Florida Statute 548.058 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 548
PUGILISTIC EXHIBITIONS

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F.S. 548.058

548.058 Sham or collusive contest prohibited.—

(1) No person shall knowingly conduct, participate in, or be connected with a match which is represented to be a contest if one or both of the participants does not use her or his best efforts and skill or does not strive earnestly to win; if the result thereof has been prearranged; or if either participant does not use, or is prevented from using, her or his best efforts and skill as a result of coercion, bribery, duress, threats, reward or promise thereof, physical incapacity or disability, suggestion or agreement, or any other improper or unlawful means.

(2) If a licensee has knowledge of an act prohibited by subsection (1), the licensee shall immediately report such knowledge to the commission. The report shall be in writing or, if oral, shall be immediately reduced to writing and shall contain all of licensee’s reasons for the conclusions set forth in her or his report.

(3) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 140, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 775, ch. 97-103.

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Amendments to 548.058

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 548.058

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

S548.058 1 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - PARTICIPATE IN SHAM BOXING CONTEST - M: S

S548.058 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - FAIL NOTIFY ATHLETIC COMMISSION SHAM CONTEST - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 548.058

Total Results: 3

Mindlin v. Davis

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1954-09-28

Citation: 74 So. 2d 789

Snippet: 488.02 to pay in full the Chase mortgage, and $1,548.58 in cash to appellees. To close the loan appellants

Mahood v. Bessemer Properties Incorporated

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1944-07-14

Citation: 18 So. 2d 775, 154 Fla. 710, 153 A.L.R. 1199, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 802

Snippet: Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Goldsboro, 232 U.S. 548, 58 L.Ed. 721, 34 S.Ct. 364. The remedial law in force

State Ex Rel. Skillman v. City of Miami

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-05-12

Citation: 134 So. 541, 101 Fla. 585

Snippet: Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Goldboro, 232 U.S. 548, 58 L.Ed. 721, and cases cited, 34 Sup. Ct. Rep. 364