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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 798
ADULTERY; LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS BEHAVIOR
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CHAPTER 798
CHAPTER 798
ADULTERY; LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS BEHAVIOR
798.01 Living in open adultery.
798.02 Lewd and lascivious behavior.
798.01 Living in open adultery.Whoever lives in an open state of adultery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Where either of the parties living in an open state of adultery is married, both parties so living shall be deemed to be guilty of the offense provided for in this section.
History.s. 1, ch. 1986, 1874; RS 2595; GS 3518; RGS 5406; CGL 7549; s. 772, ch. 71-136.
798.02 Lewd and lascivious behavior.If any man or woman, married or unmarried, engages in open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 6, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2596; GS 3519; RGS 5407; CGL 7550; s. 773, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 2016-188.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 798
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S798.01 - SEX OFFENSE - ADULTERY - M: S
S798.02 - LEWD LASCV BEHAVIOR - MAN WOMAN MARRIED UNMARR ENGAG OPEN LEWD LASCV - M: S



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 798

Total Results: 20

Sumit Sawhney, M.D. v. Northwest Medical Center, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-27

Snippet: ”); World Class Yachts, Inc. v. Murphy, 731 So. 2d 798, 800 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (“A trial court should not

City of Gulf Breeze, etc. v. Gregory S. Brown, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-27

Snippet: cited with approval in Treasure Coast, 219 So. 3d at 798 n.4. The City does so because Zingale in relevant

Citizens of the State of Florida, etc. v. Andrew Giles Fay, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-11-14

Snippet: Holding Co., Inc. v. Alachua Cnty., 617 So. 2d 798, 800 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993) (“[T]he interpretation of

McLane Foodservice, Inc. v. Elizabeth Wool

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-16

Snippet: action), and Deaterly v. Jacobson, 313 So. 3d 798, 801 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) (reasoning that punitive

Jerome Davis v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-09

Snippet: of fundamental error. See Awolowo, 389 So. 3d at 798. AFFIRMED. LEWIS and NORDBY, JJ., concur.

Luis Sanchez v. the State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-09-18

Snippet: (Fla. 3d DCA 2008); Irons v. State, 851 So. 2d 798, 799 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003). For essentially the same

Philip Regala, M.D., Philip Regala, M.D. P.L., F/K/A Philip Regala, M.D., P.A. and v. Michael McDonald

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-09-06

Snippet: 114 (citing Feldman v. Glucroft, 522 So. 2d 798, 801 (Fla. 1988)); see also Columbia/JFK Med. Ctr

Kirk Taboada v. Rodrigo Chapur Duarte

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-14

Snippet: also Atl. Coast Line R. Co. v. Beazley, 45 So. 761, 798 (Fla. 1907) (Whitfield, J., concurring) (“When a

Wendell v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-07

Snippet: rejected this claim: Affirmed. See Bell v. State, 798 So. 2d 47, 48 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (holding that

Department of Children and Families v. L.W., the Mother

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-07

Snippet: Dep’t of Child. & Fam. Servs., 930 So. 2d 798, 801 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)). “An appellate court may

TIMOTHY MERCER v. SADDLE CREEK TRANSPORTATION, INC. AND CARMEN RIVERA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-28

Snippet: of action), and Deaterly v. Jacobson, 313 So. 3d 798, 801 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021) (reasoning that punitive

Pinellas County, Florida v. Gary Joiner, etc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-27

Snippet: section 16. In Holbein v. Hall, 189 So. 2d 797, 798 (Fla. 1966), we said that “[a]ll statutes providing

Crown Asset Management, LLC v. Judith Bribiesca

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-26

Snippet: circumstances.’” Hastings v. Est. of Hastings, 960 So. 2d 798, 801 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (quoting Clay v. City of

Jovens Bob Angilot v. State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Child Support Program

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-19

Snippet: Revenue, Child Support Enf’t Program, 249 So. 3d 798, 798-99 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (“Because Appellant failed

Linda O'Donnell v. James E. Lee, II, and Paige J. Lee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-05

Snippet: 4th DCA 2008); see also Haiman v. Fed. Ins. Co., 798 So. 2d 811, 811 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (“[M]ateriality

Ronald Stuyvesant Boyd v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-05

Snippet: supplied)); see also Tasker v. State, 48 So. 3d 798, 805 (Fla. 2010) (holding that “a claim of scoresheet

City of Hallandale Beach v. Daniel Rosemond

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-05

Snippet: cases brought against municipalities, see Zamora, 798 F.3d at 332, and Stimpson, 186 F.3d at 1332, it seems

United Automobile Insurance Company v. LFC Medical Center, Inc., etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-05

Snippet: resolution by a jury.” (quoting Haiman v. Fed. Ins. Co., 798 So. 2d 811, 812 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001))); Morley v.

Melissa Williams v. The School Board of Palm Beach County

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-15

Snippet: Reeves v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., 594 F.3d 798, 809 (11th Cir. 2010) (en banc). Therefore, only

Sharnika Lashay Moore-Bryant v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-05-15

Snippet: impressions of the victim’s body. Nardone v. State, 798 So. 2d 870, 873 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (“In Floyd, the