Florida Statute 119.10 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title X
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS

Chapter 119
PUBLIC RECORDS

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F.S. 119.10

119.10 Violation of chapter; penalties.—

(1) Any public officer who:

(a) Violates any provision of this chapter commits a noncriminal infraction, punishable by fine not exceeding $500.

(b) Knowingly violates the provisions of s. 119.07(1) is subject to suspension and removal or impeachment and, in addition, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates:

(a) Any of the provisions of this chapter commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(b) Section 119.105 commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 10, ch. 67-125; s. 74, ch. 71-136; s. 5, ch. 85-301; s. 2, ch. 2001-271; s. 11, ch. 2004-335.

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Amendments to 119.10

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 119.10

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

S119.10 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - REVISED SEE REC#5966 - M: F

S119.10 1b - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - PUBLIC OFFICER VIOL PUBLIC RECORDS LAW - M: F

S119.10 2a - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - ANY PERSON VIOL PUBLIC RECORDS LAW - M: F

S119.10 2b - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - USE VICTIM INFO FOR COMMER SOLICITATION - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 119.10

Total Results: 19

Board of Trustees, Jacksonville Police & Fire Pension Fund, etc. v. Curtis W. Lee

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2016-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 189 So. 3d 120, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 146, 44 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1769, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 783, 2016 WL 1458515

Snippet: (4), 119.12, Fla. Stat. Further, under section 119.10, a public officer who violates chapter 119 can …127public records to be inspected or copied. §§ 119.10(l)(b), (2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2009). The explicit …refusal was done “knowingly and willfully,” section 119.10 demonstrates that the Legislature certainly knew

Florida Carry, Inc. v. University of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 180 So. 3d 137, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 16115, 2015 WL 6567665

Snippet: is subject to sanctions and penalties under s. 119.10.”) (Emphasis added). Based upon such, Appellee

State v. Webb

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-04-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 786 So. 2d 602

Snippet: Records Law. Pursuant to section 119.02 and/or 119.10(2), Florida Statutes (1997), a jury convicted Webb…contrast, in the case at bar, sections 119.02 and 119.10(2) authorize a conviction for violating section

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-10-01T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 195 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967). 15 And see, s. 119.10, Fla. Stat., providing penalties for violations

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-03-18T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: . 91-38 (1991) discussing the application of s. 119.10(1), Fla. Stat., containing the same language as

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1993-03-03T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: about matters involving the city code. 2 See, s. 119.10, F.S., which provides that: (1) Any public officer

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1991-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Records Law, Ch. 119, F.S., made pursuant to s. 119.10(1), F.S., making such violations a noncriminal … which the State of Florida is a party. Section 119.10(1), F.S., states: "Any public officer who …is my understanding that in the period since s. 119.10(1), F.S.,2 was enacted, state attorneys have been… Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tls 1 Section 119.10(2), F.S., provides that any person "willfully

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1985-10-29T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Section 119.12, F.S. (1984 Supp.). See also, s. 119.10, F.S., as amended by s. 5, Ch. 85-301, Laws of

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1984-04-04T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Cf., s 119.10, F.S. As you note in your letter, counties with

Seigle v. Barry

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 422 So. 2d 63

Snippet: stipulated that, without admitting fault under Section 119.10, appellants would permit appellees access to the…parties that fault (violation of the statute, Section 119.10) would be heard and decided at a subsequent hearing

BYRON, HARLESS, SCHAFFER, REID AND ASSOC., INC. v. State Ex Rel. Schellenberg

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-06-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 360 So. 2d 83

Snippet: size of jails would have to doubled. (See F.S. 119.10) No better argument for the unreasonableness of

UNITED FACULTY OF FLA., ETC. v. Branson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-09-20T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 350 So. 2d 489

Snippet: which may be inspected under Chapter *492 119 and that the ten professors "may verify and challenge

Austin v. State Ex Rel. Christian

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1975-02-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 310 So. 2d 289

Snippet: Governor. Advisory Opinion to Governor, 152 Fla. 119, 10 So.2d 926 (1942). We hold that if for any good

State Ex Rel. Christian v. Austin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-11-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 302 So. 2d 811

Snippet: upon Advisory Opinion to Governor, 1942, 152 Fla. 119, 10 So.2d 926. There, the Supreme Court approved the

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1974-06-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the purview of the Public Records Law, ss.119.01-119.10, F.S. A public official, such as a member of the…supra; and the Public Records Law, ss. 119.02 and 119.10, supra. AS TO QUESTION 6: Section 8, Ch. 29438,

New York Life Insurance v. Kincaid

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1935-12-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 165 So. 553, 122 Fla. 283, 1935 Fla. LEXIS 1199

Snippet: interest or $52.80 on the loan, being a total of $119.10 on each policy. At the same time the Company owed

Munoz v. State (Fla. 3-3-1924)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1924-03-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 99 So. 555, 87 Fla. 220

Snippet: , 103 S. W. Rep. 924; Dotson v. State, 51 Ark. 119, 10 S. W. Rep. 18; State v. Dodson, 72 Mo. 283; State

Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. McDonald

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1918-06-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 76 Fla. 599

Snippet: Ins. Co. v. Vanlue, 126 Ind. 410, 26 N. E. Rep. 119, 10 L. R. A. 845; Aloe v. Mutual Reserve Life Ass’n

Burns v. Sanderson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1869-07-01T00:00:02-07:52:58

Citation: 13 Fla. 381

Snippet: the wife or to the trustee.” 7 Ga., 49; 5 Cal., 119 ; 10 Ind., 117; Hill on Inj., 319 to 322. If the lessees