Florida Statute 256.011 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 256
FLAGS

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F.S. 256.011

256.011 Display of flag on election day.—

(1) The supervisor of elections of each county in this state shall provide a flag of the United States for each polling place in the county. The flag shall be displayed properly and prominently at all designated polling places on all days when an election is being held.

(2) The supervisor of elections of each county in the state shall make the flags available to each municipality or governmental body holding an election within such county for each election held for any such municipality or governmental body within such county. The municipality or governmental body shall have the responsibility of properly and prominently displaying the flag at each such polling place on all days when an election is being held and shall bear the expense of displaying the flag of the United States.

(3) Each supervisor of elections is authorized to purchase a sufficient number of flags to carry out the purpose of this act out of the general revenue fund of each such county.

(4) In lieu of a flag of the United States, a picture or representation of the flag may be displayed at the polling place, provided such picture or representation measures, at a minimum, 1 square foot in size.

History.—s. 1, ch. 63-227; s. 44, ch. 90-315.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 256.011

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 256.011

Total Results: 20

MDS (Canada) Inc. v. Rad Source Technologies, Inc., etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-07-10

Citation: 143 So. 3d 881, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 489, 2014 WL 3361896, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2154

Snippet: Waterman v. Mackenzie, 138 U.S. 252, 256, 11 S.Ct. 334, 34 L.Ed. 923 (1891). We embrace

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1989-12-04

Snippet: which has the American flag on it satisfy s. 256.011, F.S., which requires each board of county commissioners

Johnson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1971-05-18

Citation: 248 So. 2d 208, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 6491

Snippet: decisions as to trial conduct. Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611; Robertson v. State, 94 Fla. 770, 114 So

Sosa v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-11-05

Citation: 215 So. 2d 736

Snippet: testimony. See generally, Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611 (1892); Dansen v. State, 62 Fla. 29, 56

Kelly v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-10-06

Citation: 202 So. 2d 901

Snippet: to the evidence." Ortiz v. State, 1892, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611; Robertson v. State, 1927, 94 Fla. 770

Pitts v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-04-13

Citation: 185 So. 2d 164

Snippet: 43, 47 So. 868; Ortiz v. State, 1892, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611.

Hall v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-10-28

Citation: 179 So. 2d 372, 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3758

Snippet: 06, F.S.1953, F.S.A.; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611; Baxley v. State, 72 Fla. 228, 72 So. 677;

Grant v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-01-08

Citation: 171 So. 2d 361

Snippet: Ed., Vol. 2, Sec. 773; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611; Wharton's Criminal Evidence, supra." The

Leach v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-06-16

Citation: 132 So. 2d 329

Snippet: Fla. 786, 184 So. 662; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611 and Hall v. State, 78 Fla. 420, 83 So.

Boyd v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-04-07

Citation: 122 So. 2d 632

Snippet: understand the facts. Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611. Considering the proffer in the light of

Cullaro v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1957-09-18

Citation: 97 So. 2d 40

Snippet: case more perfectly. See Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611; and Sanford v. State, 90 Fla. 337, 106

Nelson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1956-02-03

Citation: 85 So. 2d 832

Snippet: 06, F.S. 1953, F.S.A.; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. 611; Baxley v. State, 72 Fla. 228, 72 So. 677;

City of Miami v. McCorkle Ex Rel. Brown

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-11-22

Citation: 199 So. 575, 145 Fla. 109, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 909

Snippet: under the rule stated in Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 Sou. 611, where it was held: “A photograph or other

Mardorff v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1940-05-21

Citation: 196 So. 625, 143 Fla. 64, 1940 Fla. LEXIS 1158

Snippet: Ed.), Vol. 2, Sec. 773; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256,11 South. Rep. 611; Wharton's Criminal Evidence, supra

Livingston v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-11-24

Citation: 192 So. 327, 140 Fla. 749, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1188

Snippet: Fla. 77, 43 So. 445; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11. So. 611; Blair v. Inhabitants of Pelham, 118 Mass

Rountree v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1934-01-06

Citation: 152 So. 20, 113 Fla. 443, 1934 Fla. LEXIS 1707

Snippet: 447 10 Sou. Rep. 822; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 Sou. Rep. 611; Ballard v. State, 31 Fla. 266, 12

Martin v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1930-06-17

Citation: 129 So. 112, 100 Fla. 16

Snippet: admission in evidence. Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 So. R. 611. A photograph is often received to show

Miller v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1918-12-05

Citation: 76 Fla. 518, 80 So. 314

Snippet: 189, 46 South. Rep. 842; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 South. Rep. 611. The tenth assignment is based

Ward v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1918-01-15

Citation: 75 Fla. 756

Snippet: 610; 3 South. Rep. 207; Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 South Rep. 611; Putnal v. State, 56 Fla. 86, 47

Kersey v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1917-04-05

Citation: 73 Fla. 832, 74 So. 983

Snippet: not open to objection. Ortiz v. State, 30 Fla. 256, 11 South. Rep. 611; Dickens v. State, 50 Fla. 17,