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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.39
817.39 Simulated forms of court or legal process, or official seal or stationery; publication, sale or circulation unlawful; penalty.—
(1) Any person or business entity who prints, for the purpose of sale or distribution and for use in the state, or who circulates, publishes, or offers for sale any letter, paper, document, notice of intent to bring suit, or other notice or demand, which simulates a form of court or legal process, or any person who without authority of the state prints, for the purpose of sale or distribution for use in the state, or who without authority of the state circulates, publishes, or offers for sale any letters, papers, or documents which simulate the seal of the state, or the stationery of a state agency or fictitious state agency commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) It shall be no defense that the paper or other instrument referred to in subsection (1) shall declare that it is not a court or legal process.
(3) This section does not prevent the printing, publication, sale, or distribution of genuine legal forms for the use of attorneys or clerks of courts.
History.—ss. 1-3, ch. 57-265; s. 2, ch. 65-336; s. 871, ch. 71-136; s. 240, ch. 77-104; s. 10, ch. 2015-166.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.39
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S817.39 - FORGERY OF - PRINT CIRC PUBLISH OFFER SIMULATED COURT DOCUM - M: S

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Cases Citing Statute 817.39

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2000-02-22

Snippet: Attorney General RAB/tgk 1 See, e.g., ss. 817.38, 817.39 and 506.13, Fla. Stat. 2 Section 495.011(1), Fla

Florida Bar v. Catalano

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-12-26

Citation: 685 So. 2d 1299, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 27, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 2205, 1996 WL 734608

Snippet: balance in Catalano’s client funds account was only $817.39. Later that month, the attorney for the plaintiffs