 | Exceptions. |
| 311.12 | Seaport security. |
| 316.545 | Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review. |
| 316.640 | Enforcement. |
| 321.05 | Duties, functions, and powers of patrol officers. |
| 330.411 | Prohibited possession or operation of unmanned aircraft. |
| 341.3025 | Multicounty public rail system fares and enforcement. |
| 354.02 | Powers. |
| 373.6055 | Criminal history checks for certain water management district employees and others. |
| 379.3311 | Police powers of commission and its agents. |
| 379.404 | Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey; evidence; penalty. |
| 379.409 | Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs; confiscation of equipment. |
| 394.458 | Introduction or removal of certain articles unlawful; penalty. |
| 394.9265 | Introduction or removal of certain articles unlawful; penalty. |
| 394.931 | Quarterly and annual reports. |
| 397.501 | Rights of individuals. |
| 435.04 | Level 2 screening standards. |
| 493.6108 | Investigation of applicants by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. |
| 493.6115 | Weapons and firearms. |
| 493.6118 | Grounds for disciplinary action. |
| 493.631 | Temporary detention by a licensed security officer or licensed security agency manager at critical infrastructure facilities. |
| 509.144 | Prohibited handbill distribution in a public lodging establishment; penalties. |
| 569.12 | Jurisdiction; tobacco product and nicotine product enforcement officers or agents; enforcement. |
| 655.968 | Financial institutions; transactions relating to Iran or terrorism. |
| 705.105 | Procedure regarding unclaimed evidence. |
| 741.30 | Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. |
| 772.102 | Definitions. |
| 775.082 | Penalties; applicability of sentencing structures; mandatory minimum sentences for certain reoffenders previously released from prison. |
| 775.084 | Violent career criminals; habitual felony offenders and habitual violent felony offenders; three-time violent felony offenders; definitions; procedure; enhanced penalties or mandatory minimum prison terms. |
| 775.087 | Possession or use of weapon; aggravated battery; felony reclassification; minimum sentence. |
| 775.32 | Use of military-type training provided by a designated foreign terrorist organization. |
| 775.33 | Providing material support or resources for terrorism or to terrorist organizations. |
| 782.03 | Excusable homicide. |
| 784.021 | Aggravated assault. |
| 784.045 | Aggravated battery. |
| 784.0485 | Stalking; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement. |
| 784.071 | Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer; missing while in line of duty; blue alert. |
| 790.001 | Definitions. |
| 790.01 | Unlicensed carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms. |
| 790.015 | Nonresidents who are United States citizens and hold a concealed weapons license in another state; reciprocity. |
| 790.02 | Officer to arrest without warrant and upon probable cause. |
| 790.051 | Exemption from licensing requirements; law enforcement officers. |
| 790.052 | Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law enforcement officers. |
| 790.053 | Open carrying of weapons. |
| 790.054 | Prohibited use of self-defense weapon or device against law enforcement officer; penalties. |
| 790.06 | License to carry concealed weapon or firearm. |
| 790.0601 | Public records exemption for concealed weapons. |
| 790.061 | Judges and justices; exceptions from licensure provisions. |
| 790.062 | Members and veterans of United States Armed Forces; exceptions from licensure provisions. |
| 790.0625 | Appointment of tax collectors to accept applications for a concealed weapon or firearm license; fees; penalties. |
| 790.064 | Firearm possession and firearm ownership disability. |
| 790.065 | Sale and delivery of firearms. |
| 790.0655 | Purchase and delivery of firearms; mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties. |
| 790.07 | Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weapons. |
| 790.08 | Taking possession of weapons and arms; reports; disposition; custody. |
| 790.09 | Manufacturing or selling metallic knuckles. |
| 790.10 | Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms. |
| 790.115 | Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions. |
| 790.145 | Crimes in pharmacies; possession of weapons; penalties. |
| 790.15 | Discharging firearm in public or on residential property. |
| 790.151 | Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substances; penalties. |
| 790.153 | Tests for impairment or intoxication; right to refuse. |
| 790.155 | Blood test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable force. |
| 790.157 | Presumption of impairment; testing methods. |
| 790.16 | Discharging machine guns; penalty. |
| 790.161 | Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties. |
| 790.1612 | Authorization for governmental manufacture, possession, and use of destructive devices. |
| 790.1615 | Unlawful throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging of destructive device or bomb that results in injury to another; penalty. |
| 790.162 | Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty. |
| 790.163 | False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner; penalty. |
| 790.164 | False 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. |
| 790.165 | Planting of “hoax bomb” prohibited; penalties. |
| 790.166 | Manufacture, 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. |
| 790.169 | Juvenile offenders; release of names and addresses. |
| 790.17 | Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms to minors under 18 years of age prohibited. |
| 790.173 | Legislative findings and intent. |
| 790.174 | Safe storage of firearms required. |
| 790.175 | Transfer or sale of firearms; required warnings; penalties. |
| 790.18 | Sale or transfer of arms to minors by dealers. |
| 790.19 | Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupied; vessels, aircraft, buses, railroad cars, streetcars, or other vehicles. |
| 790.22 | Use 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. |
| 790.221 | Possession of short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun; penalty. |
| 790.222 | Bump-fire stocks prohibited. |
| 790.225 | Ballistic self-propelled knives; unlawful to manufacture, sell, or possess; forfeiture; penalty. |
| 790.23 | Felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices unlawful. |
| 790.233 | Possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when person is subject to an injunction against committing acts of domestic violence, stalking, or cyberstalking; penalties. |
| 790.235 | Possession of firearm or ammunition by violent career criminal unlawful; penalty. |
| 790.24 | Report of medical treatment of certain wounds; penalty for failure to report. |
| 790.25 | Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms and other weapons. |
| 790.251 | Protection 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. |
| 790.256 | Public service announcements. |
| 790.27 | Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibited; penalties. |
| 790.29 | Paramilitary training; teaching or participation prohibited. |
| 790.31 | Armor-piercing or exploding ammunition or dragon’s breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells prohibited. |
| 790.33 | Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted. |
| 790.331 | Prohibition of civil actions against firearms or ammunition manufacturers, firearms trade associations, firearms or ammunition distributors, or firearms or ammunition dealers. |
| 790.333 | Sport shooting and training range protection; liability; claims, expenses, and fees; penalties; preemption; construction. |
| 790.335 | Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records. |
| 790.336 | Lists, records, or registries to be destroyed. |
| 790.338 | Medical privacy concerning firearms; prohibitions; penalties; exceptions. |
| 790.401 | Risk protection orders. |
| 794.011 | Sexual battery. |
| 794.0115 | Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing. |
| 810.02 | Burglary. |
| 810.08 | Trespass in structure or conveyance. |
| 810.09 | Trespass on property other than structure or conveyance. |
| 810.095 | Trespass on school property with firearm or other weapon prohibited. |
| 812.13 | Robbery. |
| 812.131 | Robbery by sudden snatching. |
| 812.133 | Carjacking. |
| 812.135 | Home-invasion robbery. |
| 843.025 | Depriving officer of means of protection or communication. |
| 843.11 | Conveying tools into jail to aid escape; forcible rescue. |
| 843.19 | Offenses against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses. |
| 870.01 | Affrays and riots. |
| 893.138 | Local administrative action to abate certain activities declared public nuisances. |
| 895.02 | Definitions. |
| 901.1505 | Federal law enforcement officers; powers. |
| 901.151 | Stop and Frisk Law. |
| 901.211 | Strip searches of persons arrested; body cavity search. |
| 907.043 | Pretrial release; citizens’ right to know. |
| 916.106 | Definitions. |
| 916.1085 | Introduction or removal of certain articles unlawful; penalty. |
| 916.1091 | Duties, functions, and powers of institutional security personnel. |
| 916.145 | Dismissal of charges. |
| 921.0022 | Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. |
| 921.0024 | Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; scoresheets. |
| 923.01 | Criminal report. |
| 932.701 | Short title; definitions. |
| 933.18 | When warrant may be issued for search of private dwelling. |
| 934.15 | Situations in which law enforcement officer may order telephone line cut, rerouted, or diverted. |
| 943.0312 | Regional domestic security task forces. |
| 943.051 | Criminal justice information; collection and storage; fingerprinting. |
| 943.0585 | Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records. |
| 943.059 | Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records. |
| 944.47 | Introduction, removal, or possession of contraband; penalty. |
| 944.597 | Transportation and return of prisoners by private transport company. |
| 947.16 | Eligibility for parole; initial parole interviews; powers and duties of commission. |
| 948.03 | Terms and conditions of probation. |
| 948.062 | Reviewing and reporting serious offenses committed by offenders placed on probation or community control. |
| 951.22 | County detention facilities; contraband articles. |
| 951.23 | County and municipal detention facilities; definitions; administration; standards and requirements. |
| 985.047 | Information systems. |
| 985.11 | Fingerprinting and photographing. |
| 985.16 | Community arbitration. |
| 985.465 | Juvenile correctional facilities or juvenile prison. |
| 985.557 | Direct filing of an information; discretionary criteria. |
| 985.711 | Introduction, removal, or possession of certain articles unlawful; penalty. |
| 1001.43 | Supplemental powers and duties of district school board. |
| 1003.53 | Dropout prevention and academic intervention. |
| 1003.57 | Exceptional students instruction. |
| 1006.07 | District school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety. |
| 1006.12 | Safe-school officers at each public school. |
| 1006.13 | Policy of zero tolerance for crime and victimization. |
| 1012.315 | Screening standards. |
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