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Fla. Stat. § 90.103 (2025)

Scope; applicability.

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90.103 Scope; applicability.—

(1) Unless otherwise provided by statute, this code applies to the same proceedings that the general law of evidence applied to before the effective date of this code.

(2) This act shall apply to criminal proceedings related to crimes committed after the effective date of this code and to civil actions and all other proceedings pending on or brought after October 1, 1981.

(3) Nothing in this act shall operate to repeal or modify the parol evidence rule.

History.—ss. 1, 5, 7, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 1, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379; s. 1, ch. 81-93.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 30 cases, 1979–2019 · leading case: Reeser v. Boats Unlimited, Inc., 432 So. 2d 1346 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).

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Reeser v. Boats Unlimited, Inc., 432 So. 2d 1346 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). · cites it 4× “See, §§ 90.103, Fla. Stat. (1979), and 90.103, Fla.”

In Re Florida Evidence Code, 376 So. 2d 1161 (Fla. 1979). · cites it 4× “We affirmatively state that our opinion of June 28, 1979, adopted section 90.103, Florida Statutes, in its entirety.”

Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. City of North Miami, 452 So. 2d 572 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). · cites it 4× “1979); see also § 90.103(1), Fla. Stat. (1981) (wherein the Evidence Code provides that "[u]nless otherwise provided by statute, this code applies to the same proceedings that the general law of evidence applied to before the effective date of this code"); Black's Law Dictionary…”

Erp v. Carroll, 438 So. 2d 31 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). · cites it 2× “Although section 90.103, Florida Statutes (1979), was amended in 1981 to make the Florida Evidence Code applicable to civil actions pending on or brought after October 1, 1981, this action had already been tried by that date.”

Tresvant v. State, 396 So. 2d 733 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). · cites it 2× “§ 90.103, Fla. Stat. (1979). Section 90.803(18), however, adopted existing Florida law.”

McRae v. State, 383 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] Under the Florida Evidence Code, applicable to criminal proceedings related to crimes committed after its effective date, § 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. (1979), Piacenti's testimony would not constitute hearsay.”

Hawthorne v. State, 470 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). · cites it 2× “§ 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. The code, patterned generally after the Federal Rules of Evidence, is, like its federal counterpart, silent as to any requirement that there be general acceptance of a newly developed scientific technique or principle in the particular field in which it…”

Alford v. G. Pierce Woods Mem'l Hosp., 621 So. 2d 1380 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). · cites it 2× “Indeed, Section 90.103(1), Florida Statutes (1987), states that the Evidence Code applies to the same proceedings to which the general law of evidence applied before the effective date of the code, "[u]nless otherwise provided by statute.”

Pino v. Koelber, 389 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). · cites it 2× “§ 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. (1979). Yet, both of the conclusions we have reached to reverse this case coincide with the result which the code would dictate.”

Webb v. State, 426 So. 2d 1033 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). · cites it 2× “[9] Section 90.103, Florida Statutes (1981), states unequivocally that the Code applies in criminal proceedings unless otherwise provided by statute, and none has been cited to us providing otherwise.”

Sarno v. State, 424 So. 2d 829 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). · cites it 2× “§ 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. (1979); In re Evidence Code, 376 So.”

Dickie v. State, 216 So. 3d 35 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). “See § 90.103(1) ("Unless otherwise provided by statute, [the Florida Evidence Code] applies to the same proceedings that the general law of evidence applied to before the effective date of this code.”

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— 90.103(1) — 7 cases

Miami Herald Pub. Co. v. City of North Miami, 452 So. 2d 572 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). “1979); see also § 90.103(1), Fla. Stat. (1981) (wherein the Evidence Code provides that "[u]nless otherwise provided by statute, this code applies to the same proceedings that the general law of evidence applied to before the effective date of this code"); Black's Law Dictionary…”

Alford v. G. Pierce Woods Mem'l Hosp., 621 So. 2d 1380 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). “Indeed, Section 90.103(1), Florida Statutes (1987), states that the Evidence Code applies to the same proceedings to which the general law of evidence applied before the effective date of the code, "[u]nless otherwise provided by statute.”

Odom v. Wekiva Concrete Prods., 443 So. 2d 331 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Hillsborough Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Pub. Employees Relations Comm'n, 424 So. 2d 132 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982).

— 90.103(2) — 12 cases

McRae v. State, 383 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). “NOTES [1] Under the Florida Evidence Code, applicable to criminal proceedings related to crimes committed after its effective date, § 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. (1979), Piacenti's testimony would not constitute hearsay.”

Hawthorne v. State, 470 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). “§ 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. The code, patterned generally after the Federal Rules of Evidence, is, like its federal counterpart, silent as to any requirement that there be general acceptance of a newly developed scientific technique or principle in the particular field in which it…”

Pino v. Koelber, 389 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980). “§ 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. (1979). Yet, both of the conclusions we have reached to reverse this case coincide with the result which the code would dictate.”

Sarno v. State, 424 So. 2d 829 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). “§ 90.103(2), Fla. Stat. (1979); In re Evidence Code, 376 So.”

Affiliated of Florida v. U-Need Sundries, Inc., 397 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981).

— 90.103(3) — 3 cases

Marsh v. Marsh, 399 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).

King v. Est. of King, 554 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

Billera v. Custom Laminating Window Prods., Inc., 11 Fla. Supp. 2d 120 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct. 1985).

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