Florida Statute 761.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIV
CIVIL RIGHTS

Chapter 761
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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F.S. 761.02

761.02 Definitions.—As used in this act:

(1) “Government” or “state” includes any branch, department, agency, instrumentality, or official or other person acting under color of law of the state, a county, special district, municipality, or any other subdivision of the state.

(2) “Demonstrates” means to meet the burden of going forward with the evidence and of persuasion.

(3) “Exercise of religion” means an act or refusal to act that is substantially motivated by a religious belief, whether or not the religious exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.

History.—s. 2, ch. 98-412.

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Amendments to 761.02

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 761.02

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 761.02.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 761.02

Total Results: 11

Westgate Tabernacle, Inc. v. Palm Beach County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-05-20T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 14 So. 3d 1027, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 5431, 2009 WL 1393429

Snippet: substantially burdens religious exercise."). Section 761.02(3), Florida Statutes, defines "exercise of

Freeman v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-02-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 924 So. 2d 48

Snippet: to a larger system of religious belief." § 761.02(3).[7] A. SINCERITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF Freeman

Muhammad v. Crosby

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-01-09T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 922 So. 2d 236

Snippet: a rule of general applicability." Section 761.02(3), Florida Statutes (2004), defines "exercise…the merits of Muhammad's claim under chapter 761.[2]Cf. Mayweathers v. Terhune, 328 F.Supp.2d 1086

Warner v. City of Boca Raton

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2004-09-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 887 So. 2d 1023

Snippet: central to a larger system of religious belief. § 761.02, Fla. Stat. (2003). The FRFRA also details the … free exercise of that religious belief. See §§ 761.02(3), 761.03(1), Fla. Stat. (2003). Therefore, we

Toca v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-09-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 834 So. 2d 204

Snippet: subdivision of the state." § 761.02(1), Fla. Stat. (2002). Section 761.02(3), defines an exercise of religion…these things would be on the government. Section 761.02(2) defines demonstrates as "to meet the burden

First Baptist Church of Perrine v. Miami-Dade County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 768 So. 2d 1114

Snippet: Florida's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, §§ 761.02-.05, Fla. Stat. (1999).[3] The *1117 Church contends

Kelley v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1990-09-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 569 So. 2d 754

Snippet: interview. It is more than likely, therefore, *761 that the two attorneys who prepared the affidavit characterized

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1982-06-18T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 83.758), 83.53(83.757), 83.54(83.761[1]), 83.55(83.761[2]),83.56(83.763), 83.60(83.763), and 83.61(83.763

Hazen v. Cobb-Vaughan Motor Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1928-07-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 117 So. 853, 96 Fla. 151

Snippet: Sanderson v. Hagan, 6 Fla. 318, 324; 2 R. C. L. 761; 2 Enc. Pldg. and Prac., 990; Andrews Stephen'

Aycock Bros. Lumber Co. v. First National Bank

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1907-06-15T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 54 Fla. 604

Snippet: Robinson v. Appleton, 124 Ill. 276, 15 N. E. Rep. 761; 2 Warvelle on Vendors (2nd ed.) §713; Amory v. Reilly

Ortiz v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1892-06-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 30 Fla. 256

Snippet: States, 2 Clif., 574; Willingham vs. State, 21 Fla., 761; 2 Rice on Evidence, sec. 358. However, where a question