The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XVII
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS

Chapter 250
MILITARY AFFAIRS

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F.S. 250.52

250.52 Unlawful to persuade citizens not to enlist; penalty.—Whenever the United States is at war, or our foreign relations tend to indicate an impending war or state of war, a person may not solicit or persuade a citizen of the United States not to enlist or serve in the Army, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Navy, or in any reserve component thereof, or in the Florida National Guard, or publicly attempt to dissuade any such citizen from enlisting. This section does not apply to the soliciting or persuading done by any person related by affinity or consanguinity to the person solicited or persuaded or whose advice is requested by the person solicited or persuaded. Any person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 7392, 1917; RGS 1422, 1423; CGL 2076, 2077; s. 1, ch. 25112, 1949; s. 1, ch. 67-332; s. 150, ch. 71-136; s. 49, ch. 2003-68; s. 9, ch. 2022-183.

Note.—Former s. 250.73.

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Amendments to 250.52

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 250.52

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

S250.52 - SEDITION - PERSUADE CITIZEN NOT TO ENLIST - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In CLEMMONS, a k a S. UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC. a v. S. CLEMMONS,, 107 B.R. 488 (Bankr. D. Del. 1989)

. . . under which Clemmons’ employer deducted from her wages and remitted to USAF’s attorney the sum of $250.52 . . . USAF argues further that because Clemmons’ substantial income permitted a $250.52 deduction twice a month . . .

H. S. M. W. v., 26 B.T.A. 692 (B.T.A. 1932)

. . . Company’s separate return for the period July 3 to December 31, 1925, showed a net loss in the amount of $250.52 . . .