Florida Statutes Title XLVI Chapter 843 - Obstructing Justice

• 843.01 - Resisting Officer With Violence To His Or Her Person.
  Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the...
• 843.02 - Resisting Officer Without Violence To His Or Her Person.
  Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission...
• 843.021 - Unlawful Possession Of A Concealed Handcuff Key.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “In custody” means any time while a person has been placed in handcuffs by a law enforcement officer, regardless...
• 843.025 - Depriving Officer Of Means Of Protection Or Communication.
  It is unlawful for any person to deprive a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2),...
• 843.03 - Obstruction By Disguised Person.
  Whoever in any manner disguises himself or herself with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law, or with the intent to intimidate, hinder,...
• 843.04 - Refusing To Assist Prison Officers In Arresting Escaped Convicts.
  (1) All prison officers and correctional officers shall immediately arrest any convict, held under the provisions of law, who may have escaped. Any such officer or...
• 843.05 - Resisting Timber Agent.
  Whoever obstructs, resists, or opposes a timber agent in the discharge of her or his duties, or attempts so to do, shall be guilty of...
• 843.06 - Neglect Or Refusal To Aid Peace Officers.
  Whoever, being required in the name of the state by any officer of the Florida Highway Patrol, police officer, beverage enforcement agent, or watchman, neglects...
• 843.08 - False Personation.
  A person who falsely assumes or pretends to be a firefighter, sheriff, officer of the Florida Highway Patrol, officer of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
• 843.081 - Prohibited Use Of Certain Lights; Penalty.
  (1) The Legislature finds and declares that Florida’s citizens are vulnerable to becoming the victims of criminal acts through the illegal use of blue lights by...
• 843.085 - Unlawful Use Of Badges Or Other Indicia Of Authority.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person, unless appointed by the Governor pursuant to chapter 354, authorized by the appropriate agency, or displayed in a closed...
• 843.0855 - Criminal Actions Under Color Of Law Or Through Use Of Simulated Legal Process.
  (1) As used in this section:(a) The term “legal process” means a document or order issued by a court or filed or recorded with an official court...
• 843.09 - Escape Through Voluntary Action Of Officer.
  If a jailer or other officer voluntarily suffers a prisoner in her or his custody, upon conviction of any criminal charge, to escape, she or...
• 843.10 - Escape By Negligence Of Officer.
  If a jailer or other officer, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in her or his custody upon conviction of any criminal charge to escape, she...
• 843.11 - Conveying Tools Into Jail To Aid Escape; Forcible Rescue.
  Whoever conveys into a jail or other like place of confinement, any disguise, instrument, tool, weapon, or other thing adapted or useful to aid a...
• 843.12 - Aiding Escape.
  Whoever knowingly aids or assists a person in escaping, attempting to escape, or who has escaped, from an officer or person who has or is...
• 843.13 - Aiding Escape Of Juvenile Inmates Of Correctional Institutions.
  Whoever in any manner knowingly aids or assists any inmate of any correctional institution for boys or girls in the state to escape therefrom, or...
• 843.14 - Compounding Felony.
  Whoever, having knowledge of the commission of an offense punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison, takes money or a gratuity or...
• 843.15 - Failure Of Defendant On Bail To Appear.
  (1) Whoever, having been released pursuant to chapter 903, willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required shall incur a forfeiture of...
• 843.16 - Unlawful To Install Or Transport Radio Equipment Using Assigned Frequency Of State Or Law Enforcement Officers; Definitions; Exceptions; Penalties.
  (1) A person, firm, or corporation may not install or transport in any motor vehicle or business establishment, except an emergency vehicle or crime watch vehicle...
• 843.165 - Unauthorized Transmissions To And Interference With Governmental And Associated Radio Frequencies Prohibited; Penalties; Exceptions.
  (1) A person may not transmit or cause to be transmitted over any radio frequency with knowledge that such frequency is assigned by the Federal Communications...
• 843.167 - Unlawful Use Of Police Communications; Enhanced Penalties.
  (1) A person may not:(a) Intercept any police radio communication by use of a scanner or any other means for the purpose of using that communication to...
• 843.17 - Publishing Name And Address Of Law Enforcement Officer.
  Any person who shall maliciously, with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law or with the intent to intimidate, hinder, or interrupt any...
• 843.18 - Boats; Fleeing Or Attempting To Elude A Law Enforcement Officer.
  (1) It is unlawful for the operator of any boat plying the waters of the state, having knowledge that she or he has been directed to...
• 843.19 - Offenses Against Police Dogs, Fire Dogs, Sar Dogs, Or Police Horses.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Police dog” means any dog, and “police horse” means any horse, that is owned, or the service of which...
• 843.20 - Harassment Of Participant Of Neighborhood Crime Watch Program Prohibited; Penalty; Definitions.
  (1) It shall be a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person to willfully harass, threaten,...
• 843.21 - Depriving Crime Victim Of Medical Care.
  A person who takes custody of or exercises control over a person he or she knows to be injured as a result of criminal activity...
• 843.22 - Traveling Across County Lines With Intent To Commit A Burglary.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “County of residence” means the county within this state in which a person resides. Evidence of a person’s county...

Last modified: September 23, 2016