Florida Statutes Title XLVI Chapter 836 - Defamation; Libel; Threatening Letters And Similar Offenses

• 836.01 - Punishment For Libel.
  Any person convicted of the publication of a libel shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082...
• 836.02 - Must Give Name Of The Party Written About.
  (1) No person shall print, write, publish, circulate or distribute within this state any newspaper, magazine, periodical, pamphlet, or other publication of any character, either written...
• 836.03 - Owner Or Editor Of The Paper Also Guilty.
  Any owner, manager, publisher or editor of any newspaper or other publication who permits any anonymous communication or communications such as is signed otherwise than...
• 836.04 - Defamation.
  Whoever speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously imputing to her a want of chastity, shall be guilty of a...
• 836.05 - Threats; Extortion.
  Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously...
• 836.06 - Punishment For Making Derogatory Statements Concerning Banks And Building And Loan Associations.
  Any person who shall willfully and maliciously make, circulate or transmit to another or others any false statement, rumor or suggestion, written, printed or by...
• 836.07 - Notice Condition Precedent To Prosecution For Libel.
  Before any criminal action is brought for publication, in a newspaper periodical, of a libel, the prosecutor shall at least 5 days before instituting such...
• 836.08 - Correction, Apology, Or Retraction By Newspaper.
  (1) If it appears upon the trial that said article was published in good faith; that its falsity was due to an honest mistake of the...
• 836.09 - Communicating Libelous Matter To Newspapers; Penalty.
  If any person shall state, deliver, or transmit by any means whatever, to the manager, editor, publisher or reporter of any newspaper or periodical for...
• 836.10 - Written Threats To Kill Or Do Bodily Injury; Punishment.
  Any person who writes or composes and also sends or procures the sending of any letter, inscribed communication, or electronic communication, whether such letter...
• 836.11 - Publications Which Tend To Expose Persons To Hatred, Contempt, Or Ridicule Prohibited.
  (1) It shall be unlawful to print, publish, distribute or cause to be printed, published or distributed by any means, or in any manner whatsoever, any...

Last modified: September 23, 2016