Florida Statutes Section 794.021 - Ignorance Or Belief As To Victim’s Age No Defense. (Fla. Stat. § 794.021)

794.021 Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.—When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.

History.—s. 2, ch. 74-121.

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