Florida criminal code — chapter
Chapter 836: Defamation; Libel; Threatening Letters and Similar Offenses
Chapter 836 of Title XLVI: Crimes, Florida Statutes. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Chapter 836
- Fla. Stat. § 836.01 — Punishment for libel
- Fla. Stat. § 836.02 — Must give name of the party written about
- Fla. Stat. § 836.03 — Owner or editor of the paper also guilty
- Fla. Stat. § 836.04 — Defamation
- Fla. Stat. § 836.05 — Threats; extortion
- Fla. Stat. § 836.06 — Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations
- Fla. Stat. § 836.07 — Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel
- Fla. Stat. § 836.08 — Correction, apology, or retraction by newspaper
- Fla. Stat. § 836.09 — Communicating libelous matter to newspapers; penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 836.10 — Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; punishment; exemption from liability
- Fla. Stat. § 836.11 — Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited
- Fla. Stat. § 836.115 — Cyberintimidation by publication
- Fla. Stat. § 836.12 — Threats or harassment
- Fla. Stat. § 836.13 — Altered sexual depictions; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability
- Fla. Stat. § 836.14 — Theft or unauthorized promotion of a sexually explicit image
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