Florida legal term
Owner in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Owner” 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 “Owner” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Owner” means any person who owns or has owned a sport shooting or training range or any interest therein.(d) “Projectile” means any object expelled, propelled, discharged, shot, or otherwise released from a firearm, BB gun, airgun, or similar device, including, but not limited to, gunpowder, ammunition, lead, shot, skeet, and trap targets and associated chemicals, derivatives, and constituents thereof.(e) “Environmental management practices” includes but is not limited to Best Management Practices for Environmental Stewardship of Florida Shooting Ranges as developed by the Department of Envir (Fla. Stat. § 790.333)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Agriculture warrants
- Allowing unlawful assembly in building prohibited
- Breaking or injuring fences
- Bribery in athletic contests
- Catalytic Converter Antitheft Act
- Contagious diseases
- Crashes involving damage to vehicle or property
- Criminal mischief; penalties; penalty for minor
- Derelict and migrant vessels; relocation or removal; penalty
- Destroying or demolishing a memorial or historic property
- Direct observation, videotaping, or visual surveillance of customers in merchant’s dressing room, etc., prohibited; penalties
- Discharging firearm in public or on residential property
Related terms in the same statutes
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