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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 761.02

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

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Cases Citing Statute 761.02

Total Results: 10

Westgate Tabernacle, Inc. v. Palm Beach County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-20

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 religion"

Freeman v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-02-13

Citation: 924 So. 2d 48, 2006 WL 357826

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

Muhammad v. Crosby

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-01-10

Citation: 922 So. 2d 236, 2006 WL 42335

Snippet: from a rule of general applicability." Section 761.02(3), Florida Statutes (2004), defines "exercise

Warner v. City of Boca Raton

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-09-02

Citation: 887 So. 2d 1023, 2004 WL 1944456

Snippet: central to a larger system of religious belief. § 761.02, Fla. Stat. (2003). The FRFRA also details the

Toca v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-09-06

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

First Baptist Church of Perrine v. Miami-Dade County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-06-28

Citation: 768 So. 2d 1114, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 8041, 2000 WL 833077

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

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1982-06-18

Snippet: 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[3])

Hazen v. Cobb-Vaughan Motor Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1928-07-10

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's Pleadings

Aycock Bros. Lumber Co. v. First National Bank

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1907-06-15

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1892-06-15

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