Florida legal term
Maintain in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Maintain” 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 “Maintain” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Maintain” means, in relation to labor or services, to secure or make possible continued performance thereof, regardless of any initial agreement on the part of the victim to perform such type service.(g) “Obtain” means, in relation to labor, commercial sexual activity, or services, to receive, take possession of, or take custody of another person or secure performance thereof.(h) “Services” means any act committed at the behest of, under the supervision of, or for the benefit of another. (Fla. Stat. § 787.06)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties
- Advertising; religious discrimination; public places
- Airbag Antitheft Act
- Appointment of tax collectors to accept applications for a concealed weapon or firearm license; fees; penalties
- Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms
- Fictitious name registration
- Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms to minors under 18 years of age prohibited
- Intentional injury to or interference with property
- Intentionally defective workmanship
- Juvenile justice training; staff development and training; Juvenile Justice Training Trust Fund
- Local animal control or cruelty ordinances; penalty
- Marketing establishments; maintenance of scales
Related terms in the same statutes
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