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Fla. Stat. § 472.031 (2025)

Prohibitions; penalties.

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472.031 Prohibitions; penalties.—

(1) No person shall:

(a) Practice or offer to practice surveying and mapping unless such person is registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;

(b) Use the name or title “registered surveyor and mapper,” “surveyor and mapper,” “professional surveyor and mapper,” “land surveyor,” “surveyor,” or any combination thereof when such person has not registered pursuant to ss. 472.001-472.037;

(d) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof; or

(e) Use or attempt to use a registration that has been suspended or revoked.

(2) Any person who is found to be in violation of any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 33, 42, ch. 79-243; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 7, ch. 89-137; s. 103, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 95, ch. 94-119; s. 343, ch. 97-103; s. 11, ch. 2001-63; s. 7, ch. 2002-41.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 472.031

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

§472.031(1a)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESPRACTICE SURVEYING MAPPING W/O REGISTRATIONM · 1st

§472.031(1b)FRAUD-IMPERSONUSE TITLE SURVEYOR MAPPER W/O REGISTM · 1st

§472.031(1c)FRAUD-IMPERSONPRESENT REGISTRATION OF OTHER SURVEYOR MAPPERM · 1st

§472.031(1d)PASS FORGEDGIVE FORGED EVIDENCE TO BOARD OR MEMBERM · 1st

§472.031(1d)FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENTGIVE FALSE INFO TO BOARD OR MEMBERM · 1st

§472.031(1e)PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESUSE SUSPENDED REVOKED REGISTRATIONM · 1st

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Florida Soc'y of Prof'l Land Surveyors v. Dep't of Prof'l Reg., 10 Fla. Supp. 2d 154 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1984).

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Florida Soc'y of Prof'l Land Surveyors v. Dep't of Prof'l Reg., 10 Fla. Supp. 2d 154 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1984). · cites it 2× “Section 472.031, Florida Statutes. 7. The proposed rule, therefore, would sanction acts by engineers which are unlawful under Chapter 472, and contrary to the stated purposes of both Chapter 471 and 472.”

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