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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 15
SECRETARY OF STATE
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F.S. 15.03
15.03 State seal.—
(1) The great seal of the state shall be of the size of the American silver dollar, having in the center thereof a view of the sun’s rays over a highland in the distance, a sabal palmetto palm tree, a steamboat on water, and an Indian female scattering flowers in the foreground, encircled by the words “Great Seal of the State of Florida: In God We Trust.”
(2)(a) The Department of State shall be the custodian of the great seal of the state.
(b) The great seal of this state shall also be the seal of the Department of State, and the department may certify under said seal, copies of any statute, law, resolution, record, paper, letter or document, by law placed in its custody, keeping and care, and such certified copy shall have the same force and effect in evidence, as the original would have.
(3) Only the Department of State shall be authorized to affix the seal to any document for the purpose of attesting, certifying, or otherwise formalizing such document. Any facsimile or reproduction of the great seal shall be manufactured, used, displayed, or otherwise employed by anyone only upon the approval of the Department of State. The Department of State may grant a certificate of approval upon application to it by any person showing good cause for the use of the seal for a proper purpose. The Department of State may adopt reasonable rules for the manufacture or use of the great seal or any facsimile or reproduction thereof. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 4, ch. 1, 1845; RS 75; GS 76; RGS 90; CGL 112; s. 1, ch. 29841, 1955; s. 1, ch. 65-209; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; (2)(a) former s. 21, Art. IV of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended; converted to statutory law by s. 10, Art. XII of the State Constitution as revised in 1968; s. 1, ch. 70-300; s. 11, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 80-59.

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Amendments to 15.03


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 15.03
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S15.03 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9035 - M: S
S15.03 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - STATE SEAL VIOLATION - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 15.03

Total Results: 20

Anthawn Ragan, Jr. v. the State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-10-30T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: contrast to sections 790.15(1), 790.15(2), and 790.15(3), which are explicitly degree variants of the same

Marc Booker v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-30T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: 2023, revoking his probation and sentencing him to 15.3 months in state prison as it found Appellant to

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2024-06-06T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: - 15 - (3) Pagarle al secretario del tribunal el monto

Beachway Restaurants 2 and James Wigg v. Santo & June, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-05-29T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: subsection 95.11(4)(b), Florida Statutes. See ch. 2023-15, § 3, Laws of Fla.

WILLIAMS, ASSET PRESERVATION POOLED TRUST FUND, INC. v. BAMBERY, YOUNG

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-05-17T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Baden, 260 So. 3d 1108, 1114–15 3 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (granting prohibition

Reynolds v. State of Florida and Department of Children and Families

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-05-02T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: periodic reports as required by the statute. See § 916.15(3)(c), Fla. Stat.; see also Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.218

In Re: Judicial Circuit Assessment

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: ............................................ 15 3. Data Aligned with Rule Criteria ............

ADRIENNE NICOLE WHITTAMORE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: on the day after the offense is committed.” § 775.15(3), Fla. Stat. Whittamore is charged with Soliciting

Quentin Marcus Truehill v. State of Florida & Quentin Marcus Truehill v. Ricky D. Dixon, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2022-09-29T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: this regard. - 15 - 3. Ineffectiveness in Handling of Witnesses

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. PAN AM DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INC. d/b/a PAN AM DIAGNOSTIC OF ORLANDO a/a/o CLAUDINE JEAN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-08-17T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: subsections (10) and (15) . . . . 3 § 627.736(8), Fla. Stat

STAR CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. GABLES INSURANCE RECOVERY, INC., A/A/O ANA MARIA CORREA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-07-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: using one billing code.” Id. (15). 3 The trial court, concluding

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. BRYAN RINTOUL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Edward Caprio

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Stat. Ann. § 457:46(II) (2022); R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-3.1-13 (2022). In any event, it was the legislature

RAV BAHAMAS LTD., etc. v. MARLIN THREE, LLC, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-02-01T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: funds referred in [paragraph] 15 of 3 this complaint.” The

Steven Younkin v. Nathan Blackwelder

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-10-14T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the Fourth District. Id. at 15. -3- Our decision in Dodgen is

Gary Michael Hilton v. State of Florida & Gary Michael Hilton v. Mark S. Inch, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-08-26T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: been in the woods for seven to fifteen -3- days. Dr. Clarke testified

The Florida Bar v. Bryon R. Aven

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-05-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Fla. 1989); see also art. V, § 15, -3- Fla. Const. In this case, we

Les Krol v. FCA US, LLC

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-02-17T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: dissenting. Larrain, 976 So. 2d at 15. -3- indisputably irrelevant to

AMERICAN PRIME TITLE SERVICES, LLC v. ZHI WANG

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-02-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: information is not admissible to the jury, see § 46.15(3), Fla. Stat. (2020); § 768.041(3), Fla. Stat. (

Tina Lasonya Brown v. State of Florida & Tina Lasonya Brown v. Mark S. Inch, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-08-27T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: that she was around Brown’s trailer between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m., but then went home to cook and visit

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2019-12-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 2018) (authorizing instructions 15.1, 15.2, and 15.3 to include the definition); In re Std. Instrs.