13 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 861.01 Obstructing highway
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Whoever obstructs any public road or established highway by fencing across or into the same or by willfully causing any other obstruction in or to such road or highway, or any part thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082…
Fla. Stat. § 861.011 Obstructing transportation facility
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Any person who obstructs any public transportation facility by fencing across or into it or by willfully causing any other obstruction in or to such transportation facility, or any part thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082…
Fla. Stat. § 861.02 Obstructing watercourse
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Whoever erects or fixes on any navigable watercourse any dam, bridge, hedge, seine, drag, or other obstruction, whereby the navigation of boats drawing 3 feet of water or the passage of fish may be obstructed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as pr…
Fla. Stat. § 861.021 Obstructing channels; misdemeanor
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(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 m…
Fla. Stat. § 861.03 Injuries to dams
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Whoever willfully, maliciously, and unlawfully injures, removes or destroys any dam lawfully placed in or on any stream in this state for the purpose of propelling any kind of machinery, or willfully and maliciously makes any aperture or breach in such dam with intent to destroy …
Fla. Stat. § 861.04 Placing water hyacinths in any of the streams or waters of the state
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Whoever willfully places or causes to be placed any water hyacinths in any of the territorial waters of the state whether navigable or nonnavigable shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 861.05 Obstruction to navigation by bridges
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Any railway company, other corporation, or person which has heretofore constructed, and which shall hereafter construct, any bridge or other causeway across any of the navigable waters of the state, is required to build and maintain a suitable draw or other proper and necessary a…
Fla. Stat. § 861.06 Obstructing harbors
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The master or other person in charge of any steamer, vessel, barge, or lighter, or any other person who violates the provisions of law relative to the protection of harbors, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 7…
Fla. Stat. § 861.07 Obstructing roads
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Whenever any tie cutter or log cutter cutting ties for a railroad or logs for milling purposes shall cut or fell any tree into or across any traveled road, whether it be a county road, a road regularly used by the public, or a neighborhood road, and shall fail to remove the same …
Fla. Stat. § 861.08 Obstructing county and settlement roads
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(1) Whoever shall fell, drag, or by any means place a tree, or other obstruction, in or across any county settlement or neighborhood road regularly used, or whoever causes such obstruction to be placed therein, shall remove the same from such road within 6 hours thereafter.(2) An…
Fla. Stat. § 861.09 Certain vehicles prohibited from using hard-surfaced roads
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to drive, propel, or operate, or to have driven, propelled or operated, over the hard-surfaced public roads or parts of roads of this state any vehicle or implement having wheels that will carry more than 200 pounds per wheel for every vehicle ha…
Fla. Stat. § 861.11 Penalty for cutting or destroying shade trees along public roads
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(1) The county commissioners of each county may prescribe that the public roads in their county shall not be less than 30 feet wide, and it shall be unlawful for any person to belt, cut, or destroy any shade trees on any public road or right-of-way without authority from the supe…
Fla. Stat. § 861.12 Penalty for road official or overseer neglecting duty
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Any superintendent of public roads, supervisor, or overseer who willfully neglects to perform the duties prescribed in s. 861.11 shall be deemed guilty of, and made a party to, the offense and proceeded against as the original offender by any person.