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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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90.501 Privileges recognized only as provided.Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, any other statute, or the Constitution of the United States or the State Constitution, no person in a legal proceeding has a privilege to:
(1) Refuse to be a witness.
(2) Refuse to disclose any matter.
(3) Refuse to produce any object or writing.
(4) Prevent another from being a witness, from disclosing any matter, or from producing any object or writing.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 9, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379.

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Cases Citing Statute 90.501

Total Results: 17

Westerheide v. State

831 So. 2d 93, 2002 WL 31319386

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 2002 | Docket: 1722942

Cited 151 times | Published

...The purpose of the rules of evidence is to promote the ascertainment of truth. The general rule provides that no person in a legal proceeding has a privilege to refuse to be a witness or to disclose any matter, except as otherwise provided in the evidence code, another statute, or the Florida or federal constitutions. See § 90.501, Fla....

Tumulty v. State

489 So. 2d 150, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1211

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 28, 1986 | Docket: 1528806

Cited 21 times | Published

...Tumulty took the stand and, of course, denied all of the inculpatory statements charged to her. Six points are presented in this appeal. The first involves a denial of Tumulty's motion to dismiss the indictment because the grand jury was improperly empaneled according to the dictates of section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1983)....

Marshall v. Anderson

459 So. 2d 384, 21 Educ. L. Rep. 1067

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 6, 1984 | Docket: 1282609

Cited 10 times | Published

...f privilege on a case-by-case basis ... and to leave the door open to change," Trammel v. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47, 100 S.Ct. 906, 910, 63 L.Ed.2d 186 (1980), the courts of Florida are statutorily forbidden to do so. The Florida Evidence Code, Section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1981), didactically states: 90.501 Privileges recognized only as provided Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, any other statute, or the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Florida, no person in a legal proceeding has a privilege to: (1) Refuse to be a witness....
...an discover for its creation is founded upon a provision of the United States or Florida Constitution. See Shevin v. Byron, Harless, Schaffer, Reid and Assoc., Inc., 379 So.2d 633 (Fla. 1980). Since neither of the grounds exclusively permitted under section 90.501 thus exists, the testimonial privilege enforced below may not, as a matter of law and under any circumstances, be recognized in our state....
...ll be governed by the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted by the courts of the United States in the light of reason and experience. [7] It should be noted that, consistent with the complete divergence between the federal rule and § 90.501, virtually the entire federal law of privilege is based upon the common law rather than either rule or statute....

Guerrier v. State

811 So. 2d 852, 2002 WL 463655

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 2002 | Docket: 1723584

Cited 8 times | Published

...Privileges Under Florida Law The only privileges recognized under Florida law are those established by The Florida Evidence Code, any other statute, the federal or Florida constitutions, and the Florida Supreme Court pursuant to its rule making authority. See § 90.501, Fla....

Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co. v. Beard

597 So. 2d 873, 1992 WL 74968

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 10, 1992 | Docket: 1351086

Cited 8 times | Published

...sonal access to all public records. § 119.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1991). Moreover, we note that in the federal sector, critical self-analysis rises to the level of a privilege; it is not merely confidential. In Florida, privileges exist only by statute. § 90.501, Fla....

League of Women Voters v. Florida House of Representatives

132 So. 3d 135, 2013 WL 6570903

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2013 | Docket: 60238383

Cited 7 times | Published

privilege has been abolished is unwarranted. Section 90.501, Florida Statutes (2013), which the majority

Deehl v. Knox

414 So. 2d 1089

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 11, 1982 | Docket: 1358644

Cited 6 times | Published

...Moreover, in terms of the "fifth amendment advice" question which the appellee has chosen to emphasize here, [7] it is noteworthy that the invocation of the attorney-client privilege is specifically recognized by § 90.502, Fla. Stat. (1979) as a basis for advising one not to testify. § 90.501, Fla....

Johnson v. State

595 So. 2d 132, 1992 WL 25819

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 1992 | Docket: 1709138

Cited 6 times | Published

...ght, statute or rule. See State v. Williams, 417 So.2d 755 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982); section 90.402, Florida Statutes ("All relevant evidence is admissible, except as provided by law"); Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence *135 § 402.1 (2d edition 1984). See also section 90.501, Florida Statutes (providing that no person has a privilege to refuse to disclose any matter, except as otherwise provided by Florida statute or by constitutional interpretation); Girardeau v....

Florida House of Representatives Ex Rel. Kriseman v. Expedia, Inc.

85 So. 3d 517, 2012 WL 1033662, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 4933

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 29, 2012 | Docket: 1935046

Cited 5 times | Published

...uiry into these aspects of the legislative process. Because the right to assert a legislative privilege arises from the state constitution as well as the common law, it is among those privileges that exist independently of the Florida Evidence Code. Section 90.501, Florida Statutes limits the testimonial privileges that are available to those that are listed in the Evidence Code. Legislative privilege is not listed in the Code but it falls within the exception for those privileges that "arise from the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Florida." See § 90.501, Fla....

State v. Castellano

460 So. 2d 480

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 7, 1984 | Docket: 1766017

Cited 5 times | Published

...He maintains such testimony will support his contention of self-defense. The state filed a motion to quash the deposition subpoena urging that statements made to CDSP mediators were privileged. The court denied the motion to quash. At the outset, we note that section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1983), provides: 90.501 Privileges recognized only as provided....

Florida Ass'n of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc. v. Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

164 F.R.D. 257, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20462, 1995 WL 707365

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 1995 | Docket: 66313248

Cited 4 times | Published

The court first noted that pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 90.501 (of the Florida Evidence Code), no evidentiary

Girardeau v. State

403 So. 2d 513

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 31, 1981 | Docket: 1251033

Cited 4 times | Published

...ng schedule and oral argument to allow full consideration of the claim of privilege. Appellant concedes the absence of any express constitutional or statutory provision authorizing the invocation of the privilege asserted. In this connection we note Section 90.501 of the recently adopted Florida Evidence Code which specifically provides for the non-existence of any privilege in a legal proceeding to refuse to be a witness, to disclose any matter, or produce any documents or writings, except as p...
...Rule 6.25, The Rules Governing The Florida House of Representatives (1980-1982) provides: "6.25 — Open Meetings. All meetings of all committees shall be open to the public at all times, subject always to the authority of the presiding officer to maintain order and decorum." Further, as previously noted in this opinion, Section 90.501 of the Florida Evidence Code mandates a finding of no such privilege of non-disclosure....

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. v. McMurray

181 F.R.D. 525, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21686, 1998 WL 480845

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 1998 | Docket: 66319029

Cited 2 times | Published

producing any object or writing. See Fla.Stat. § 90.501 (emphasis supplied). Florida’s husband-wife privilege

Doe v. SUNTRUST BANK

32 So. 3d 133, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 568, 2010 WL 323031

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 2010 | Docket: 1662508

Cited 1 times | Published

...However, the right to discovery is not absolute. Rule 1.280(b)(1) precludes discovery regarding any matter that is privileged. Florida law recognizes privileges created by the Florida Evidence Code, statutes, and the Florida and United States Constitutions. See § 90.501, Fla....

City of Pompano Beach v. Swerdlow Lightspeed Management Co.

942 So. 2d 455, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 19958, 2006 WL 3422109

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 29, 2006 | Docket: 64847860

Published

Rehabilitative Servs., 164 F.R.D. 257 (N.D.Fla.1995). Section 90.501 of the Florida Evidence Code provides that

Florida House of Representatives v. Romo

113 So. 3d 117, 2013 WL 2232315, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8188

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 22, 2013 | Docket: 60231434

Published

declined to recognize such a privilege, saying: Section 90.501 of the Florida Evidence Code provides that

SCOTT MCDERMOTT vs STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 12, 2023 | Docket: 66799567

Published

5th DCA 2002) (citations omitted); see also § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2020).6 In this case, even if a privilege

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