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Fla. Stat. § 847.0133 — Protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 847: Obscenity, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 847.0133
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) A person may not knowingly sell, rent, loan, give away, distribute, transmit, or show any obscene material to a minor. For purposes of this section “obscene material” means any obscene book, magazine, periodical, pamphlet, newspaper, comic book, story paper, written or printed story or article, writing paper, card, picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture film, figure, image, videotape, videocassette, phonograph record, or wire or tape or other recording, or any written, printed, or recorded matter of any such character which may or may not require mechanical or other means to be transmuted into auditory, visual, or sensory representations of such character, or any article or instrument for obscene use, or purporting to be for obscene use or purpose. The term “obscene” has the same meaning as set forth in s. 847.001.
(2) As used in this section “knowingly” has the same meaning set forth in s. 847.012(1). A “minor” is any person under the age of 18 years.
(3) A violation of the provisions of this section constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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Is protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty is a Felony of the Third Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 847.0133.
Which Florida statute covers protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty?
Protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty is governed by Fla. Stat. § 847.0133 (Protection of minors; prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscenity; penalty).
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