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Fla. Stat. § 256.06 (2025)

Mutilation or disrespect of state or United States flag.

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256.06 Mutilation or disrespect of state or United States flag.—No person shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 7819, 1919; s. 1, ch. 9325, 1923; CGL 8117, 8118.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 256.06

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§256.06DESECRATING FLAGDISRESPECT TO STATE OR USA FLAGM · 2nd

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1971–1998 · leading case: State v. Janssen, 580 N.W.2d 260 (Wis. 1998).

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State v. Janssen, 580 N.W.2d 260 (Wis. 1998). “11, § 1331 (1995); Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 256.06 , 876.52 (West 1994); Ga.”

City of Miami v. Wolfenberger, 265 So. 2d 732 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972). “"It must of course be remembered that this court is not faced with conduct which is in any way contemptuous or disrespectful toward the American flag.”

City of Miami v. Wolfenberger, 36 Fla. Supp. 24 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Miami-Dade Cty. 1971). “It must of course be remembered that this court is not faced with conduct which is in any way contemptuous or disrespectful toward the American flag.”

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