Florida Statute 590.15 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chapter 590
FOREST PROTECTION

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F.S. 590.15

590.15 Burden of proof.—In any prosecution or civil action brought under the provisions of this chapter it shall not be necessary for the state or plaintiff to allege and prove absence of the right or authority of the defendant to set or cause to be set the fire, but such right and authority shall be a matter of affirmative defense to be alleged and proved by the defendant.

History.—s. 13, ch. 17029, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(10-rr).

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Amendments to 590.15

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 590.15

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 590.15.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 590.15

Total Results: 5

Chancellor Media Whiteco Outdoor v. DEPT. OF TRANS.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-07-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 795 So. 2d 991

Snippet: fire and other fuel reduction measures. * * * 590.015 Definitions.As used in this chapter, the term:

The Florida Bar v. Pascoe

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1988-06-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 526 So. 2d 912

Snippet: entered against David Pascoe in the amount of $1,590.15, for which sum let execution issue. It is so ordered

Speights v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-05-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 414 So. 2d 574

Snippet: conviction, explication of Sections 590.08 and 590.15, Florida Statutes (1979), is required by determining…appellant's motion. The state cited Section 590.15,[2] which assigns the burden of *576 proof of showing…the land may be an element of the crime, Section 590.15, Florida Statutes, indicates that this factor is…the 1935 enactment comprises the present Section 590.15, Florida Statutes (the affirmative defense).[9]…effect be disregarding the provisions of Section 590.15, placing on defendant the burden of establishing

McAbee v. Edwards

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-07-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 340 So. 2d 1167

Snippet: third-party beneficiaries.' (56 Cal.2d at p. 590, 15 Cal. Rptr. at p. 825, 364 P.2d at p. 689.) The

State Ex Rel. Florida Portland Cement Co. v. Hale

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1937-10-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 176 So. 577, 129 Fla. 588

Snippet: . 382; Pittsburg S. Coal Co., v. La.,156 U.S. 590, 15 Sup. Ct. 459, 39 L. Ed. 544. In Patapsco Guano