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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 784.047
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.

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Amendments to 784.047


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.047
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.047 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8004 - M: F
S784.047 1 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - VIOL INJUNCTION REPEAT SEX DATE VIOL - M: F
S784.047 2 - CONTEMPT OF COURT - VIOL INJUN REPEAT SEX DATE VIOL 2 OR MORE CONV - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

LOPEZ, v. HALL,, 233 So. 3d 451 (Fla. 2018)

. . . See §§ 784.046(7)(d)(2), 784.047(1), -Fla. Stat. <2017); see also § 790.233, Fla. . . .

IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 206 So.3d 14 (Fla. 2016)

. . . ,-2007965 So. 2d 811] and amended in 2016. 8.19 VIOLATION OF AN INJUNCTION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST § 784.047 . . . (Defendant) willfully violated the injunction by (alleged violation of section 784.047). . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 194 So. 3d 1007 (Fla. 2016)

. . . of an Injunction for Protection Against [Repeat] [Sexual] [Dating] Violence, as codified in section 784.047 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 131 So. 3d 755 (Fla. 2013)

. . . violence 741.31(4) 8.16 Violation of injunction for protection against repeat, sexual, or dating violence 784.047 . . . violence 741.31(4) 8.18 Violation of injunction for protection against repeat, sexual, or dating violence 784.047 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT NO., 995 So. 2d 476 (Fla. 2008)

. . . violence 741.31(4) 8.16 Violation of injunction for protection against repeat, sexual, or dating violence 784.047 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES- REPORT, 965 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 2007)

. . . adopted in 2007. 8.19 VIOLATION OF REPEAT VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, OR DATING VIOLENCE INJUNCTION [§ 784.047 . . . SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR DATING VIOLENCE INJUNCTION — 784.047 CATEGORY CATEGORY ONE_TWO_FLA. STAT INS. . . .

WOODS, v. VALENTINO, Jr., 511 F. Supp. 2d 1263 (M.D. Fla. 2007)

. . . . §§ 784.046 and 784.047; (2) resisting arrest without violence and obstruction, in violation of Fla. . . .

BECKER, v. JOHNSON,, 937 So. 2d 1128 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . agency as if it were the order of a Florida court issued under s. 741.30, s. 741.31, s. 784.046, or s. 784.047 . . .

DOTY, v. STATE, 884 So. 2d 547 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . subsumed within the crime of violation of an injunction for repeat domestic violence pursuant to section 784.047 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS- SEXUAL VIOLENCE FORMS, 880 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 2004)

. . . First, the Legislature amended section 784.047, Florida Statutes (2003), to make the violation of an . . . probable cause to believe that a person has committed a criminal act according to sections 741.31 or 784.047 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT APPROVED FAMILY LAW FORMS- SEXUAL VIOLENCE FORMS, 871 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 2004)

. . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provision, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provision, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . .

LIVINGSTON, v. STATE, 847 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . . § 784.047(5), Fla. Stat. . Party not Present at Hearing. . . .

J. RIEBSAME, v. PRINCE, s, 267 F. Supp. 2d 1225 (M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 784.047 (Violation of Injunction). Id. . . .

YOUNG, v. STATE, 827 So. 2d 1075 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . In the instant case, Young was convicted of violating section 784.047, Florida Statutes (2000), which . . . Thus, section 784.047 is violated by willfully committing an enumerated act of violence. . . . crime of battery does not contain any elements distinct from the elements of a violation of section 784.047 . . . SAWAYA and PLEUS, JJ., concur. . § 784.047, Fla. Stat. (2000). . § 784.03(l)(a), Fla. . . .

ALVAREZ, v. STATE, 807 So. 2d 702 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . for correction of the final judgment to accurately reflect the numerical statute references, sections 784.047 . . .

D. R. a v. STATE, 789 So. 2d 535 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . evidence was insufficient to establish that he violated the injunction in a way proscribed by section 784.047 . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA FAMILY LAW RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FAMILY LAW FORMS, 810 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2000)

. . . See §§ 741.31(4)(a)(4), 784.047(4), Fla. Stat. (1999) (domestic and repeat violence, respectively). . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provision, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provisions, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . . Florida Statutes, for any violation of its provision, which constitutes a criminal act under section 784.047 . . .