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Fla. Stat. § 784.0495 — Mob intimidation
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 784: Assault; Battery; Culpable Negligence, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 784.0495
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
(1) It is unlawful for a person, assembled with two or more other persons and acting with a common intent, to use force or threaten to use imminent force, to compel or induce, or attempt to compel or induce, another person to do or refrain from doing any act or to assume, abandon, or maintain a particular viewpoint against his or her will.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) A person arrested for a violation of this section shall be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail in accordance with chapter 903.
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Is mob intimidation a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Mob intimidation is a Misdemeanor of the First Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 784.0495.
Which Florida statute covers mob intimidation?
Mob intimidation is governed by Fla. Stat. § 784.0495 (Mob intimidation).
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