Florida Statute 201.18 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

201.18 Penalties for illegal use of stamps.—

(1) Whoever fraudulently cuts, tears, or removes from any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document, upon which any tax is imposed by this chapter, any adhesive stamp used in pursuance of this chapter, or fraudulently uses, joins, fixes, or places to, with, or upon any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document, upon which any tax is imposed by this chapter:

(a) Any adhesive stamp which has been cut, torn, or removed from any other vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document, upon which any tax is imposed by this chapter,

(b) Any adhesive stamp of insufficient value, or

(2) Whoever willfully removes or alters the cancellation or defacing marks of, or otherwise prepares, any adhesive stamp with intent to use or cause the same to be used after it has already been used, or knowingly or willfully buys, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any such washed or restored stamp to any person for use, or knowingly uses the same, or whoever knowingly and without lawful excuse has in possession any washed, restored, or altered stamp which has been removed from any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument, writing, or document; or

(3) Whoever knowingly or willfully prepares, buys, sells, offers for sale, or has in his, her, or its possession any counterfeit stamps,

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. 4, ch. 15787, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 7473(7); s. 106, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 71-344; s. 14, ch. 83-216; s. 66, ch. 87-6; s. 1053, ch. 95-147.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 201.18
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§201.18(1)FORGERYAFFIX REMOVE STAMP FROM ANOTHER DOC FORG STAMPF · 3rd
§201.18(1)COUNTERFEITINGAFFIX COUNTERFEITED STAMPF · 3rd
§201.18(1)FRAUDAFFIX STAMP OF INSUFFICIENT VALUEF · 3rd
§201.18(2)FORGERY OFREMOVE CANCELLATION MARKS ON DOCUMENT STAMPF · 3rd
§201.18(3)POSSESS COUNTERFEITEDDOCUMENT STAMPF · 3rd
§201.18(3)COUNTERFEITINGBUY COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENT STAMPF · 3rd
§201.18(3)COUNTERFEITING OFPREPARE COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENT STAMPF · 3rd
§201.18(3)PASS COUNTERFEITEDSELL OR OFFER COUNTERFEIT DOCUMENT STAMPF · 3rd
Cases Citing F.S. 201.18

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·John Broz v. Richard S. Schweiker, Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., a Dep't of the United States Gov't, Richard D. Holmes v. Richard S. Schweiker, the Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., Corrine Little v. Richard S. Schweiker, Sec'y of the Dep't of Health & Human Servs., Thomas O. Jones v. Richard S. Schweiker, Sec'y, Dep't of Health & Human Servs., Fred Soesbe v. Richard S. Schweiker, Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 677 F.2d 1351 (11th Cir. 1982).
Cited 44 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 18658
...education, and work experience. The regulations direct, for instance, that a 45-year old claimant capable of sedentary work with no transferable work skills and only limited education is not disabled. 20 C.F.R. part 404, subpart P, Appendix 2 § 201.18....
...7 For instance, the sedentary grid determines that a 50-year old claimant with no skills and limited education is disabled, while a 49-year old claimant with the same characteristics is not disabled. Compare 20 C.F.R. part 404, subpart P, Appendix 2 § 201.09 with id. at § 201.18....
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Cited as authoritySchweiker (1983)
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Cited as authorityCornella (1982)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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·Sikes v. Teleline, Inc., 281 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2002).
Cited 58 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 52 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 621, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 2346, 2002 WL 219870
unjust and reasonable in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 201, 18 and that AT&T’s crediting or refunding
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Abrogated(citing case) (2016)
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·Broz v. Schweiker, 677 F.2d 1351 (11th Cir. 1982).
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disabled. 20 C.F.R. part 404, subpart P, Appendix 2 § 201.18. This determination is conclusive and is made
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VacatedBroz (1983)
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·United States v. David Lynn Roberson (11th Cir. 2021).
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the instruction based on its reference to section 201. 18 That statute criminalizes the bribery of public
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Cited as authorityO'Donovan (2025)
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Cited as authorityVasquez (2023)
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United States v. David Lynn Roberson (11th Cir. 2021).
Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
the instruction based on its reference to section 201. 18 That statute criminalizes the bribery of public

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Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 201.18

Cases Citing F.S. 201.18

·Sikes v. Teleline, Inc., 281 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2002).

·Broz v. Schweiker, 677 F.2d 1351 (11th Cir. 1982).

·United States v. David Lynn Roberson (11th Cir. 2021).

United States v. David Lynn Roberson (11th Cir. 2021).