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Florida Statute 796.001 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 796.001 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 796.001 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
796.001 Offenses by adults involving minors; intent.It is the intent of the Legislature that adults who involve minors in any behavior prohibited under this chapter be prosecuted under other laws of this state, such as, but not limited to, s. 787.06, chapter 794, chapter 800, s. 810.145, chapter 827, and chapter 847. The Legislature finds that prosecution of such adults under this chapter is inappropriate since a minor is unable to consent to such behavior.
History.s. 9, ch. 2014-160.

Cases Citing F.S. 796.001

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·Demetree v. State Ex Rel. Marsh, 89 So. 2d 498 (Fla. 1956).

Cited 47 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

found him guilty of the offense condemned by Section 796.01, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. which reads as follows:
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·Bowden v. State, 402 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. 1981).

Cited 23 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

790, relating to weapons and firearms. 13. Section 796.01, s. 796.03, s. 796.04, s. 796.05, or s. 796
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Cited as authorityWester (2024)
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·Warren v. State, 572 So. 2d 1376 (Fla. 1991).

Cited 22 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1991 WL 1346

(Fla. 2d DCA 1990), because it expressly found section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1987), constitutional. We
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Cited as authorityHegwood (2009)
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Cited as authorityBrake (2001)
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·Lashley v. State, 67 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 1953).

Cited 16 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1686

is sufficient to sustain a conviction under section 796.01, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A. which provides:
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Cited as authorityMorris (1984)
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Cited as authorityDickinson (1979)
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·Carlson v. State, 405 So. 2d 173 (Fla. 1981).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

keeping a house of ill fame, in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1977), precludes his subsequent
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Cited as authorityDebose (2024)
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Cited as authorityGrant (1999)
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·State v. Conforti, 688 So. 2d 350 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 4632

AND OVERBREADTH The trial court held that section 796.01(1)(b)'s definition of lewdness as "any indecent
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Cited as authorityAH (2007)
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Cited as authorityA.H. (2007)
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Cited as authorityDaniel (2006)
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·Hoskins v. Dept. of Bus. Reg., 592 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 573

under section 796.07(2)(a), rather than under section 796.01, as originally charged, constituted reversible
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·Carroll v. State, 459 So. 2d 368 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

maintaining a house of prostitution, in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes. Subsequently, he was charged
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Cited as authorityLevitan (2013)
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Cited as authorityHeadley (2012)
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·State v. Panzino, 583 So. 2d 1059 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 117037

keeping a house of ill fame in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes, (1987);[2] and maintaining
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Cited as authorityPilieci (2008)
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Cited as authorityGrim (2007)
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·Health Clubs, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Eagan, 338 So. 2d 1324 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

granted does not repeal or alter § 823.01." Section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1975), reads as follows:
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·Heflin v. State, 595 So. 2d 1018 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1992 WL 41533

offenses including "keeping a house of ill fame." § 796.01, Fla. Stat. (1989). She is presently imprisoned
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Cited as authorityPass (2006)
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·State v. Warren, 558 So. 2d 55 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 3233

violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1987). The trial court ruled that section 796.01 is unconstitutionally
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Cited as authorityWarren (1991)
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·Glinski v. Zawadski, 8 Fla. 405 (Fla. 1859).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

properly adjusted. — 2 Story's Eq. Ju., § 714, § 796; 1 Cowan’s Reports, 711; 1 McCord’s Ch. R., 112;
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Relied uponTaylor (1910)
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·State v. Cotton, 198 So. 3d 737 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 2859, 2016 WL 746359

...2d 250, 256 (Fla. 2005)). "A defendant who challenges the constitutional validity of a statute bears a 2. Effective October 1, 2014, those sections of chapter 796 pertaining to child-related prostitution crimes were repealed. Ch. 2014-160, § 10, Laws of Fla. Section 796.001 was added and provides that "[i]t is the intent of the [l]egislature that adults who involve minors in any behavior prohibited under this chapter be prosecuted under other laws of this state, such as, but not limited to, s....
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Wolfe v. State, 576 So. 2d 915 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 41044

is guilty of a felony of the third degree... ." § 796.01, Fla. Stat. (1987).
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Powell v. State, 23 So. 2d 727 (Fla. 1945).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 156 Fla. 563, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 928

prostitution (the statutory offense denounced in Section 796.01 Florida Statutes, 1941, and F.S.A.). But two
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State v. Palmieri, 558 So. 2d 53 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 3232

keeping a house of ill fame in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1987). In case number 88-03107
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Health Clubs, Inc. v. Englund, 376 So. 2d 453 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15693

notwithstanding the tenant was not convicted under Section 796.01, Florida Statutes (19.77) even though the statute
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Byrd v. State, 578 So. 2d 876 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 4024, 1991 WL 70838

1376 (Fla.1991), that the term “ill fame” in section 796.01, Florida Statutes, does not provide sufficient
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Hicks v. State, 572 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 1991).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 39, 1991 Fla. LEXIS 5, 1991 WL 1363

reversed the trial court’s determination that section 796.01 of the Florida Statutes (1987), was unconstitutional
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Palmieri v. State, 572 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 1991).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1991 WL 1342

the district court expressly declared valid section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1987), the "house of ill
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Haggerty v. State, 537 So. 2d 688 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 276, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 294, 1989 WL 4301

keeping a house of ill fame in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1985). She pled nolo contendere
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State v. Hicks, 558 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 1066, 1990 WL 15907

keeping a house of ill fame in violation of section 796.01, Florida Statutes (1987). In this case, the
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Juan Cresencio Matos v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2023).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...with a child within the ambit of human trafficking, an amendment to Chapter 296 in the 2014 creation of the human trafficking statute shows otherwise. See Laws of Florida, c. 2014-160, §9 (Oct. 1, 2014). In that Act, the Florida Legislature created section 796.001, Florida Statutes (2018), which provides: 1The definition is offered in the context of defining “[s]exual abuse of a child” “for purposes of finding a child to be dependent[.]” § 39.01(77)(g), Fla....

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