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Affrays and Riots
Florida Statute § 870.01
Mutual public fighting, participating in a riot or aggravated riot, or inciting or aggravatedly inciting a riot.
Aggravated Animal Cruelty
Florida Statute § 828.12
An intentional act, or qualifying failure to act by a person with custody or control, resulting in cruel death or excessive or repeated unnecessary pain or suffering.
Aggravated Assault
Florida Statute § 784.021
An assault committed with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, or with intent to commit a felony.
Aggravated Battery
Florida Statute § 784.045
A battery committed under aggravating circumstances recognized by Florida law.
Altered or Removed Firearm Serial Number
Florida Statute § 790.27
Altering or removing a firearm serial number with intent to disguise identity, or knowingly possessing, selling, or delivering a firearm whose serial number was unlawfully altered or removed.
Animal Cruelty
Florida Statute § 828.12
Unnecessarily overloading, overdriving, tormenting, depriving of necessary sustenance or shelter, mutilating, killing, or cruelly carrying an animal.
Animal Fighting or Baiting
Florida Statute § 828.122
Knowingly engaging in one of the prohibited activities involving animal fighting or baiting, including training, promoting, wagering, or attending.
Animal Neglect and Abandonment
Florida Statute § 828.13
Confining an animal without required food, water, exercise, or air; or abandoning an animal under the statutory circumstances.
Approaching First Responder After Warning
Florida Statute § 843.31
Knowingly and willfully approaching or remaining within 25 feet of a first responder after a verbal warning, with specified improper intent.
Assault
Florida Statute § 784.011
An intentional unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to another person under circumstances creating a well-founded fear that the violence is imminent.
Assault or Battery on Law Enforcement or Protected Personnel
Florida Statute § 784.07
Assault, battery, aggravated assault, or aggravated battery against law enforcement or another specified protected person engaged in official duties.
Battery
Florida Statute § 784.03
Intentional touching or striking of another person against their will, or intentionally causing bodily harm.
Battery by Strangulation
Florida Statute § 784.031
Knowingly and intentionally impeding another person's normal breathing or blood circulation against that person's will in a manner creating a risk of, or causing, great bodily harm.
Burglary
Florida Statute § 810.02
Entering or remaining in a dwelling, structure, or conveyance with the intent to commit an offense under circumstances defined by Florida law.
Carjacking
Florida Statute § 812.133
Taking a motor vehicle from another person's person or custody through force, violence, assault, or putting in fear.
Carrying a Concealed Weapon or Firearm
Florida Statute § 790.01
Carrying a concealed weapon, electric weapon or device, or firearm when the statutory authorization criteria are not met.
Child Abuse and Neglect
Florida Statute § 827.03
Child abuse, aggravated child abuse, or child neglect under the statutory definitions and resulting-harm circumstances.
Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation
Florida Statute § 847.0135
Computer-facilitated child-sex offenses including prohibited solicitation, traveling, and transmissions.
Continuing Criminal Enterprise
Florida Statute § 893.20
Committing three or more Chapter 893 felonies in concert with five or more persons while holding an organizer, supervisory, or management role and obtaining substantial assets or resources.
Contributing to Delinquency or Dependency of a Child
Florida Statute § 827.04
Causing, encouraging, or inducing conduct that causes or tends to cause a child to become or remain delinquent, dependent, or in need of services; includes a distinct adult-impregnation track.
Controlled Substance Offenses
Florida Statute § 893.13
Unlawful sale, manufacture, delivery, possession with intent, or possession of a controlled substance.
Counterfeit Payment Instrument
Florida Statute § 831.28
Counterfeiting or possessing a counterfeit payment instrument with intent to defraud.
County Detention Facility Contraband
Florida Statute § 951.22
Unauthorized introduction, possession, exchange, removal, or attempted removal of listed contraband involving a county detention facility or inmate.
Criminal Mischief
Florida Statute § 806.13
Willfully and maliciously injuring or damaging another person's real or personal property.
Criminal Use of Personal Identification Information
Florida Statute § 817.568
Fraudulently using, or possessing with intent to fraudulently use, another person's personal identification information without consent.
Dangerous Fentanyl Exposure of First Responder
Florida Statute § 893.132
An adult who recklessly exposes a first responder to dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs while unlawfully possessing them, causing overdose or serious bodily injury.
Dealing in Stolen Property
Florida Statute § 812.019
Trafficking in, or endeavoring to traffic in, property known or reasonably believed to be stolen; a separate first-degree track applies when the defendant organized the theft and trafficked in the property.
Depriving Officer of Means of Protection or Communication
Florida Statute § 843.025
Depriving an officer of, or rendering useless, a covered protective or communication item.
Destructive Device Offenses
Florida Statute § 790.161
Willfully and unlawfully making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, discharging, or attempting covered conduct involving a destructive device.
Discharging Firearm in Public or Residential Area
Florida Statute § 790.15
Knowingly, recklessly, or negligently discharging a firearm in statutorily prohibited public or residential circumstances.
Disorderly Conduct
Florida Statute § 877.03
Acts that corrupt public morals, outrage public decency, disturb the peace and quiet of witnesses, or involve brawling or fighting.
Disorderly Intoxication
Florida Statute § 856.011
Being intoxicated and endangering another person or property, or being intoxicated or drinking alcohol in a public place or public conveyance and causing a public disturbance.
Disposing of Lighted Substances
Florida Statute § 590.10
Throwing, dropping, or disposing of a lighted match, cigarette, cigar, ashes, another flaming or glowing substance, or a substance or thing that may or does cause a wildfire.
Distribution Causing Overdose or Serious Bodily Injury
Florida Statute § 893.131
An adult's unlawful distribution of specified opioids or analogs when the substance causes or is a substantial factor in causing a user's overdose or serious bodily injury.
Domestic Battery by Strangulation
Florida Statute § 784.041
Knowingly and intentionally impeding the normal breathing or blood circulation of a family or household member or dating partner against that person's will under the statutory strangulation circumstances.
Driving Under the Influence
Florida Statute § 316.193
Driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while impaired or with an unlawful blood- or breath-alcohol level.
Driving While License Suspended or Revoked
Florida Statute § 322.34
Driving while a driver license or driving privilege is canceled, suspended, revoked, or disqualified.
Drug Paraphernalia
Florida Statute § 893.147
Unlawful use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertising, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia.
Drug Trafficking
Florida Statute § 893.135
Knowing sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery, importation, or actual or constructive possession of controlled substances at statutory trafficking quantities.
Exposing Children to an Adult Live Performance
Florida Statute § 827.11
Knowingly admitting a child to a qualifying adult live performance.
Exposing Minors to Harmful Presentations
Florida Statute § 847.013
Knowingly exposing minors to specified harmful motion pictures, exhibitions, shows, presentations, or representations.
Exposure of Sexual Organs
Florida Statute § 800.03
Exposing or exhibiting sexual organs, or being naked in public, in a vulgar or indecent manner.
Failure to Appear
Florida Statute § 843.15
Willfully failing to appear as required after release in connection with a criminal charge or proceeding.
False Imprisonment
Florida Statute § 787.02
Forcibly, secretly, or by threat confining, abducting, imprisoning, or restraining another without lawful authority and against the person's will.
False Name or Identification to Law Enforcement
Florida Statute § 901.36
Giving a false name or otherwise falsely identifying oneself after arrest or lawful detention.
False Personation of Officer or Protected Official
Florida Statute § 843.08
Falsely assuming or pretending to be a listed officer or official and acting as that person or requiring another person to assist.
False Report of Bomb Explosive WMD or Violent Firearm Use
Florida Statute § 790.163
Making a false report about a bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or violent firearm use with intent to deceive, mislead, or misinform.
False Reports to Law Enforcement Authorities
Florida Statute § 837.05
Knowingly giving false information to a law enforcement officer concerning the alleged commission of a crime.
Felon or Delinquent in Possession of Firearm
Florida Statute § 790.23
Possession, custody, control, or ownership of a firearm, ammunition, electric weapon or device, or other weapon by a statutorily prohibited person.
Felony Battery
Florida Statute § 784.041
An intentional unwanted touching or striking that causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement.
Female Genital Mutilation
Florida Statute § 794.08
Knowingly committing or attempting female genital mutilation on a person younger than 18, or committing related removal or consent conduct.
Fleeing or Attempting to Elude
Florida Statute § 316.1935
Willfully failing to stop or fleeing after being ordered to stop by an authorized law enforcement officer.
Forgery
Florida Statute § 831.01
Falsely making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting a covered writing with intent to injure or defraud.
Fraudulent Use of Credit Cards
Florida Statute § 817.61
Using a card obtained or retained unlawfully or known to be forged, or falsely representing cardholder status, with intent to defraud.
Furnishing Weapons or Firearms to a Minor or Person of Unsound Mind
Florida Statute § 790.17
Furnishing covered weapons to a minor or a person of unsound mind, or knowingly and willfully selling or transferring a firearm to a minor, outside the stated permissions.
Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Florida Statute § 827.072
Possessing, viewing, transmitting, or creating computer-generated material portraying a fictitious person who reasonably appears to be under 18 engaged in sexual conduct.
Harmful Communication to a Minor
Florida Statute § 847.01385
An adult's harmful pattern of explicit and detailed sexual communication to a minor.
Harmful Materials to Minors
Florida Statute § 847.012
Selling, renting, loaning, using a minor to produce, or certain school-property distribution or posting of material harmful to minors.
Hoax Bomb
Florida Statute § 790.165
Unlawfully making, possessing, displaying, using, threatening to use, or otherwise making available an inoperative device or object that appears or is represented to be a destructive device or explosive.
Home-Invasion Robbery
Florida Statute § 812.135
Entering a dwelling with intent to commit robbery and committing robbery of an occupant inside.
Improper Exhibition of Dangerous Weapon or Firearm
Florida Statute § 790.10
Exhibiting a covered weapon or firearm in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner in the presence of one or more persons.
Indecent Lewd or Lascivious Touching of Certain Minors
Florida Statute § 794.051
Lewd or lascivious touching by a person 24 or older involving a person 16 or 17 years of age.
Interference With Custody
Florida Statute § 787.03
Taking or enticing a minor or incompetent person from a lawful custodian, or committing the separate no-court-order custody-interference track.
Leaving the Scene of a Crash
Florida Statute § 316.027 / 316.061 / 316.063
Failing to stop, provide required information, render aid, or report after a crash involving property damage, injury, serious bodily injury, or death.
Lewd or Lascivious Offenses
Florida Statute § 800.04
Lewd or lascivious battery, molestation, conduct, or exhibition committed upon or in the presence of a person under 16.
Loitering or Prowling
Florida Statute § 856.021
Loitering or prowling under unusual circumstances that create justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of people or property nearby.
Loitering or Prowling by Certain Offenders Near Children
Florida Statute § 856.022
Specified offenders with convictions involving minors who loiter or prowl within 500 feet of where children congregate, or unlawfully contact, communicate with, or approach children at specified locations.
Minor Firearm Possession
Florida Statute § 790.22
A minor's prohibited possession of a firearm, or an adult's prohibited permission of a minor's weapon or firearm possession.
Murder and Felony Murder
Florida Statute § 782.04
Unlawful killing under Florida's premeditated, felony-murder, and listed drug-distribution murder provisions.
No Valid Driver License
Florida Statute § 322.03
Driving a motor vehicle on a Florida highway without a valid driver license.
Nonsupport of Dependents
Florida Statute § 827.06
Willfully failing to provide support a person has the ability to provide to a child or spouse whom the person knows they are legally obligated to support.
Obscene Material to a Minor
Florida Statute § 847.0133
Knowingly selling, renting, loaning, giving away, distributing, transmitting, or showing obscene material to a minor.
Obscene Materials
Florida Statute § 847.011
Knowingly dealing in, possessing, producing, advertising, or participating in conduct involving legally obscene materials, subject to the applicable statutory track.
Open Carrying of Weapons
Florida Statute § 790.053
Open carrying of a firearm or electric weapon or device when not otherwise authorized by law.
Open House Party
Florida Statute § 856.015
Allowing an open house party at a residence under an adult's control when the adult knows a minor possesses or consumes alcohol or a controlled substance and fails to take reasonable steps to prevent it.
Organized Fraud
Florida Statute § 817.034
Engaging in a scheme to defraud and obtaining property through that scheme.
Possession of Burglary Tools
Florida Statute § 810.06
Possessing a tool, machine, or implement with intent to use it—or allow it to be used—to commit burglary or trespass.
Possession of Firearm or Ammunition While Subject to Final Injunction
Florida Statute § 790.233
Having care, custody, possession, or control of a firearm or ammunition while subject to a final domestic-violence, stalking, or cyberstalking injunction that remains in effect.
Possession of Short-Barreled Rifle Shotgun or Machine Gun
Florida Statute § 790.221
Owning or possessing an operable short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun outside the stated exceptions.
Property Used for Drug Trafficking or Manufacture
Florida Statute § 893.1351
Owning, leasing, renting, or possessing a place or conveyance with knowledge of specified controlled-substance trafficking, sale, or manufacture activity.
Prostitution and Related Offenses
Florida Statute § 796.07
Purchasing, selling, soliciting, procuring, inducing, or facilitating prostitution and related prohibited conduct.
Reckless Driving
Florida Statute § 316.192
Driving with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
Resisting Officer With Violence
Florida Statute § 843.01
Knowingly and willfully resisting, obstructing, or opposing a legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse by offering or doing violence.
Resisting Officer Without Violence
Florida Statute § 843.02
Resisting, obstructing, or opposing a legally authorized officer without offering or doing violence.
Retail and Farm Theft
Florida Statute § 812.015
Retail theft, farm theft, transit-fare evasion, antishoplifting-device conduct, and related resistance or coordinated conduct.
Retail Sale of Ephedrine and Related Compounds
Florida Statute § 893.1495
Violating specified retail acquisition, delivery, display, or employee-training restrictions for nonprescription ephedrine or related compounds.
Robbery
Florida Statute § 812.13
Taking property from another person through force, violence, assault, or putting the person in fear.
Robbery by Sudden Snatching
Florida Statute § 812.131
Taking money or property from a victim's person when the victim was or became aware of the taking.
Sexting
Florida Statute § 847.0141
A minor's knowing electronic transmission, distribution, or qualifying possession of a nude photograph or video that is harmful to minors.
Sexual Activities Involving Animals
Florida Statute § 828.126
Knowingly engaging in sexual contact with an animal or committing another prohibited act described by the statute.
Sexual Battery
Florida Statute § 794.011
A sexual battery committed under the circumstances and classifications defined by Florida law.
Sexual Performance by a Child; Child Sexual Abuse Material
Florida Statute § 827.071
Using a child in a sexual performance, promoting such a performance, or specified possession, control, viewing, or solicitation of child sexual abuse material.
Shooting Into Building or Vehicle
Florida Statute § 790.19
Shooting at, within, or into an occupied or unoccupied building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, railroad car, or other listed conveyance.
Stalking
Florida Statute § 784.048
Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly following, harassing, or cyberstalking another person.
Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence
Florida Statute § 918.13
Destroying, concealing, altering, removing, making, presenting, or using evidence to impair an investigation or proceeding.
Theft
Florida Statute § 812.014
The unlawful taking or use of another person's property.
Threat Concerning a Destructive Device
Florida Statute § 790.162
Threatening to throw, project, place, or discharge a destructive device with the required intent.
Threats or Harassment of Protected Officials
Florida Statute § 836.12
Knowingly and willfully threatening a protected official or family member with death or serious bodily harm, or harassing a protected official with intent to intimidate or coerce a lawful duty.
Transmission of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Florida Statute § 847.0137
Knowingly or with reason to know transmitting child sexual abuse material by electronic device or equipment.
Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor
Florida Statute § 847.0138
Knowingly transmitting material harmful to minors to a specific individual known or believed to be a minor.
Trespass
Florida Statute § 810.08 / 810.09
Unauthorized entry into or remaining in a structure, conveyance, or other property under circumstances prohibited by Florida law.
Unlawful Assembly
Florida Statute § 870.02
Three or more persons meeting together to commit a breach of the peace or any other unlawful act.
Unlawful Desertion of a Child
Florida Statute § 827.10
A caregiver deserting a child under circumstances exposing the child to an unreasonable risk of harm.
Unlawful Possession of Listed Chemical
Florida Statute § 893.149
Knowingly or intentionally possessing or distributing a listed chemical for unlawful controlled-substance manufacture.
Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors
Florida Statute § 794.05
Sexual activity by a person 24 years of age or older with a person 16 or 17 years of age.
Unlawful Use of Two-Way Communications Device
Florida Statute § 934.215
Using a two-way communications device to facilitate or further the commission of a felony.
Unsafe Firearm Storage
Florida Statute § 790.174
Improperly storing or leaving a loaded firearm where a minor likely to gain access obtains and improperly possesses or exhibits it.
Using Firearm While Under the Influence
Florida Statute § 790.151
Using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol, specified chemical substances, or controlled substances to the extent normal faculties are impaired.
Uttering a Forged Instrument
Florida Statute § 831.02
Publishing or presenting a false, forged, or altered covered writing as true while knowing it is false and intending injury or fraud.
Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction
Florida Statute § 741.31
Willfully violating a domestic-violence injunction or qualifying foreign protection order through a listed prohibited act.
Violation of Domestic Violence Pretrial-Release Condition
Florida Statute § 741.29
Willfully violating a statutory condition of pretrial release when the original arrest was for an act of domestic violence.
Violation of Protective Injunction
Florida Statute § 784.047
Willfully violating an injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, or a qualifying foreign protection order.
Weapon or Firearm During Criminal Offense
Florida Statute § 790.07
Displaying, using, threatening to use, attempting to use, or carrying a covered weapon or firearm while committing or attempting a felony or while under indictment.
Weapons or Firearms at School
Florida Statute § 790.115
Possessing, exhibiting, or discharging covered weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or school location, subject to statutory exceptions.
Worthless Checks
Florida Statute § 832.05
Giving a check, draft, debit-card order, or similar order while knowing there are insufficient funds or credit, under the statutory circumstances.
Written or Electronic Threats
Florida Statute § 836.10
Sending, posting, transmitting, or procuring a written or electronic threat to kill, cause bodily injury, conduct a mass shooting, or commit terrorism.
Written Solicitation of Certain Minors to Commit a Lewd or Lascivious Act
Florida Statute § 794.053
A written solicitation by a person 24 or older asking a person 16 or 17 to commit a lewd or lascivious act.