Florida statute
Fla. Stat. § 836.06 — Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 836: Defamation; Libel; Threatening Letters and Similar Offenses, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 836.06
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.
Any person who shall willfully and maliciously make, circulate or transmit to another or others any false statement, rumor or suggestion, written, printed or by word of mouth, which is directly or by inference derogatory to the financial condition or affects the solvency or financial standing of any banking institution or building and loan association doing business in this state, or who shall counsel, aid, procure or induce another to start, transmit or circulate any such statement or rumor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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Is punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations is a Misdemeanor of the First Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 836.06.
Which Florida statute covers punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations?
Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations is governed by Fla. Stat. § 836.06 (Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations).
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