Florida Statute 165.43 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 165
FORMATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

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F.S. 165.043

165.043 Official county or municipal seal.—The governing body of a county or municipality may, by ordinance, designate an official county or municipal seal. The manufacture, use, display, or other employment of any facsimile or reproduction of the county or municipal seal, except by county or municipal officials or employees in the performance of their official duties, without the express approval of the governing body is a second degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 91-59.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 165.043

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

S165.043 - FRAUD - ILLEGAL USE OF COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL SEAL - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 165.043

Total Results: 1

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jul 20, 2000 | Docket: 3257090

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