Florida legal term
Call in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Call” 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 “Call” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Call” means any type of telephone call made using a public switched telephone network, wireless cellular telephone service, or voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) service that has the capability of accessing users on the public switched telephone network or a successor network.(b) “Caller” means a person who places a call, whether by telephone, over a telephone line, or on a computer.(c) “Enter” means to input data by whatever means into a computer or telephone system.(d) “False information” means data that misrepresents the identity of the caller to the recipient of a call or to the network (Fla. Stat. § 817.487)
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