Florida legal term
Adult in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Adult” 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 “Adult” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Adult” means a person 18 years of age or older. (Fla. Stat. § 847.001)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Attempts, solicitation, and conspiracy
- Employing persons under the age of 21 years in adult entertainment establishments prohibited
- Exposing children to an adult live performance
- Harmful communication to a minor
- Jurisdiction
- Obscene telephone service prohibited; penalty
- Prohibition of adult entertainment establishment that displays, sells, or distributes materials harmful to minors within 2,500 feet of a school
- Transfer or sale of firearms; required warnings; penalties
- Use of BB guns, air or gas-operated guns, or electric weapons or devices by minor under 16; limitation; possession of firearms by minor under 18 prohibited; penalties
- Felons and delinquents; possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices unlawful
- Possession of firearm or ammunition by violent career criminal unlawful; penalty
Related terms in the same statutes
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