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Fla. Stat. § 406.11 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 406 / Part I / Section 406.11
406.11 Examinations, investigations, and autopsies.
Status: in_force

(1) In any of the following circumstances involving the death of a human being, the medical examiner of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found shall determine the cause of death and shall, for that purpose, make or perform such examinations, investigations, and autopsies as he or she deems necessary or as requested by the state attorney: (a) When any person dies in this state: 1. Of criminal violence. 2. By accident. 3. By suicide. 4. Suddenly, when in apparent good health. 5. Unattended by a practicing physician or other recognized practitioner. 6. In any prison or penal institution. 7. In police custody. 8. In any suspicious or unusual circumstance. 9. By criminal abortion. 10. By poison. 11. By disease constituting a threat to public health. 12. By disease, injury, or toxic agent resulting from employment. (b) When a dead body is brought into this state without proper medical certification. (c) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea.

(2)(a) The district medical examiner shall have the authority in any case coming under subsection (1) to perform, or have performed, whatever autopsies or laboratory examinations he or she deems necessary and in the public interest to determine the identification of or cause or manner of death of the deceased or to obtain evidence necessary for forensic examination. (b) The Medical Examiners Commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 120, providing for the notification of the next of kin that an investigation by the medical examiner’s office is being conducted. A medical examiner may not retain or furnish any body part of the deceased for research or any other purpose which is not in conjunction with a determination of the identification of or cause or manner of death of the deceased or the presence of disease or which is not otherwise authorized by this chapter, part V of chapter 765, or chapter 873, without notification of and approval by the next of kin. (c) A district medical examiner shall assist the State Health Officer in identifying and reporting deaths upon a request by the State Health Officer under s. 381.00315.

History: s. 6, ch. 70-232; s. 26, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 87-166; s. 29, ch. 97-103; s. 3, ch. 98-253; s. 48, ch. 2006-1; s. 28, ch. 2015-4; s. 19, ch. 2021-8; s. 7, ch. 2022-71.
Fla. Stat. § 569.14 — Florida Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 569 / Part I / Section 569.14
569.14 Posting of a sign stating that the sale of tobacco products or nicotine products to persons under 21 years of age is unlawful; enforcement; penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A dealer that sells tobacco products shall post a clear and conspicuous sign in each place of business where such products are sold which substantially states the following: THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS AGAINST FLORIDA LAW. PROOF OF AGE IS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE.

(2) A dealer that sells tobacco products and nicotine products or nicotine dispensing devices may use a sign that substantially states the following: THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, NICOTINE PRODUCTS, OR NICOTINE DISPENSING DEVICES TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS AGAINST FLORIDA LAW. PROOF OF AGE IS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE. A dealer that uses a sign as described in this subsection meets the signage requirements of subsection (1) and s. 569.43(1).

(3) The division shall make available to dealers of tobacco products signs that meet the requirements of subsection (1) or subsection (2).

(4) Any dealer that sells tobacco products shall provide at the checkout counter in a location clearly visible to the dealer or the dealer’s agent or employee instructional material in a calendar format or similar format to assist in determining whether a person is of legal age to purchase tobacco products. This point of sale material must contain substantially the following language: IF YOU WERE NOT BORN BEFORE THIS DATE (insert date and applicable year) YOU CANNOT BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS, NICOTINE PRODUCTS, OR NICOTINE DISPENSING DEVICES. Upon approval by the division, in lieu of a calendar a dealer may use card readers, scanners, or other electronic or automated systems that can verify whether a person is of legal age to purchase tobacco products. Failure to comply with the provisions contained in this subsection shall result in imposition of administrative penalties as provided in s. 569.006.

(5) The division, through its agents and inspectors, shall enforce this section.

(6) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: s. 1, ch. 89-259; s. 12, ch. 92-285; s. 252, ch. 94-218; s. 10, ch. 97-162; s. 1, ch. 2014-65; s. 18, ch. 2021-14.
Fla. Stat. § 379.3312 — Florida Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 379 / Part V / Section 379.3312
379.3312 Powers of arrest by agents of commission.
Status: in_force

Any certified law enforcement officer of the commission, upon receiving information, relayed to her or him from any law enforcement officer stationed on the ground, on the water, or in the air, that a driver, operator, or occupant of any vehicle, boat, or airboat has violated any section of chapter 327, chapter 328, or this chapter, or s. 597.010 or s. 597.020, may arrest the driver, operator, or occupant for violation of such laws when reasonable and proper identification of the vehicle, boat, or airboat and reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the driver, operator, or occupant has committed or is committing any such offense have been communicated to the arresting officer by the other officer stationed on the ground, on the water, or in the air.

History: s. 1, ch. 70-396; s. 1, ch. 79-217; s. 242, ch. 94-356; s. 1000, ch. 95-148; s. 123, ch. 99-245; s. 14, ch. 2000-364; s. 115, ch. 2008-247; s. 21, ch. 2012-88.
Fla. Stat. § 388.231 — Florida Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 388 / Section 388.231
388.231 Restrictions on use, loan, or rental of equipment; charges.
Status: in_force

(1) Equipment purchased for use in control of mosquitoes and other arthropods and paid for with funds budgeted for arthropod control shall not be used for any private purpose. No county or district shall lend or rent equipment so purchased to any other department within the county, or to another county, district or any public agency or political subdivision of the state without the prior written approval of the department; nor shall it be so lent or rented without making a use or rental charge for the use thereof. The department is authorized to establish a fair use or rental charge on equipment so purchased and may require the maintenance of reasonable and proper records in connection with the loan or rental of such equipment.

(2) Any district, county, municipality or public agency using said equipment on a use or rental basis shall send a warrant made payable to the county or district, or to such control fund of the county owning the equipment, for the full payment of such use or rent at the end of each month. All funds received by a county or district from the renting of its equipment shall be deposited promptly by the county or district in their state fund account. Upon failure of any county or district to secure prior written approval from the department before lending or renting its equipment, or upon the failure of the county or district to collect rents due for the use of its equipment at rates established by the department, and to deposit said rents promptly under state funds, the department may immediately remove the equipment and utilize it for arthropod control purposes in any other area of the state.

History: s. 2, ch. 59-195; s. 1, ch. 63-236; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 161, ch. 77-147; s. 8, ch. 92-203.
Fla. Stat. § 603.161 — Florida Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 603 / Part I / Section 603.161
603.161 Sales certificates, work orders to accompany certain fruit.
Status: in_force

(1) This section applies to tropical or subtropical fruit. “Tropical or subtropical fruit” means avocados, bananas, calamondins, carambolas, guavas, kumquats, limes, longans, loquats, lychees, mameys, mangoes, papayas, passion fruit, sapodillas, and fruit that must be grown in tropical or semitropical regions, except citrus fruit as defined in s. 601.03.

(2) Every purchaser of more than one bushel or crate of tropical or semitropical fruit at the point of growth shall obtain a sales certificate from the grower who shall prepare and furnish such certificates. The sales certificate shall accompany the fruit from the point of growth to the final processor or wholesaler who will offer for retail sale and such processor or wholesaler shall keep the sales certificate for inspection upon request by a peace officer for 1 year from date of purchase.

(3) The sales certificate shall indicate the name, address and telephone number of the grower from whom the fruit was purchased; the species, variety and amount purchased; and for the purchaser and each subsequent purchaser, her or his name, address and telephone number, date of purchase and driver license number; if the fruit is transported by other than the owner, the name of the transporting company and the make, type and license number of the vehicle transporting the fruit. The grower shall keep a copy of the sales certificate for 1 year from date of the purchase. The Commissioner of Agriculture, according to requirements of this section, shall prescribe the form of sales certificates.

(4) All firms or individuals transporting fruit for handlers, packinghouses or processors shall obtain a work order from the dispatcher of the named organizations which must remain in the possession of the driver to the point of pickup and thereafter with the fruit until delivered. The form of the work order shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and shall indicate the name of firm or individual transporting fruit, date, grove destination, time for pickup, truck number, number of crates, variety of fruit, name of packinghouse or other place where fruit is to be delivered, driver’s name, driver license number and the name of the truck dispatcher.

(5) Violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History: ss. 1, 2, ch. 67-494; s. 830, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 72-252; s. 990, ch. 97-103; s. 2, ch. 98-123; s. 76, ch. 2012-182.
Fla. Stat. § 1009.44 — Florida Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 1009 / Part III / Section 1009.44
1009.44 Need-based financial aid; no preference to students receiving other aid.
Status: in_force

From the funds collected by state universities and Florida College System institutions as a financial aid fee and from other funds appropriated by the Legislature for financial aid from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, institutions shall expend those moneys designated as need-based financial aid with no preference given to students who also qualify for merit-based or other financial aid awards.

History: s. 417, ch. 2002-387; s. 129, ch. 2011-5.
Fla. Stat. § 497.4555 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 497 / Part IV / Section 497.4555
497.4555 Charges for preneed contract.
Status: in_force

A preneed licensee may charge the purchaser of a preneed contract for processing, filing, and archiving the contract and for performing other administrative duties related to the contract. A preneed licensee must disclose these charges to the purchaser and include them on its standard printed price lists and other disclosure information provided to the public under s. 497.468. These charges are not subject to the trust deposit requirements in s. 497.458. The department may, subject to approval by the board, adopt rules to administer this section.

History: s. 23, ch. 2010-125.
Fla. Stat. § 88.2091 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 88 / Part II / Section 88.2091
88.2091 Credit for payments.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by the tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.

History: s. 2, ch. 96-189; s. 13, ch. 2011-92.
Fla. Stat. § 253.75 — Florida Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 253 / Section 253.75
253.75 Studies and recommendations by the department and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; designation of recommended traditional and other use zones; supervision of aquaculture operations.
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to the granting of any form of authorization under this act, the board shall request comments by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when the application relates to bottom land covered by fresh or salt water. Such comments shall be based on such factors as an assessment of the probable effect of the proposed use on the conservation of fish or wildlife or other programs under the constitutional or statutory authority of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

(2) The department and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall both have the following responsibilities with respect to submerged land and water column falling within their respective jurisdictions: (a) To undertake, or cause to be undertaken, the studies and surveys necessary to support their respective recommendations to the board; (b) To institute procedures for supervising the aquaculture activities of lessees holding under this act and reporting thereon from time to time to the board; and (c) To designate in advance areas of submerged land and water column owned by the state for which they recommend reservation for uses that may possibly be inconsistent with the conduct of aquaculture activities. Such uses shall include, but not be limited to, recreational, commercial and sport fishing and other traditional uses, exploration for petroleum and other minerals, and scientific instrumentation. The existence of such designated areas shall be considered by the board in granting leases under this act.

History: s. 1, ch. 69-46; ss. 25, 27, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 78, ch. 94-356; s. 74, ch. 99-245; s. 6, ch. 2000-364; s. 8, ch. 2005-157.
Fla. Stat. § 486.113 — Florida Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 486 / Section 486.113
486.113 Physical Therapy Compact Commission; public records and meetings exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) A physical therapist’s or a physical therapist assistant’s personal identifying information, other than the person’s name, licensure status, or licensure number, obtained from the coordinated database and reporting system described in Article VIII of s. 486.112 and held by the department or the board is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution unless the state that originally reported the information to the coordinated database and reporting system authorizes the disclosure of such information by law. If disclosure is so authorized, information may be disclosed only to the extent authorized by law by the reporting state.

(2)(a) A meeting or a portion of a meeting of the Physical Therapy Compact Commission or the executive board or any other committee of the commission established in Article VII of s. 486.112 at which matters concerning any of the following are discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution: 1. Noncompliance of a member state with its obligations under the compact. 2. The employment, compensation, or discipline of, or other matters, practices, or procedures related to, specific employees or other matters related to the commission’s internal personnel practices and procedures. 3. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation against the commission, executive board, or other committees of the commission. 4. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or sale of goods, services, or real estate. 5. An accusation of any person of a crime or a formal censure of any person. 6. Information disclosing trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential. 7. Information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. 8. Investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes. 9. Information related to any investigative reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the commission or other committee charged with responsibility for investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the compact. 10. Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or member state statute. (b) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an exempt meeting or an exempt portion of a meeting are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

(3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History: s. 3, ch. 2024-13.
Fla. Stat. § 500.166 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 500 / Section 500.166
500.166 Records of interstate shipment.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, carriers engaged in interstate commerce and persons receiving food in interstate commerce shall retain all records for 3 years from the date of the record showing the movement in interstate commerce of any food, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof and, upon the request by an officer or employee duly designated by the department, permit the officer or employee to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in interstate commerce of any food, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof.

History: s. 11, ch. 59-302; ss. 14, 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 433, ch. 77-147; s. 22, ch. 82-225; s. 14, ch. 87-388; s. 15, ch. 94-180; s. 49, ch. 2025-22.
Fla. Stat. § 61.57 — Florida Code / Title VI / Chapter 61 / Part III / Section 61.57
61.57 Beginning, concluding, and terminating a collaborative law process.
Status: in_force

(1) The collaborative law process begins, regardless of whether a legal proceeding is pending, when the parties enter into a collaborative law participation agreement.

(2) A tribunal may not order a party to participate in a collaborative law process over that party’s objection.

(3) A collaborative law process is concluded by any of the following: (a) Resolution of a collaborative matter as evidenced by a signed record; (b) Resolution of a part of the collaborative matter, evidenced by a signed record, in which the parties agree that the remaining parts of the collaborative matter will not be resolved in the collaborative law process; or (c) Termination of the collaborative law process.

(4) A collaborative law process terminates when a party: (a) Gives notice to the other parties in a record that the collaborative law process is concluded; (b) Begins a proceeding related to a collaborative matter without the consent of all parties; (c) Initiates a pleading, a motion, an order to show cause, or a request for a conference with a tribunal in a pending proceeding related to a collaborative matter; (d) Requests that the proceeding be put on the tribunal’s active calendar in a pending proceeding related to a collaborative matter; (e) Takes similar action requiring notice to be sent to the parties in a pending proceeding related to a collaborative matter; or (f) Discharges a collaborative attorney or a collaborative attorney withdraws from further representation of a party, except as otherwise provided in subsection (7).

(5) A party’s collaborative attorney shall give prompt notice to all other parties in a record of a discharge or withdrawal.

(6) A party may terminate a collaborative law process with or without cause.

(7) Notwithstanding the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative attorney, the collaborative law process continues if, not later than 30 days after the date that the notice of the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative attorney required by subsection (5) is sent to the parties: (a) The unrepresented party engages a successor collaborative attorney; (b) The parties consent to continue the collaborative law process by reaffirming the collaborative law participation agreement in a signed record; (c) The collaborative law participation agreement is amended to identify the successor collaborative attorney in a signed record; and (d) The successor collaborative attorney confirms his or her representation of a party in the collaborative law participation agreement in a signed record.

(8) A collaborative law process does not conclude if, with the consent of the parties, a party requests a tribunal to approve a resolution of a collaborative matter or any part thereof as evidenced by a signed record.

(9) A collaborative law participation agreement may provide additional methods for concluding a collaborative law process.

History: s. 6, ch. 2016-93.
Fla. Stat. § 876.02 — Florida Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 876 / Section 876.02
876.02 Criminal anarchy, Communism, and other specified doctrines; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

Any person who:

(1) By word of mouth or writing advocates, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, or propriety of overthrowing or overturning existing forms of constitutional government by force or violence; of disobeying or sabotaging or hindering the carrying out of the laws, orders, or decrees of duly constituted civil, naval, or military authorities; or by the assassination of officials of the Government of the United States or of the state, or by any unlawful means or under the guidance of, or in collaboration with, officials, agents, or representatives of a foreign state or an international revolutionary party or group; or

(2) Prints, publishes, edits, issues, or knowingly circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any book, paper, document, or written or printed matter in any form, containing or advocating, advising, or teaching the doctrine that constitutional government should be overthrown by force, violence, or any unlawful means; or

(3) Openly, willfully and deliberately urges, advocates, or justifies by word of mouth or writing the assassination or unlawful killing or assaulting of any official of the Government of the United States or of this state because of his or her official character, or any other crime, with intent to teach, spread, or advocate the propriety of the doctrines of criminal anarchy, criminal Communism, criminal Nazism, or criminal Fascism; or

(4) Organizes or helps to organize or becomes a member of any society, group, or assembly of persons formed to teach or advocate such doctrines; or

(5) Becomes a member of, associated with or promotes the interest of any criminal anarchistic, Communistic, Nazistic or Fascistic organization, or helps to organize or becomes a member of or affiliated with any subsidiary organization or associated group of persons who advocates, teaches, or advises the principles of criminal anarchy, criminal Communism, criminal Nazism or criminal Fascism;

shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History: s. 2, ch. 20216, 1941; s. 1137, ch. 71-136; s. 1411, ch. 97-102.
Fla. Stat. § 941.34 — Florida Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 941 / Part I / Section 941.34
941.34 Definition of “state.”
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this law the word “state” shall include the District of Columbia.

History: s. 4, ch. 20461, 1941.
Fla. Stat. § 495.001 — Florida Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 495 / Section 495.001
495.001 Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the “Registration and Protection of Trademarks Act.”

History: s. 1, ch. 2006-191.