Florida statute
Fla. Stat. § 876.43 — Unlawful entry on property
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 876: Criminal Anarchy, Treason, and Other Crimes Against Public Order, Florida Statutes.
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Full text of Fla. Stat. § 876.43
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 individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipal corporation or state or any political subdivision thereof engaged in, or preparing to engage in, the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product to be used in the preparation of the United States, or of any country with which the United States shall then maintain friendly relations, or of any of the states for defense or for war or in the prosecution of war by the United States, or the manufacture, transportation, distribution or storage of gas, oil, coal, electricity or water, or any of said natural or artificial persons operating any public utility, whose property, except where it fronts on water or where there are entrances for railway cars, vehicles, persons or things, is surrounded by a fence or wall, or a fence or wall and buildings, may post around her or his or its property at each gate, entrance, dock or railway entrance and every 100 feet of waterfront a sign reading “No Entry Without Permission.” Whoever without permission of such owner shall willfully enter upon premises so posted 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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Questions this section answers
Is unlawful entry on property a felony or a misdemeanor in Florida?
Unlawful entry on property is a Misdemeanor of the Second Degree in Florida under Fla. Stat. § 876.43.
Which Florida statute covers unlawful entry on property?
Unlawful entry on property is governed by Fla. Stat. § 876.43 (Unlawful entry on property).
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.