Florida Statute 815.04 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 815
COMPUTER-RELATED CRIMES

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F.S. 815.04

815.04 Offenses against intellectual property.—

(1) A person who willfully, knowingly, and without authorization introduces a computer contaminant or modifies or renders unavailable data, programs, or supporting documentation residing or existing internal or external to a computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic device commits an offense against intellectual property.

(2) A person who willfully, knowingly, and without authorization destroys data, programs, or supporting documentation residing or existing internal or external to a computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic device commits an offense against intellectual property.

(3) A person who willfully, knowingly, and without authorization discloses or takes data, programs, or supporting documentation that is a trade secret as defined in s. 812.081 or is confidential as provided by law residing or existing internal or external to a computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic device commits an offense against intellectual property.

(4)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an offense against intellectual property is a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(b) If the offense is committed for the purpose of devising or executing any scheme or artifice to defraud or to obtain any property, the person commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 78-92; s. 1, ch. 94-100; s. 431, ch. 96-406; s. 1, ch. 2014-177; s. 4, ch. 2014-208; s. 5, ch. 2016-5; s. 20, ch. 2016-6; s. 31, ch. 2022-5.

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Amendments to 815.04

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 815.04

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

S815.04 1 - FRAUD - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9698 - F: T

S815.04 1 - PROPERTY CRIMES - TAMPER COMPUTER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - F: T

S815.04 2 - FRAUD - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9699 - F: T

S815.04 2 - PROPERTY CRIMES - DESTROY COMPUTER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - F: T

S815.04 3 - LARC - REPEALED 2022-5 - F: T

S815.04 3 - LARC - VIOLATE TRADE SECRET OR CONFIDENTIAL INFO - F: T

S815.04 3 - EMBEZZLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7723 - F: T

S815.04 4 - EMBEZZLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9776 - F: T

S815.04 4b - FRAUD-SWINDLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7724 - F: S

S815.04 4b - FRAUD-SWINDLE - COMPUTER CRIME WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD - F: S

S815.04 5b - FRAUD-SWINDLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9700 - F: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 815.04

Total Results: 10

Willoughby v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-04-11

Citation: 84 So. 3d 1210, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 5459, 2012 WL 1192139

Snippet: secret or confidential data in violation of sections 815.04(S)(b) and (4)(a), Florida Statutes (2006) (count

State v. Fagg

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-07-30

Citation: 41 So. 3d 394, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 11099, 2010 WL 3000037

Snippet: constituted the destruction of data pursuant to section 815.04(2), Florida Statutes, which provides that "[w]hoever

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2009-01-13

Snippet: defined in s. 812.081, and as provided for in s. 815.04(3), be expressly made confidential and exempt from

Garcia v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-08-09

Citation: 939 So. 2d 1082, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 13260, 2006 WL 2270347

Snippet: modification of computer data in violation of subsection 815.04(1), Florida Statutes (2000). We affirm in part

Sepro Corporation v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-02-12

Citation: 839 So. 2d 781, 2003 WL 291002

Snippet: of § 119.07(1) pursuant to the exemptions in §§ 815.04(3) and 815.045, Florida Statutes." On cross-appeal

Keshbro, Inc. v. City of Miami

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-07-12

Citation: 801 So. 2d 864, 2001 WL 776555

Snippet: realities. See City of Seattle v. McCoy, 101 Wash. App. 815, 4 P.3d 159 (2000) (holding city's closure of a restaurant

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1997-12-31

Snippet: department are not exempt from disclosure under section 815.04(3), Florida Statutes, merely because they are "computer-generated

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1995-09-18

Snippet: chapter 94-100, the Legislature amended section 815.04, Florida Statutes, to create a public records exemption

Newberger v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-07-29

Citation: 641 So. 2d 419, 1994 WL 390763

Snippet: credit card. On appeal, he argues that section 815.04, Florida Statutes (1991), which criminalizes modification

State v. Hewitt

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-09-25

Citation: 495 So. 2d 809, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2054

Snippet: Chimil v. California (3) Plain View. Harris v. U.S. *815 (4) Search in connection with seizure of auto for