Florida Statute 810.10 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

810.10 Posted land; removing notices unlawful; penalty.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person to willfully remove, destroy, mutilate, or commit any act designed to remove, mutilate, or reduce the legibility or effectiveness of any posted notice placed by the owner, tenant, lessee, or occupant of legally enclosed or legally posted land pursuant to any law of this state for the purpose of legally enclosing the same.

(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 25246, 1949; s. 893, ch. 71-136; s. 36, ch. 74-383; s. 23, ch. 75-298; s. 187, ch. 91-224; s. 5, ch. 2007-244.

Note.—Former s. 821.071.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 810.10
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§810.10DAMAGE PROPPENALTY INCREASED. SEE REC#6318M · 2nd
§810.10DAMAGE PROP-CRIM MISCHREMOVE TRESPASS NOTICE FROM POSTED LANDM · 1st
Cases Citing F.S. 810.10

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·Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Area Reg'l Transit Auth. (11th Cir. 2024).
Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Argued: Apr 19, 2023
...2 Newsom, J., Concurring 22-11787 ple, neutrally prohibit advertising “containing profane language, ob- scene materials or images of nudity,” Hillsborough Transit Author- ity Policy Manual § 810.10(4)(b), Doc. 1-1 at 145 (emphasis added), or advertising that “contain[s] discriminatory materials and/or mes- sages,” id. § 810.10(4)(c) (emphasis added)....
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Porter v. State, 555 So. 2d 953 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).
Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 236, 1990 WL 3235
...s. Count I of the information charged Mr. Porter with burglary. The degree of that felony and, thus, the penalty for that count was enhanced because Mr. Porter committed an assault or battery upon his victim in the course of committing the burglary. § 810.10(2), Fla.Stat....

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Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 810.10

Cases Citing F.S. 810.10

·Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Area Reg'l Transit Auth. (11th Cir. 2024).

Porter v. State, 555 So. 2d 953 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).