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Fla. Stat. § 784.047 (2025)

Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.

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784.047 Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.—
(1) A person who willfully violates an injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or a foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant to s. 741.315 by:
(a) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties share;
(b) Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the petitioner’s residence, school, place of employment, or a specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any named family or household member;
(c) Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence against the petitioner;
(d) Committing any other violation of the injunction through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do violence to the petitioner;
(e) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third party;
(f) Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of the petitioner’s motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is occupied;
(g) Defacing or destroying the petitioner’s personal property, including the petitioner’s motor vehicle; or
(h) Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if ordered to do so by the court,

commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, except as provided in subsection (2).

(2) A person who has two or more prior convictions for violation of an injunction or foreign protection order, and who subsequently commits a violation of any injunction or foreign protection order against the same victim, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this subsection, the term “conviction” means a determination of guilt which is the result of a plea or a trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld or a plea of nolo contendere is entered.
History.—s. 7, ch. 95-195; s. 9, ch. 97-155; s. 22, ch. 2002-55; s. 2, ch. 2004-17; s. 1, ch. 2011-146; s. 2, ch. 2016-187.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 784.047

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§784.047(1)CONTEMPT OF COURTVIOL INJUNCTION REPEAT SEX DATE VIOLM · 1st
§784.047(2)CONTEMPT OF COURTVIOL INJUN REPEAT SEX DATE VIOL 2 OR MORE CONVF · 3rd
§784.047CONTEMPT OF COURTRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8004M · 1st
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: Amendments to the Florida Fam. Law Rules of Procedure & Fam. Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2000).
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Amendments to the Florida Fam. Law Rules of Procedure & Fam. Law Forms, 810 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 8× “15, Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law enforcement officer having jurisdiction have probable cause to believe that Respondent has knowingly violated this…”
Young v. State, 827 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). · cites it 6× “Since the conviction for violating the injunction carries a greater sentence than the subsumed offense of simple battery, we vacate the conviction for simple battery.”
Amendments to the Florida Fam. Law Rules, 713 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1998). · cites it 4× “Law enforcement officers of the jurisdiction in which a violation of this injunction occurs shall enforce the provisions of this injunction and are authorized to arrest for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes.…”
Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Fam. Law Forms-Sexual Violence Forms, 871 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 2004). · cites it 8× “15, Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 3. Should any Florida law enforcement officer having jurisdiction have probable cause to believe that Respondent has knowingly violated this…”
Doty v. State, 884 So. 2d 547 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). “5th DCA 2002), which held that the crime of battery was subsumed within the crime of violation of an injunction for repeat domestic violence pursuant to section 784.047, and convicting the defendant of both offenses was a violation of the double jeopardy clause.”
Riebsame v. Prince, 267 F. Supp. 2d 1225 (M.D. Fla. 2003). · cites it 2× “Deputy Patterson arrested Riebsame and charged him with violating Fla. Stat. § 784.047 (Violation of Injunction).”
Livingston v. State, 847 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). · cites it 2× “[2] § 784.047(5), Fla. Stat. [3] Party not Present at Hearing.”
In Re Stand. Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases-Report 2007-01, 965 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 2007). · cites it 3× “19 VIOLATION OF REPEAT VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, OR DATING VIOLENCE INJUNCTION [§ 784.047, Fla. Stat. reserved] To prove the crime of Violation of a [Repeat] [Sexual] [Dating] Violence Injunction, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1.”
In Re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-report No. 2015-08, 194 So. 3d 1007 (Fla. 2016). · cites it 2× “19 covers the crime of Violation of an Injunction for Protection Against [Repeat] [Sexual] [Dating] Violence, as codified in section 784.047, Florida Statutes. The Court granted the Committee's motion on April 12, 2016.”
In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—report 2016-04, 206 So. 3d 14 (Fla. 2016). · cites it 3× “19 VIOLATION OF AN INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST § 784.047, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Violation of an Injunction for Protection Against [Repeat] [Sexual] [Dating] Violencelnjune-tien, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1, An…”
Amendments to Florida Supreme Court Approved Fam. Law Forms—Sexual Violence Forms, 880 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 2004). · cites it 2× “First, the Legislature amended section 784.047, Florida Statutes (2003), to make the violation of an injunction for protection against sexual violence a first-degree misdemeanor punishable as provided in sections 775.”
In Re: Amendments to the Florida Supreme Court Approved Fam. Law Forms, 173 So. 3d 19 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 11× “15, Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provision, which constitutes a criminal act under Section 784.047, Florida Statutes. 2. Should any Florida law enforcement officer having jurisdiction have probable cause to believe that Respondent has knowingly violated this…”
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— 784.047(5) — 1 case
Livingston v. State, 847 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “[2] § 784.047(5), Fla. Stat. [3] Party not Present at Hearing.”
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