Florida legal term
Distribute in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Distribute” 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 “Distribute” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Distribute” has the same meaning as in s. 893.02.(b) The unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated without any design to effect death, which resulted from the unlawful distribution by a person less than 18 years of age of any substance or mixture that he or she knew or reasonably should have known contained dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs when such substance or mixture is proven to have caused, or is proven to have been a substantial factor in producing, the death of the user, is murder in the third degree and constitutes a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided (Fla. Stat. § 782.04)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Sexting; prohibited acts; penalties
- Bump-fire stocks prohibited
- Disposing of duplicate switch keys of railroad companies; penalty
- Domestic violence; investigation of incidents; notice to victims of legal rights and remedies; reporting
- Franchises and distributorships; misrepresentations
- Imitation controlled substances defined; possession and distribution prohibited
- Must give name of the party written about
- Offenses involving forging or counterfeiting private labels
- Prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials; penalty
- Protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty
- Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited
- Sexual activities involving animals
Related terms in the same statutes
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