Florida Statute 104.22 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 104
ELECTION CODE: VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES

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104.22 Stealing and destroying records, etc., of election.—Any person who is guilty of stealing, willfully and wrongfully breaking, destroying, mutilating, defacing, or unlawfully moving or securing and detaining the whole or any part of any ballot box or any record tally sheet or copy thereof, returns, or any other paper or document provided for, or who fraudulently makes any entry or alteration therein except as provided by law, or who permits any other person so to do, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 8, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 11, ch. 65-379; s. 42, ch. 71-136; s. 35, ch. 77-175.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 104.22

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S104.22 - LARC - STEAL MOVE SECURE DETAIN BALLOT BOX REC ETC - F: T

S104.22 - FRAUD - PERMIT ENTRY OR ALTER BALLOT BOX RECORDS - F: T

S104.22 - DAMAGE PROP-PUBLIC - DESTROY MUTILATE DEFACE BALLOT BOX RECORDS ETC - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 104.22

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News-Press Pub. Co., Inc. v. Firestone, 527 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 42226

...chapter 104, Florida Statutes. See e.g., § 104.061 (providing penalties for corrupt influence of electors); § 104.20 (prohibiting any elector allowing his ballot to be seen or endeavoring to get an elector to show how he voted and other offenses); § 104.22 (providing penalties for stealing and destroying election records); § 104.23 (providing penalties for disclosing how an elector votes); § 104.26 (providing penalties for destroying ballots or booths provided for voting)....

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News-Press Publ'g Co. v. Firestone, 527 So. 2d 223 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1085, 15 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1663, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1791

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State v. Brown, 298 So. 2d 487 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8920

contained in Count II may constitute a violation of § 104.22, F.S., which proscribes certain conduct relative

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