The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 568
INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN COUNTIES WHERE PROHIBITED

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F.S. 568.08

568.08 Person required to testify; exemption from prosecution.—No person shall, upon any investigation before a grand jury or state attorney for an alleged violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or before any court upon the trial of any person, association of persons, or corporation, charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter herein made a criminal offense, refuse to testify or give evidence, or produce any document, record, book, papers, or any other personal property of any kind or description, upon the ground that by so doing he or she may thereby convict himself or herself of crime, or give evidence against himself or herself, or expose himself or herself to criminal prosecution, penalty or forfeiture; and any person who shall so testify or give such evidence, or produce any such document, record, book, paper, or any other personal property of any kind or description, shall not be prosecuted or held liable for any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any matter or thing concerning which he or she may so testify, or give evidence, or produce any such document, record, book, paper or any other personal property of any kind or description, and the same shall not be given in evidence or used against such person in anywise or in any manner in any prosecution or other proceeding in any of the courts of this state, or otherwise; provided, that nothing in this section contained shall protect any person against prosecution for perjury or false swearing.

History.—s. 8, ch. 18016, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7648(17); s. 26, ch. 73-334; s. 882, ch. 97-103.

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Amendments to 568.08

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 568.08

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 568.08.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

G. ORR, M. D. P. C. v. E. NELSON,, 874 F. Supp. 998 (D. Neb. 1995)

. . . As a consequence, I shall award expenses, as a component of an attorney fee, in the sum of $568.08 (Batt . . .

HARBOR TRANSPORTATION CO. INC. v. GOWANUS TOWING CO. INC., 618 F. Supp. 954 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)

. . . costs 635.00 (Pl’s ex. 17-1) Pumping and diving expenses 590.00 (Pl’s ex. 17-2) Towage from repair yard 568.08 . . . submitted reflect payment for towage only from the repair yard in the amount of $284.04, rather than $568.08 . . .

TOTEM MARINE TUG BARGE, INC. v. NORTH AMERICAN TOWING, INC., 429 F. Supp. 452 (E.D. La. 1977)

. . . The majority decision resulted in a net award of $74,-568.08 to North American. . . .

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, A CORPORATION v. THE UNITED STATES, 169 Ct. Cl. 821 (Ct. Cl. 1965)

. . . model prices as submitted by plaintiff in its revised proposal of August 26, 1953, plus the sum of $568.08 . . . be seen, there was added to the bid proposal prices as submitted by plaintiff (column 2) the sum of $568.08 . . . incorporated in Supplement •3 (column 3) consisted of the revised bid proposal prices plus ■said sum of $568.08 . . . As previously stated, the Timken concurrent production ■contingency of $568.08 which was added to the . . . under the Item 19 designation, as $20,-357.30, which consisted of said bid price of $19,789.22 plus $568.08 . . .

A. S. v., 35 T.C. 533 (T.C. 1960)

. . . The petitioner paid $568.08 in 1953 for a survey of the property and for the collection of the $3,055.86 . . .