Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 258.083 (2025)
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; taking or damaging of coral prohibited.
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258.083 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; taking or damaging of coral prohibited.—
(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bring into or transport through any part of the state, including its waters, any coral or other material taken from the subsoil or seabed of any portion of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park adjacent to or in the vicinity of the state which has been taken in violation of any law or regulation of the Federal Government.
(2) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to destroy, damage, remove, deface, or take away any coral, rock, or other formation or any part thereof, of any portion of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park adjacent to or in the vicinity of the state in which such action is in violation of any law or regulation of the Federal Government.
Note.—Former s. 592.17.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 258.083
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§258.083DAMAGE PROP-PUBLICTAKE CORAL FROM PENNEKAMP CORAL REEF ST PARK
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1985–2011 · leading case: Mitchel v. Cigna Prop. & Cas. Ins., 625 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).
Mitchel v. Cigna Prop. & Cas. Ins., 625 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). “As a result of the accident, he was charged in the Monroe County Court with a violation of section 258.083, Florida Statutes, (1991).”
Griffis v. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Comm'n, 57 So. 3d 929 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). “3d DCA 1993) (obligation to pay damages caused by striking a coral reef in violation of section 258.083, Florida Statutes (1991), not excluded from liability coverage as a “penalty,” because it was ordered as “restitution” under the general provisions of section 775.”
State v. Payne, 16 Fla. Supp. 2d 20 (Fla. Cty. Ct. 1985). “11(2)(a)&(b) as prohibited by and in violation of F.S. 258.083(2). The purpose of the hearing was to set the restitutionary values to be paid by the defendant in this cause to compensate the citizens of the *21 State of Florida for the value of the destruction inflicted upon the…”
— 258.083(2) — 1 case
State v. Payne, 16 Fla. Supp. 2d 20 (Fla. Cty. Ct. 1985). “11(2)(a)&(b) as prohibited by and in violation of F.S. 258.083(2). The purpose of the hearing was to set the restitutionary values to be paid by the defendant in this cause to compensate the citizens of the *21 State of Florida for the value of the destruction inflicted upon the…”
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