Florida Statutes Title XVIII Chapter 256 - Flags

• 256.01 - Flag Of United States To Be Displayed.
  The flag of the United States shall be displayed daily when the weather permits, from a staff upon the state capitol and upon each county...
• 256.011 - Display Of Flag On Election Day.
  (1) The supervisor of elections of each county in this state shall provide a flag of the United States for each polling place in the county....
• 256.015 - Display Of State Flag; Protocol.
  (1) The Governor shall adopt a protocol on flag display. The protocol must provide guidelines for the proper display of the state flag and for the...
• 256.02 - Certain Officers To Provide Flag.
  The officer charged with the maintenance or upkeep of the buildings mentioned in s. 256.01 shall provide suitable flags and cause them to be displayed,...
• 256.031 - Department Of State Custodian Of State Flag.
  (1)(a) The Department of State is the custodian of the official state flag, and, for the purpose of assisting schools, governmental agencies, and other groups and...
• 256.032 - Display Of State Flag At Public Schools.
  The state flag shall be displayed at a suitable place and in the appropriate manner on the grounds of each elementary and secondary public school....
• 256.041 - Purchase Of United States Flag Or State Flag For Public Use.
  When the state, a county, or a municipality purchases a United States flag or a state flag for public use, the flag must be made...
• 256.05 - Improper Use Of State Or United States Flag, Or Other Symbol Of Authority.
  No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display:(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of...
• 256.051 - Improper Use Or Mutilation Of State Or Confederate Flag Or Emblem Prohibited.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to copy, print, publish, or otherwise use the flag or state emblem of Florida, or...
• 256.06 - Mutilation Or Disrespect Of State Or United States Flag.
  No person shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or...
• 256.07 - Exceptions.
  Sections 256.05 and 256.06 shall not apply to any act permitted by the Statutes of the United States or of this state, or by the...
• 256.08 - Definition.
  The words “flag,” “standard,” “color,” “ensign,” or “shield,” as used in ss. 256.05-256.07, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture...
• 256.09 - Penalty.
  Any person violating the provisions of s. 256.05 or s. 256.06 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in...
• 256.10 - Mutilation Of Or Disrespect For Confederate Flags Or Replicas.
  No person shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon the flags of the Confederacy, or replicas...
• 256.11 - Public Auditoriums; Display Of The United States Flag.
  (1) Each publicly supported and controlled auditorium within a separate building shall display daily the flag of the United States upon a suitable flagstaff upon the...
• 256.12 - Display Of Pow-mia Flags.
  On and after September 19, 1990, each state-owned building at which the flag of the United States is displayed must also display a POW-MIA flag,...
• 256.13 - Pow-mia Flag; Display At Rest Areas.
  The Florida Department of Transportation shall fly the POW-MIA flag year round at each of the rest areas along interstate highways in this state.History.—s. 1,...
• 256.14 - Pow-mia Flag; Display At State Parks.
  The Department of Environmental Protection shall purchase and display the POW-MIA flag year-round at each of the state parks where the flag of the United...
• 256.15 - Firefighter Memorial Flag
  The Division of State Fire Marshal of the Department of Financial Services shall design, produce, and implement the creation and distribution of an official state...

Last modified: September 23, 2016