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Fla. Stat. § 860.07 — Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 860: Offenses Concerning Aircraft, Motor Vehicles, Vessels, and Railroads, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 860.07
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 wrongfully, recklessly, or wantonly and without authority, signals any train or engine in this state with a red light or with a red flag, or gives any signal calculated to affect the movement or operation of any train, engine, or cars on any railroad in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. This section shall not apply to any person giving signals to stop a train for the purpose of preventing an accident to such train, or at a regular station or flag station when the train is flagged for the purpose of taking passage on said train.
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Is unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines is a Misdemeanor of the Second Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 860.07.
Which Florida statute covers unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines?
Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines is governed by Fla. Stat. § 860.07 (Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines).
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