Florida Statute 741.24 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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F.S. 741.24

741.24 Civil action against parents; willful destruction or theft of property by minor.—

(1) Any municipal corporation, county, school district, or department of Florida; any person, partnership, corporation, or association; or any religious organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall be entitled to recover damages in an appropriate action at law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, from the parents of any minor under the age of 18 years, living with the parents, who maliciously or willfully destroys or steals property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging to such municipal corporation, county, school district, department of the state, person, partnership, corporation, association, or religious organization.

(2) The recovery shall be limited to the actual damages in addition to taxable court costs.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 31400, 1956; s. 40, ch. 67-254; s. 1, ch. 67-404; s. 1, ch. 77-366; s. 280, ch. 79-400; s. 36, ch. 88-381.

Note.—Former s. 45.20.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 741.24

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 741.24.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 741.24

Total Results: 6

Canida v. Canida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-12-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 751 So. 2d 647

Snippet: pursuant to section 741.24.[3] Appellant argues that the plain meaning of section 741.24 as applied to these…section 741.24. To avoid such an inequitable and outrageous result, I believe that sections 741.24 and 61.046…Board sued both parents for damages under section 741.24, Florida Statutes (1997) which provides that the…first impression in Florida, is whether section 741.24 applies to both parents equally regardless of marital…mother liable for the child's offenses. Section 741.24, Florida Statutes, was enacted in 1956 and since

O.D. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-05-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 561 So. 2d 1259, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 3517, 1990 WL 66206

Snippet: statute, we believe it is helpful to consider section 741.24, Florida Statutes (Supp.1988). See City of Boca…be strictly liable for this theft under section 741.24. At least in theory, it may be possible that the…after the child’s majority, we interpret section 741.24 to place liability upon parents if the conditions… also implicate the strict liability of section 741.24, we agree with the trial court that the parents

Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co. v. Ocha

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-07-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 472 So. 2d 1338

Snippet: by negligence or willful misconduct. Cf. section 741.24(1), Florida Statutes (1983), providing for parental…from the parental liability provided in section 741.24(1), Florida Statutes (1983) and the common law

Alvarez v. Striegel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-07-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 471 So. 2d 1356, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1632, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 14880

Snippet: with instructions. . Section 741.24, Florida Statutes (1983) provides: 741.24 Civil action against parents… parents claiming damages based on: (1) section 741.24, Florida Statutes (1983);1 (2) the alleged negligence…parents of each of the minors pursuant to section 741.24, for a total sum of $10,000, and damages in the…ordering that any recovery obtained under section 741.24 be offset against the $13,000 judgment under section…the trial court that any recovery under section 741.24 should be offset against any judgment under section

Snow v. Nelson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-05-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 450 So. 2d 269

Snippet: than the $2,500 maximum liability that section 741.24, Florida Statutes (1983), places upon the parents

Stang v. Waller

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-06-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 415 So. 2d 123

Snippet: This appeal determines the constitutionality of § 741.24, Fla. Stat. (1981).[1] This statute *124 imposes…LETTS, C.J., and DOWNEY, J., concur. NOTES [1] 741.24 Civil action against parents; willful destruction