Florida Statute 90.501 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title VII
EVIDENCE

Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE

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F.S. 90.501

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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Westerheide v. State

831 So. 2d 93, 2002 WL 31319386

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

Cited 151 times | Published

or the Florida or federal constitutions. See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2001). However, in certain circumstances

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

improperly empaneled according to the dictates of section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1983). The last point contends

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

forbidden to do so. The Florida Evidence Code, Section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1981), didactically states:

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

Court pursuant to its rule making authority. See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2001); State v. Castellano, 460 So

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

In Florida, privileges exist only by statute. § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (1991); Proctor & Gamble Co. v. Swilley

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

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

Evidence *135 § 402.1 (2d edition 1984). See also section 90.501, Florida Statutes (providing that no person

Deehl v. Knox

414 So. 2d 1089

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

Cited 6 times | Published

(1979) as a basis for advising one not to testify. § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (1979); see also § 90.503 (psychotherapist-patient

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

independently of the Florida Evidence Code. Section 90.501, Florida Statutes limits the testimonial privileges

State v. Castellano

460 So. 2d 480

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

Cited 5 times | Published

motion to quash. At the outset, we note that section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1983), provides: 90.501

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

privilege asserted. In this connection we note Section 90.501 of the recently adopted Florida Evidence Code

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

the Florida and United States Constitutions. See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2005); cf. § 316.066(4), Fla. Stat

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

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

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