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Florida Statute 784.083 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 784.083 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 784.083 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
784.083 Assault or battery on code inspectors.—Whenever a person is charged with committing an assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated battery upon a code inspector, as defined in s. 162.04(2), while the code inspector is engaged in the lawful performance of his or her duties and when the person committing the offense knows or has reason to know the identity or employment of the victim, the offense for which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:
(1) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of the second degree to a felony of the first degree.
(2) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of the third degree to a felony of the second degree.
(3) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the first degree to a felony of the third degree.
(4) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.
History.—s. 1, ch. 98-24.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 784.083

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§784.083(1)AGGRAV BATTERYAGG BATT CODE INSPECTOR WHILE PERFORM DUTIESF · 1st
§784.083(2)AGGRAV ASSLT-PUB OFFON CODE INSPECTOR WHILE PERFORM DUTIESF · 2nd
§784.083(3)BATTERYBATTERY ON CODE INSPECTOR WHILE PERFORM DUTIESF · 3rd
§784.083(4)SIMPLE ASSLTASSAULT ON CODE INSPECTOR WHILE PERFORM DUTIESM · 1st

Cases Citing F.S. 784.083

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·Ramroop v. State, 174 So. 3d 584 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545

...fense knows or has reason to know the identity or employment of the victim....” § 784.074(1), Fla. Stat. (2013) (emphasis added). The same is true when the victim is a specified official or employee under section 784.081 or a code inspector under section 784.083. §§ 784.081(2), 784.083, Fla....
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Katina Paese v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...pector and three other men involved in the incident because they “were wrongfully interfering with her personal property [by] physically and visually intruding into her private 1 See § 784.03(1), Fla. Stat. (2020) (defining misdemeanor battery); § 784.083(3), Fla....

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