Florida legal term
Recipient in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Recipient” 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 “Recipient” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Recipient” means a person who receives reproductive material from a donor.(d) “Reproductive material” means any human “egg” or “sperm” as those terms are defined in s. 742.13, or a human zygote.(e) “Zygote” means a fertilized ovum. (Fla. Stat. § 784.086)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct; permitted uses of proceeds; limitations
- Dealing in property paid for in whole or in part by the Medicaid program
- Imitation controlled substances defined; possession and distribution prohibited
- Mail theft
- Simulated process
- Transmission of material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or equipment prohibited; penalties
- Trespass and larceny with relation to utility fixtures; theft of utility services
- Violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence
- Violation of an injunction for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult
- Violation of an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalking
- Telephone caller identification systems
Related terms in the same statutes
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