Florida Statute 784.0495 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

784.0495 Mob intimidation.—

(1) It is unlawful for a person, assembled with two or more other persons and acting with a common intent, to use force or threaten to use imminent force, to compel or induce, or attempt to compel or induce, another person to do or refrain from doing any act or to assume, abandon, or maintain a particular viewpoint against his or her will.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) A person arrested for a violation of this section shall be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail in accordance with chapter 903.

History.—s. 8, ch. 2021-6.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 784.0495
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
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