Florida Statutes Title XLVI Chapter 776 - Justifiable Use Of Force

• 776.012 - Use Or Threatened Use Of Force In Defense Of Person.
  (1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably...
• 776.013 - Home Protection; Use Or Threatened Use Of Deadly Force; Presumption Of Fear Of Death Or Great Bodily Harm.
  (1) A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another...
• 776.031 - Use Or Threatened Use Of Force In Defense Of Property.
  (1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably...
• 776.032 - Immunity From Criminal Prosecution And Civil Action For Justifiable Use Or Threatened Use Of Force.
  (1) A person who uses or threatens to use force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in such conduct and...
• 776.041 - Use Or Threatened Use Of Force By Aggressor.
  The justification described in the preceding sections of this chapter is not available to a person who:(1) Is attempting to commit, committing, or escaping after the...
• 776.05 - Law Enforcement Officers; Use Of Force In Making An Arrest.
  A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, need not retreat or desist from...
• 776.051 - Use Or Threatened Use Of Force In Resisting Arrest Or Making An Arrest Or In The Execution Of A Legal Duty; Prohibition.
  (1) A person is not justified in the use or threatened use of force to resist an arrest by a law enforcement officer, or to resist...
• 776.06 - Deadly Force By A Law Enforcement Or Correctional Officer.
  (1) As applied to a law enforcement officer or correctional officer acting in the performance of his or her official duties, the term “deadly force” means...
• 776.07 - Use Of Force To Prevent Escape.
  (1) A law enforcement officer or other person who has an arrested person in his or her custody is justified in the use of any force...
• 776.08 - Forcible Felony.
  “Forcible felony” means treason; murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invasion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravated battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing,...
• 776.085 - Defense To Civil Action For Damages; Party Convicted Of Forcible Or Attempted Forcible Felony.
  (1) It shall be a defense to any action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death, or for injury to property, that such action arose...
• 776.09 - Retention Of Records Pertaining To Persons Found To Be Acting In Lawful Self-defense; Expunction Of Criminal History Records.
  (1) Whenever the state attorney or statewide prosecutor dismisses an information, indictment, or other charging document, or decides not to file an information, indictment, or other...

Last modified: September 23, 2016