Florida Statute 784.085 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.085

784.085 Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person, except a child as defined in this section, to knowingly cause or attempt to cause a child to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, or urine or feces by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling such fluid or material.

(2) Any person, except a child as defined in this section, who violates this section commits battery of a child, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) As used in this section, the term “child” means a person under 18 years of age.

History.—s. 85, ch. 2000-139.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.085

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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