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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-11-22

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1971-01-26

Citation: 244 So. 2d 538, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 7023

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1957-02-26

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1955-01-25

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-07-06

Citation: 74 So. 2d 278, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1115

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-06-25

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-03-19

Citation: 71 So. 2d 500, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1354

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1953-07-17

Citation: 66 So. 2d 218, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1383

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

Feigen v. Sokolsky

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1953-06-02

Citation: 65 So. 2d 769, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1344

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1951-11-20

Citation: 55 So. 2d 117, 1951 Fla. LEXIS 909

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1950-11-07

Citation: 48 So. 2d 521, 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1571

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1950-10-06

Citation: 47 So. 2d 889, 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1102

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-10-28

Citation: 150 So. 797, 112 Fla. 494, 1933 Fla. LEXIS 2286

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1922-12-15

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1903-06-15

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