Florida legal term
Contract in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Contract” 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 “Contract” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Contract” means a contract that is subject to the competitive procurement requirements of the contracting governmental entity or a contract for an amount or duration requiring it to include written provisions under the procurement requirements of the governmental entity.(c) “Governmental entity” means an agency of the state, a regional or local government created by the State Constitution or by a general or special act, a county or municipality, or any other entity that independently exercises governmental authority.(d) “Unauthorized alien” means a person who is unlawfully present in the Unit (Fla. Stat. § 908.111)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Agriculture warrants
- Battery on detention or commitment facility staff or a juvenile probation officer
- Bid tampering
- Bribery in athletic contests
- Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale
- DNA database
- Escapes; penalty
- Exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older
- Falsifying records
- Franchises and distributorships; misrepresentations
- Fraudulently obtaining goods or services from a health care provider; false reports of a communicable disease
- Hiring, leasing, or obtaining personal property or equipment with the intent to defraud; failing to return hired or leased personal property or equipment; rules of evidence
Related terms in the same statutes
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