Browse Florida Crimes
Browse published Florida criminal offenses by name and quickly access statutes, elements, definitions, and related reference information.
Aggravated Assault
Florida Statute § 784.021
An assault committed with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, or with intent to commit a felony.
Aggravated Battery
Florida Statute § 784.045
A battery committed under aggravating circumstances recognized by Florida law.
Assault
Florida Statute § 784.011
An intentional unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to another person under circumstances creating a well-founded fear that the violence is imminent.
Assault or Battery on Law Enforcement or Protected Personnel
Florida Statute § 784.07
Assault, battery, aggravated assault, or aggravated battery against law enforcement or another specified protected person engaged in official duties.
Battery
Florida Statute § 784.03
Intentional touching or striking of another person against their will, or intentionally causing bodily harm.
Burglary
Florida Statute § 810.02
Entering or remaining in certain locations with criminal intent under circumstances defined by Florida law.
Carrying a Concealed Weapon or Firearm
Florida Statute § 790.01
Carrying a concealed weapon, electric weapon or device, or firearm when the statutory authorization criteria are not met.
Child Abuse and Neglect
Florida Statute § 827.03
Child abuse, aggravated child abuse, or child neglect under the statutory definitions and resulting-harm circumstances.
Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation
Florida Statute § 847.0135
Computer-facilitated child-sex offenses including prohibited solicitation, traveling, and transmissions.
Continuing Criminal Enterprise
Florida Statute § 893.20
Committing three or more Chapter 893 felonies in concert with five or more persons while holding an organizer, supervisory, or management role and obtaining substantial assets or resources.
Contributing to Delinquency or Dependency of a Child
Florida Statute § 827.04
Causing, encouraging, or inducing conduct that causes or tends to cause a child to become or remain delinquent, dependent, or in need of services; includes a distinct adult-impregnation track.
Controlled Substance Offenses
Florida Statute § 893.13
Unlawful sale, manufacture, delivery, possession with intent, or possession of a controlled substance.
Criminal Mischief
Florida Statute § 806.13
Willfully and maliciously injuring or damaging another person's real or personal property.
Dangerous Fentanyl Exposure of First Responder
Florida Statute § 893.132
An adult who recklessly exposes a first responder to dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs while unlawfully possessing them, causing overdose or serious bodily injury.
Depriving Officer of Means of Protection or Communication
Florida Statute § 843.025
Depriving an officer of, or rendering useless, a covered protective or communication item.
Destructive Device Offenses
Florida Statute § 790.161
Willfully and unlawfully making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, discharging, or attempting covered conduct involving a destructive device.
Discharging Firearm in Public or Residential Area
Florida Statute § 790.15
Knowingly, recklessly, or negligently discharging a firearm in statutorily prohibited public or residential circumstances.
Disorderly Conduct
Florida Statute § 877.03
Acts that corrupt public morals, outrage public decency, disturb the peace and quiet of witnesses, or involve brawling or fighting.
Distribution Causing Overdose or Serious Bodily Injury
Florida Statute § 893.131
An adult's unlawful distribution of specified opioids or analogs when the substance causes or is a substantial factor in causing a user's overdose or serious bodily injury.
Drug Paraphernalia
Florida Statute § 893.147
Unlawful use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertising, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia.
Drug Trafficking
Florida Statute § 893.135
Knowing sale, purchase, manufacture, delivery, importation, or actual or constructive possession of controlled substances at statutory trafficking quantities.
Exposing Children to an Adult Live Performance
Florida Statute § 827.11
Knowingly admitting a child to a qualifying adult live performance.
Exposing Minors to Harmful Presentations
Florida Statute § 847.013
Knowingly exposing minors to specified harmful motion pictures, exhibitions, shows, presentations, or representations.
Exposure of Sexual Organs
Florida Statute § 800.03
Exposing or exhibiting sexual organs, or being naked in public, in a vulgar or indecent manner.
False Personation of Officer or Protected Official
Florida Statute § 843.08
Falsely assuming or pretending to be a listed officer or official and acting as that person or requiring another person to assist.
False Report of Bomb Explosive WMD or Violent Firearm Use
Florida Statute § 790.163
Making a false report about a bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or violent firearm use with intent to deceive, mislead, or misinform.
Felon or Delinquent in Possession of Firearm
Florida Statute § 790.23
Possession, custody, control, or ownership of a firearm, ammunition, electric weapon or device, or other weapon by a statutorily prohibited person.
Female Genital Mutilation
Florida Statute § 794.08
Knowingly committing or attempting female genital mutilation on a person younger than 18, or committing related removal or consent conduct.
Furnishing Weapons or Firearms to a Minor or Person of Unsound Mind
Florida Statute § 790.17
Furnishing covered weapons to a minor or a person of unsound mind, or knowingly and willfully selling or transferring a firearm to a minor, outside the stated permissions.
Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Florida Statute § 827.072
Possessing, viewing, transmitting, or creating computer-generated material portraying a fictitious person who reasonably appears to be under 18 engaged in sexual conduct.
Harmful Communication to a Minor
Florida Statute § 847.01385
An adult's harmful pattern of explicit and detailed sexual communication to a minor.
Harmful Materials to Minors
Florida Statute § 847.012
Selling, renting, loaning, using a minor to produce, or certain school-property distribution or posting of material harmful to minors.
Improper Exhibition of Dangerous Weapon or Firearm
Florida Statute § 790.10
Exhibiting a covered weapon or firearm in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner in the presence of one or more persons.
Indecent Lewd or Lascivious Touching of Certain Minors
Florida Statute § 794.051
Lewd or lascivious touching by a person 24 or older involving a person 16 or 17 years of age.
Interference With Custody
Florida Statute § 787.03
Taking, enticing, detaining, concealing, or procuring the taking of a minor or incompetent person from lawful custody under a statutory custody-interference track.
Lewd or Lascivious Offenses
Florida Statute § 800.04
Lewd or lascivious battery, molestation, conduct, or exhibition committed upon or in the presence of a person under 16.
Minor Firearm Possession
Florida Statute § 790.22
A minor's prohibited possession of a firearm, or an adult's prohibited permission of a minor's weapon or firearm possession.
Nonsupport of Dependents
Florida Statute § 827.06
Willfully failing to provide support a person has the ability to provide to a child or spouse whom the person knows they are legally obligated to support.
Obscene Material to a Minor
Florida Statute § 847.0133
Knowingly selling, renting, loaning, giving away, distributing, transmitting, or showing obscene material to a minor.
Open Carrying of Weapons
Florida Statute § 790.053
Open carrying of a firearm or electric weapon or device when not otherwise authorized by law.
Possession of Short-Barreled Rifle Shotgun or Machine Gun
Florida Statute § 790.221
Owning or possessing an operable short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gun outside the stated exceptions.
Property Used for Drug Trafficking or Manufacture
Florida Statute § 893.1351
Owning, leasing, renting, or possessing a place or conveyance with knowledge of specified controlled-substance trafficking, sale, or manufacture activity.
Resisting Officer With Violence
Florida Statute § 843.01
Knowingly and willfully resisting, obstructing, or opposing a legally authorized person by offering or doing violence.
Resisting Officer Without Violence
Florida Statute § 843.02
Resisting, obstructing, or opposing a legally authorized officer without offering or doing violence.
Retail Sale of Ephedrine and Related Compounds
Florida Statute § 893.1495
Violating specified retail acquisition, delivery, display, or employee-training restrictions for nonprescription ephedrine or related compounds.
Robbery
Florida Statute § 812.13
Taking property from another person through force, violence, assault, or putting the person in fear.
Sexting
Florida Statute § 847.0141
A minor's knowing electronic transmission, distribution, or qualifying possession of a nude photograph or video that is harmful to minors.
Sexual Battery
Florida Statute § 794.011
A sexual battery committed under the circumstances and classifications defined by Florida law.
Sexual Performance by a Child; Child Sexual Abuse Material
Florida Statute § 827.071
Using a child in a sexual performance, promoting such a performance, or specified possession, control, viewing, or solicitation of child sexual abuse material.
Shooting Into Building or Vehicle
Florida Statute § 790.19
Shooting at, within, or into an occupied or unoccupied building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, railroad car, or other listed conveyance.
Stalking
Florida Statute § 784.048
Willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly following, harassing, or cyberstalking another person.
Theft
Florida Statute § 812.014
The unlawful taking or use of another person's property.
Threat Concerning a Destructive Device
Florida Statute § 790.162
Threatening to throw, project, place, or discharge a destructive device with the required intent.
Transmission of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Florida Statute § 847.0137
Knowingly or with reason to know transmitting child sexual abuse material by electronic device or equipment.
Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor
Florida Statute § 847.0138
Knowingly transmitting material harmful to minors to a specific individual known or believed to be a minor.
Trespass
Florida Statute § 810.08 / 810.09
Unauthorized entry into or remaining in a structure, conveyance, or other property under circumstances prohibited by Florida law.
Unlawful Desertion of a Child
Florida Statute § 827.10
A caregiver deserting a child under circumstances exposing the child to an unreasonable risk of harm.
Unlawful Possession of Listed Chemical
Florida Statute § 893.149
Knowingly or intentionally possessing or distributing a listed chemical for unlawful controlled-substance manufacture.
Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors
Florida Statute § 794.05
Sexual activity by a person 24 years of age or older with a person 16 or 17 years of age.
Unsafe Firearm Storage
Florida Statute § 790.174
Improperly storing or leaving a loaded firearm where a minor likely to gain access obtains and improperly possesses or exhibits it.
Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction
Florida Statute § 741.31
Willfully violating a domestic-violence injunction or qualifying foreign protection order through a listed prohibited act.
Violation of Domestic Violence Pretrial-Release Condition
Florida Statute § 741.29
Willfully violating a statutory condition of pretrial release when the original arrest was for an act of domestic violence.
Violation of Protective Injunction
Florida Statute § 784.047
Willfully violating an injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, or a qualifying foreign protection order.
Weapon or Firearm During Criminal Offense
Florida Statute § 790.07
Displaying, using, threatening to use, attempting to use, or carrying a covered weapon or firearm while committing or attempting a felony or while under indictment.
Weapons or Firearms at School
Florida Statute § 790.115
Possessing, exhibiting, or discharging covered weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or school location, subject to statutory exceptions.
Written Solicitation of Certain Minors to Commit a Lewd or Lascivious Act
Florida Statute § 794.053
A written solicitation by a person 24 or older asking a person 16 or 17 to commit a lewd or lascivious act.