Florida Statute 817.355 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

817.355 Fraudulent creation or possession of admission ticket.—

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who counterfeits, forges, alters, clones, or possesses a ticket, card, wristband, or other medium that accesses or is associated with a ticket; or a ticket, token, or paper designed for admission to or the rendering of services by a sports, amusement, concert, or other facility offering services to the general public, with the intent to defraud such facility, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) A person who commits a second or subsequent violation of subsection (1) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) A person who counterfeits, forges, alters, clones, or possesses 10 or more tickets, cards, wristbands, or other media that access or are associated with a ticket, token, or paper designed for admission to or the rendering of services by a sports, amusement, concert, or other facility offering services to the general public with the intent to defraud such facility, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 84-297; s. 195, ch. 91-224; s. 1, ch. 2014-95.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 817.355
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§817.355(1)FORGERY OFALTER ADMIS TICKT OR OTHR MEDIUM WIT DEFRAUDM · 1st
§817.355(2)FORGERY OFALTER ADMIS TICKT OTHR MED WIT DEFRAUD 2ND/SUBF · 3rd
§817.355(3)COUNTERFEITING OFCOUNTERFEIT 10+ ADMISSION TICKET WIT DEFRAUDF · 3rd
§817.355FORGERY OFRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7773M · 1st
§817.355COUNTERFEITING OFRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7775M · 1st
§817.355FRAUD-SWINDLEPOSSESSION ADMISSION TICKET WIT DEFRAUDM · 1st
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