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Fla. Stat. § 817.08 (2025)

Receiving money or property upon false promises of services as seaman or sponge fisher.

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817.08 Receiving money or property upon false promises of services as seaman or sponge fisher.—Whoever enters into a written agreement with any master or owner of a vessel to perform certain services upon said vessel as seaman or sponge fisher for a contemplated voyage, and receives or accepts any money or goods, wares or merchandise, as advances or bounty for the performance of said services, and shall willfully and without just cause refuse to perform said services, or to go on said vessel at the time of the sailing of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 1, ch. 5161, 1903; GS 3324; RGS 5162; CGL 7265; s. 847, ch. 71-136; s. 1247, ch. 97-102.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 817.08

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§817.08FRAUD-SWINDLERECV MONEY FALSE PROMISE SVCS SEAMAN SPONGERM · 1st

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