Florida legal term
Performance in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Performance” 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 “Performance” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Performance” means any play, motion picture, photograph, or dance or any other visual representation exhibited before an audience.(h) “Promote” means to procure, manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, transmute, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, send, post, share, or advertise or to offer or agree to do the same.(i) “Sadomasochistic abuse” means flagellation or torture by or upon a person, or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restrained, for the purpose of deriving sexual satisfaction from in (Fla. Stat. § 827.071)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Misuse of laser lighting devices
- Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child; penalties
- Approaching a first responder with specified intent after a warning
- Armor-piercing or exploding ammunition or dragon’s breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells prohibited
- Bribery
- Corruption by threat against public servant
- Culpable negligence
- Disposing of personal property under lien or subject to conditional sale
- Exposing children to an adult live performance
- False, deceptive, or misleading advertisement of live musical performances
- False official statements
- Interference with a sporting or entertainment event
Related terms in the same statutes
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