Florida legal term
Communicate in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Communicate” 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 “Communicate” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Communicate” means to transmit or transfer or to cause another to transmit or transfer signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligences of any nature in whole or in part by mail, or by wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system.(b) “Obtain” means temporarily or permanently to deprive any person of the right to property or a benefit therefrom, or to appropriate the property to one’s own use or to the use of any other person not entitled thereto.(c) “Property” means anything of value, and includes:1. (Fla. Stat. § 817.034)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Loitering or prowling by certain offenders in close proximity to children; penalty
- Screening for HIV and sexually transmissible diseases; providing penalties
- Solicitation of legal services or retainers therefor; penalty
- Testimony not to be disclosed; exceptions
- Trespass in structure or conveyance
- Unlawful acts related to disclosure of proceedings; penalty
- Sexual battery
Related terms in the same statutes
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