Florida legal term
Probation in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Probation” 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 “Probation” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Probation” means a form of community supervision requiring specified contacts with probation officers and other terms and conditions as provided in s. 948.03. (Fla. Stat. § 948.001)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders
- Oaths; records; confidential information
- Probation; community service
- Registration of convicted felons, exemptions; penalties
- Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse
- Resisting officer without violence to his or her person
- Responsibilities of employing agency, commission, and program with respect to compliance with employment qualifications and the conduct of background investigations; injunctive relief
- Screening for HIV and sexually transmissible diseases; providing penalties
- Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital sexual battery; further proceedings to determine sentence
- The Florida Career Offender Registration Act
- Driving under the influence; penalties
- Prison diversion program
Related terms in the same statutes
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.