Florida Statute 258.008 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 258
STATE PARKS AND PRESERVES

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258.008 Prohibited activities; penalties.—

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), any person who violates or otherwise fails to comply with the rules adopted under this chapter commits a noncriminal infraction for which ejection from all property managed by the Division of Recreation and Parks and a fine of up to $500 may be imposed by the division. Fines paid under this subsection shall be paid to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and deposited in the State Game Trust Fund as provided in ss. 379.338, 379.339, and 379.3395 or to the Department of Environmental Protection and deposited in the State Park Trust Fund, as applicable.

(2) In addition to penalties imposed under subsection (1), any person who fails to sign a citation given under subsection (1), fails to appear in court in response to such citation, or fails to comply with the court’s order commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) Any person who engages in any of the following activities within the boundaries of a state park without first obtaining the express permission of the Division of Recreation and Parks commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and shall be ejected from all property managed by the division:

(a) Cutting, carving, injuring, mutilating, moving, displacing, or breaking off any water-bottom formation or coral.

(b) Capturing, trapping, or injuring a wild animal.

(d) Leaving the designated public roads in a vehicle.

(e) Hunting.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2008-98; s. 8, ch. 2012-88; s. 7, ch. 2019-141.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 258.008

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

S258.008 2 - CONSERVATION - FAIL SIGN CITATION APPEAR IN CT FTC CT ORDER - M: S

S258.008 3a - CONSERVATION - TAKE DESTROY WATER FORMATION CORAL W/O AUTH - M: S

S258.008 3b - CONSERVATION - TRAP INJURE WILD ANIMAL W/O AUTHORITY - M: S

S258.008 3c - CONSERVATION - COLLECT PLANT ANIMAL SPECIMAN W/O AUTHORITY - M: S

S258.008 3d - CONSERVATION - LEAVE DESIGNATED ROAD IN VEHICLE W/O AUTHORITY - M: S

S258.008 3e - CONSERVATION - HUNT IN STATE PARK W/O AUTHORITY - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 258.008

Total Results: 1

Rivers v. Lozeau

539 So. 2d 1147, 1989 WL 13613

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1989 | Docket: 131527

Cited 4 times | Published

in 1964 by surveyor Moorehead, etc." [9] See § 258.08, Fla. Stat., and Fla. Stat.Annot., Vol. 1, page

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