Florida legal term
Conveyance in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Conveyance” 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 “Conveyance” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Conveyance” means any motor vehicle, ship, vessel, railroad car, trailer, aircraft, or sleeping car.(d) “Convicted” means a determination of guilt which is the result of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld. (Fla. Stat. § 787.025)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Carelessness of common carrier
- Commercial transportation; penalty for use in commission of a felony
- Disorderly intoxication
- Falsifying records
- Impairing or impeding telephone or power to a dwelling; facilitating or furthering a burglary; penalty
- Ownership, lease, rental, or possession for trafficking in or manufacturing a controlled substance
- Renting space to be used for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution
- Retail fuel theft
- Theft of copper or other nonferrous metals
- Trespass in structure or conveyance
- Trespass on property other than structure or conveyance
- Voyeurism prohibited; penalties
Related terms in the same statutes
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