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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE
Chapter 413
EMPLOYMENT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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F.S. 413.081
413.081 Interference with or injury to a service animal; penalties; restitution.—
(1) A person who, with reckless disregard, interferes with, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to interfere with, the use of a service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the service animal or its user commits a misdemeanor of the second degree for the first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree for each subsequent offense, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) A person who, with reckless disregard, injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) A person who intentionally injures or kills, or permits a dog that he or she owns or is in the immediate control of to injure or kill, a service animal commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(4)(a) A person who is convicted of a violation of this section, in addition to any other penalty, must make full restitution for all damages that arise out of or are related to the offense, including incidental and consequential damages incurred by the service animal’s user.
(b) Restitution includes the value of the service animal; replacement and training or retraining expenses for the service animal and the user; veterinary and other medical and boarding expenses for the service animal; medical expenses for the user; and lost wages or income incurred by the user during any period that the user is without the services of the service animal.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2002-176; s. 2, ch. 2005-63.

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Amendments to 413.081


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 413.081
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S413.081 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - INTERFERE W USE OF GUIDE SERVICE ANIMAL - M: S
S413.081 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RECKLESS KILL INJURE GUIDE SERVICE ANIMAL - M: F
S413.081 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - INTEND KILL INJURE GUIDE SERVICE ANIMAL - F: T

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Cases Citing Statute 413.081

Total Results: 2

Smith v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1970-06-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 237 So. 2d 139

Snippet: Empire Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Allen, 141 Ga. 413, 81 S.E. 120 (1914); and State v. Lantz, 90 W. Va.

Fountain v. State Ex Rel. McCaskill Investment Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1927-10-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 114 So. 511, 94 Fla. 746

Snippet: Twenty-one West) on or before June 30th, 1925, was $413.81 which covered unpaid taxes for *Page 747 the year…, and tendered to the said Fountain the sum of $413.81 for the "unqualified" cancellation of…Circuit Court to accept from relator the sum of $413.81 for all taxes against the property in question,