Florida Statutes Title XLVI Chapter 870 - Affrays; Riots; Routs; Unlawful Assemblies

  • 870.01 - Affrays And Riots.
    (1) All persons guilty of an affray shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(2) All...
  • 870.02 - Unlawful Assemblies.
    If three or more persons meet together to commit a breach of the peace, or to do any other unlawful act, each of them shall...
  • 870.03 - Riots And Routs.
    If any persons unlawfully assembled demolish, pull down or destroy, or begin to demolish, pull down or destroy, any dwelling house or other building, or...
  • 870.04 - Specified Officers To Disperse Riotous Assembly.
    If any number of persons, whether armed or not, are unlawfully, riotously, or tumultuously assembled in any county, city, or municipality, the sheriff or the...
  • 870.041 - Preservation Of The Public Peace By Local Authority.
    In the event of overt acts of violence, or the imminent threat of such violence, within a county or municipality and the Governor has not...
  • 870.042 - Designation Of Local Authority.
    (1) The sheriff of each of the several counties of this state, or such other county official having the duties of a sheriff in counties operating...
  • 870.043 - Declaration Of Emergency.
    Whenever the sheriff or designated city official determines that there has been an act of violence or a flagrant and substantial defiance of, or resistance...
  • 870.044 - Automatic Emergency Measures.
    Whenever the public official declares that a state of emergency exists, pursuant to s. 870.043, the following acts shall be prohibited during the period of...
  • 870.045 - Discretionary Emergency Measures.
    Whenever the public official declares that a state of emergency exists, pursuant to s. 870.043, he or she may order and promulgate all or any...
  • 870.046 - Filing And Publication.
    Any state of emergency or emergency measure declared or ordered and promulgated by virtue of the terms of ss. 870.041-870.045 shall, as promptly as practicable,...
  • 870.047 - Duration And Termination Of Emergency.
    A state of emergency established under ss. 870.041-870.046 shall commence upon the declaration thereof by the public official and shall terminate at the end of...
  • 870.048 - Violations.
    Any violation of a provision of ss. 870.041-870.047 or of any emergency measure established pursuant thereto shall be a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable...
  • 870.05 - When Killing Excused.
    If, by reason of the efforts made by any of said officers or by their direction to disperse such assembly, or to seize and secure...
  • 870.06 - Unauthorized Military Organizations.
    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...

Last modified: September 23, 2016