Florida Statute 479.12 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 479
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

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F.S. 479.12

479.12 Outdoor advertising on highways.—Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mileboard, milestone, danger sign, signal, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, or historical marker or any inscription thereon, lawfully within or adjacent to a highway, or who in any manner paints, prints, places, puts or affixes any advertisement upon or to any rock, stone, tree, fence, stump, pole, mileboard, milestone, danger sign, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, historical marker, buildings, barns or other object lawfully within the limits of any highway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 10, ch. 20446, 1941; s. 429, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Amendments to 479.12

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 479.12

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

S479.12 - DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCH - DESTROY DISPLACE HIGHWAY MILEBOARD SIGN ETC - M: S

S479.12 - PROPERTY CRIMES - UNLAWFUL ADVERTISE ON MILEBOARD HIGHWAY SIGN - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 479.12

Total Results: 15

American Atlantic Lines v. Ros Forwarding, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-11-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 441 So. 2d 1153, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 24227

Snippet: his promise. See *1155Davis v. Patrick, 141 U.S. 479, 12 S.Ct. 58, 35 L.Ed. 826 (1891); 3 S. Williston,

R & G Properties, Inc. v. Rothbard

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1971-01-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 244 So. 2d 538

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163 (1943); Kimmons v. Crawford, 92 Fla.

Delany v. Breeding's Homestead Drug Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1957-02-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 93 So. 2d 116

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 1943, 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163, a prospective tenant of a building,

Brant v. Van Zandt

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1955-01-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 77 So. 2d 858

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 1943, 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163 is not controlling. It is singular that

City of Jacksonville v. Stokes

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-07-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 74 So. 2d 278

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163; Miller v. Shull, Fla., 48 So.2d 521;

Fields v. Quillian

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-06-25T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 74 So. 2d 230

Snippet: 916; Tutwiler v. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163; Miller v. Shull, Fla., 48 So.2d 521;

Night Racing Ass'n v. Green

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-03-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 71 So. 2d 500

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163; Miller v. Shull, Fla., 48 So.2d 521;

Rubey v. William Morris, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1953-07-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 66 So. 2d 218

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163, as being controlling in principle. We

Feigen v. Sokolsky

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1953-06-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 65 So. 2d 769

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163, 164, this Court affirmed the judgment

Ryan v. Unity, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1951-11-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 55 So. 2d 117

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163. We conclude from the pleadings and record

Miller v. Shull

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1950-11-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 48 So. 2d 521

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163. In this case, defendant is charged with

Hall v. Holland

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1950-10-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 47 So. 2d 889

Snippet: Tutwiler v. I. Beverally Nalle, Inc., 152 Fla. 479, 12 So.2d 163; Breeding's Dania Drug Co. v. Runyon

Bird v. Lake Mabel Development Corp.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1933-10-28T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 150 So. 797, 112 Fla. 494

Snippet: Wilson v. Lott, 5 Fla. 305; White v. Walker, 5 Fla. 479; 12 R. C. L., p. 424. The fact alone that complainants

Sommers v. Apalachicola Northern Railroad

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1922-12-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 85 Fla. 9

Snippet: Wilson v. Lott, 5 Fla. 305; White v. Walker, 5 Fla. 479; 12 R. C. L. p. 424. The fact alone that complainants

West v. Grainger

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1903-06-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 46 Fla. 257

Snippet: 21 South. Rep. 803; Davis v. Patrick, 141 U. S. 479, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 58; Grant v. Wolf, 34 Minn. 32, 24