Florida legal term
Access in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Access” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Access” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Access” means to approach, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any resources of a computer, a computer system, a computer network, or an electronic device. (Fla. Stat. § 815.03)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult; penalties
- Cave vandalism and related offenses
- Cellular telephone counterfeiting offenses
- Culpable negligence
- Fraudulent creation or possession of admission ticket
- Fraudulent use of gift cards
- Home or private business invasion by false personation; penalties
- Identification documents; unlawful possession or creation
- Misuse of confidential information
- Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on juvenile sexual offenders
- Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders
- Offenses against governmental entities
Related terms in the same statutes
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