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Fla. Stat. § 843.01 — Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse

Current through 2025 Florida Statutes

Part of Chapter 843: Obstructing Justice, Florida Statutes.

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Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse

Full text of Fla. Stat. § 843.01

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.

Fla. Stat. § 843.01Primary source, current through the 2025 Florida Statutes

(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation officer; personnel or representative of the Department of Law Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful execution of any legal duty, by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer or legally authorized person, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (2) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes a police canine or police horse as defined in s. 843.19(1)(a), working at the direction of or in tandem with any officer or legally authorized person listed in subsection (1), by offering or doing violence to the police canine or police horse, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

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Is resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?

Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse is a Felony of the Third Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 843.01.

Which Florida statute covers resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse?

Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse is governed by Fla. Stat. § 843.01 (Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horse).

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