Chapter 843 — Chapter 843
30 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 843.01 Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse
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(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; parole and probatio…
Fla. Stat. § 843.02 Resisting officer without violence to his or her person
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Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; county probation officer; parole and probati…
Fla. Stat. § 843.021 Unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key
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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “In custody” means any time while a person has been placed in handcuffs by a law enforcement officer, regardless of whether such person is under formal arrest.(b) “Handcuff key” means any key, tool, device, implement, or other thing used,…
Fla. Stat. § 843.025 Depriving officer of means of protection or communication
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It is unlawful for any person to deprive a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2), or a correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3) of her or his weapon or radio or to otherwise deprive the officer of th…
Fla. Stat. § 843.03 Obstruction by disguised person
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Whoever in any manner disguises himself or herself with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law, or with the intent to intimidate, hinder, or interrupt any officer, beverage enforcement agent, or other person in the legal performance of his or her duty or the exercise of …
Fla. Stat. § 843.04 Refusing to assist prison officers in arresting escaped convicts
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(1) All prison officers and correctional officers shall immediately arrest any convict, held under the provisions of law, who may have escaped. Any such officer or guard may call upon the sheriff or other officer of the state, or of any county or municipal corporation, or any cit…
Fla. Stat. § 843.05 Resisting timber agent
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Whoever obstructs, resists, or opposes a timber agent in the discharge of her or his duties, or attempts so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 843.06 Neglect or refusal to aid peace officers
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Whoever, being required in the name of the state by any officer of the Florida Highway Patrol, police officer, beverage enforcement agent, or watchman, neglects or refuses to assist him or her in the execution of his or her office in a criminal case, or in the preservation of the…
Fla. Stat. § 843.08 False personation
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A person who falsely assumes or pretends to be a firefighter, a sheriff, an officer of the Florida Highway Patrol, an officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, an officer of the Department of Environmental Protection, an officer of the Department of Financial Serv…
Fla. Stat. § 843.081 Prohibited use of certain lights; penalty
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(1) The Legislature finds and declares that Florida’s citizens are vulnerable to becoming the victims of criminal acts through the illegal use of blue lights by the criminal elements. It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce this vulnerability to injury and loss of life and …
Fla. Stat. § 843.085 Unlawful use of badges or other indicia of authority
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(1) It is unlawful for any person, unless appointed by the Governor pursuant to chapter 354, authorized by the appropriate agency, or displayed in a closed or mounted case as a collection or exhibit, to wear or display any authorized indicia of authority, including any badge, ins…
Fla. Stat. § 843.0855 Criminal actions under color of law or through use of simulated legal process
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(1) As used in this section:(a) The term “legal process” means a document or order issued by a court or filed or recorded with an official court of this state or the United States or with any official governmental entity of this state or the United States for the purpose of exerc…
Fla. Stat. § 843.09 Escape through voluntary action of officer
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If a jailer or other officer voluntarily suffers a prisoner in her or his custody, upon conviction of any criminal charge, to escape, she or he shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Fla. Stat. § 843.10 Escape by negligence of officer
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If a jailer or other officer, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in her or his custody upon conviction of any criminal charge to escape, she or he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 843.11 Conveying tools into jail to aid escape; forcible rescue
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Whoever conveys into a jail or other like place of confinement, any disguise, instrument, tool, weapon, or other thing adapted or useful to aid a prisoner in making his or her escape, with intent to facilitate the escape of any prisoner there lawfully committed or detained, or, b…
Fla. Stat. § 843.12 Aiding escape
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Whoever knowingly aids or assists a person in escaping, attempting to escape, or who has escaped, from an officer or person who has or is entitled to the lawful custody of such person, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or…
Fla. Stat. § 843.13 Aiding escape of juvenile inmates of correctional institutions
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Whoever in any manner knowingly aids or assists any inmate of any correctional institution for boys or girls in the state to escape therefrom, or who knowingly, or having good reason to believe that any person is an inmate of such schools and is escaping or attempting to escape t…
Fla. Stat. § 843.14 Compounding felony
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Whoever, having knowledge of the commission of an offense punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison, takes money or a gratuity or reward, or an engagement therefor, upon an agreement or understanding, expressed or implied, to compound or conceal such offense, o…
Fla. Stat. § 843.15 Failure of defendant on bail to appear
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(1) Whoever, having been released pursuant to chapter 903, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required shall incur a forfeiture of any security which was given or pledged for her or his release and, in addition, shall:(a) If she or he was released i…
Fla. Stat. § 843.16 Unlawful to install or transport radio equipment using assigned frequency of state or law enforcement officers; definitions; exceptions; penalties
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(1) A person, firm, or corporation may not install or transport in any motor vehicle or business establishment, except an emergency vehicle or crime watch vehicle as herein defined or a place established by municipal, county, state, or federal authority for governmental purposes,…
Fla. Stat. § 843.165 Unauthorized transmissions to and interference with governmental and associated radio frequencies prohibited; penalties; exceptions
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(1) A person may not transmit or cause to be transmitted over any radio frequency with knowledge that such frequency is assigned by the Federal Communications Commission to a state, county, or municipal governmental agency or water management district, including, but not limited …
Fla. Stat. § 843.167 Unlawful use of police communications; enhanced penalties
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(1) A person may not:(a) Intercept any police radio communication by use of a scanner or any other means for the purpose of using that communication to assist in committing a crime or to escape from or avoid detection, arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment in connection with t…
Fla. Stat. § 843.17 Publishing name and address of law enforcement officer
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Any person who shall maliciously, with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law or with the intent to intimidate, hinder, or interrupt any law enforcement officer in the legal performance of his or her duties, publish or disseminate the residence address or telephone numbe…
Fla. Stat. § 843.18 Boats; fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer
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(1) It is unlawful for the operator of any boat plying the waters of the state, having knowledge that she or he has been directed to stop such vessel by a duly authorized law enforcement officer, willfully to refuse or fail to stop in compliance with such directive or, having sto…
Fla. Stat. § 843.19 Offenses against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses
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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Police canine” means any canine, and “police horse” means any horse, that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement agency or a correctional agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of crimina…
Fla. Stat. § 843.20 Harassment of participant of neighborhood crime watch program prohibited; penalty; definitions
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(1) It shall be a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person to willfully harass, threaten, or intimidate an identifiable member of a neighborhood crime watch program while such member is engaged in, or traveling to or from…
Fla. Stat. § 843.21 Depriving crime victim of medical care
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A person who takes custody of or exercises control over a person he or she knows to be injured as a result of criminal activity and deprives that person of medical care with the intent to avoid, delay, hinder, or obstruct any investigation of the criminal activity contributing to…
Fla. Stat. § 843.22 Traveling across county lines with intent to commit a burglary
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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “County of residence” means the county within this state in which a person resides. Evidence of a person’s county of residence includes, but is not limited to:1. The address on a person’s driver license or state identification card;2. Rec…
Fla. Stat. § 843.23 Tampering with an electronic monitoring device
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(1) As used in this section, the term “electronic monitoring device” includes any device that is used to track the location of a person.(2) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally and without authority:(a) Remove, destroy, alter, tamper with, damage, or circumvent the operat…
Fla. Stat. § 843.31 Approaching a first responder with specified intent after a warning
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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “First responder” includes a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), a correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3), a firefighter as defined in s. 784.07(1), and an emergency medical care provider as defined in s…