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Fla. Stat. § 836.07 — Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel

Current through 2025 Florida Statutes

Part of Chapter 836: Defamation; Libel; Threatening Letters and Similar Offenses, Florida Statutes.

Full text of Fla. Stat. § 836.07

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Fla. Stat. § 836.07Primary source, current through the 2025 Florida Statutes

Before any criminal action is brought for publication, in a newspaper periodical, of a libel, the prosecutor shall at least 5 days before instituting such action serve notice in writing on defendant, specifying the article and the statements therein which he or she alleges to be false and defamatory.

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