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2022 Florida Statutes (Including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)

Title XLVI CRIMES

Chapter 861 OFFENSES RELATED TO PUBLIC ROADS, TRANSPORT, AND WATERS Entire Chapter

SECTION 021
Obstructing channels; misdemeanor.

F.S. 861.021

861.021 Obstructing channels; misdemeanor.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to place any spiny lobster, crab, or fish trap or set net or other similar device with a buoy or marker attached so that said buoy or marker obstructs the navigation of boats in channels of the waters of the state which are marked by, and which markers are continuously maintained by, the Coast Guard of the United States.

(2) Any person willfully violating the provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 69-64; s. 1101, ch. 71-136; s. 19, ch. 2007-223.