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Fla. Stat. § 794.027 (2025)
Duty to report sexual battery; penalties.
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794.027 Duty to report sexual battery; penalties.—A person who observes the commission of the crime of sexual battery and who:
(1) Has reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has observed the commission of a sexual battery;
(2) Has the present ability to seek assistance for the victim or victims by immediately reporting such offense to a law enforcement officer;
(3) Fails to seek such assistance;
(4) Would not be exposed to any threat of physical violence for seeking such assistance;
(5) Is not the husband, wife, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister of the offender or victim, by consanguinity or affinity; and
(6) Is not the victim of such sexual battery
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 794.027
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§794.027FAILURE REPORT CRIMEOBSERVE SEXUAL BATTERY
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Est. of Cilley v. Lane, 2009 ME 133, 985 A.2d 481.
Est. of Cilley v. Lane, 2009 ME 133, 985 A.2d 481. “, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 794.027 (LEXIS through 2009 Sess.”
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