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Florida Statute 440.1051 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 440.1051 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 440.1051 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
440.1051 Fraud reports; civil immunity; criminal penalties.—
(1) The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud of the Division of Criminal Investigations of the department shall establish a toll-free telephone number to receive reports of workers’ compensation fraud committed by an employee, employer, insurance provider, physician, attorney, or other person.
(2) Any person who reports workers’ compensation fraud to the Division of Criminal Investigations under subsection (1) is immune from civil liability for doing so, and the person or entity alleged to have committed the fraud may not retaliate against him or her for providing such report, unless the person making the report knows it to be false.
(3) A person who calls and, knowingly and falsely, reports workers’ compensation fraud or who, in violation of subsection (2) retaliates against a person for making such report, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 13, ch. 93-415; s. 106, ch. 97-103; s. 474, ch. 2003-261; s. 12, ch. 2003-412; s. 11, ch. 2016-165; s. 5, ch. 2025-4.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 440.1051

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§440.1051(3)MAKING FALSE REPORTMAKE FALSE REPORT OF WORK COMP FRAUDF · 3rd

Cases Citing F.S. 440.1051

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Laboo v. State, 715 So. 2d 1034 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 9479, 1998 WL 427077

for both workers’ compensation fraud under section 440.1051 and grand theft under section 812.014 is a

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