Florida Statute 506.509 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

506.509 Possession of shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers.—Any person who is in possession of any shopping cart, laundry cart, dairy case, egg basket, poultry box, or bakery container with a registered name or mark shall be presumed to be in possession of stolen property and is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082.

History.—s. 1, ch. 83-262; s. 6, ch. 87-80.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 506.509
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§506.509POSSESS STOLEN PROPILLEGAL POSSESS SHOPPING OR LAUNDRY CARTM · 1st
Cases Citing F.S. 506.509

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·State v. Black, 617 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).
Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1993 WL 130553
...t a felony has been committed."). The officer also testified that defendant was pushing a shopping cart containing a store logo. The officer had probable cause to believe that defendant was in illegal possession of the shopping cart, in violation of section 506.509, Florida Statutes (1991). The trial court declined to consider the section 506.509 argument because it concluded that the officer's real reason for making the stop was to investigate regarding the tar paper....
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Cited as authorityReyes (2009)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authorityUlysse (2005)
phrase: "rule_authority"
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Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 506.509

Cases Citing F.S. 506.509

·State v. Black, 617 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).