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Fla. Stat. § 870.06 — Unauthorized military organizations
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 870: Affrays; Riots; Routs; Unlawful Assemblies, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 870.06
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.
No body of persons, other than the regularly organized land and naval militia of this state, the troops of the United States, and the students of regularly chartered educational institutions where military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruction, shall associate themselves together as a military organization for drill or parade in public with firearms, in this state, without special license from the Governor for each occasion, and application for such license must be approved by the mayor and aldermen of the cities and towns where such organizations may propose to parade. Each person unlawfully engaging in the formation of such military organization, or participating in such drill or parade, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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Is unauthorized military organizations a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Unauthorized military organizations is a Misdemeanor of the Second Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 870.06.
Which Florida statute covers unauthorized military organizations?
Unauthorized military organizations is governed by Fla. Stat. § 870.06 (Unauthorized military organizations).
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