Florida Statute 823.07 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XLVI
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Chapter 823
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F.S. 823.07

823.07 Iceboxes, refrigerators, deep-freeze lockers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, or airtight units; abandonment, discard.—

(1) The purpose of ss. 823.07-823.09 is to prevent deaths due to suffocation of children locked in abandoned or discarded iceboxes, refrigerators, deep-freeze lockers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, or similar airtight units from which the doors have not been removed.

(2) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to abandon or discard or to permit to be abandoned or discarded on premises under his or her control any icebox, refrigerator, deep-freeze locker, clothes washer, clothes dryer, or similar airtight unit having an interior storage capacity of 11/2 cubic feet or more from which the door has not been removed.

(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to an icebox, refrigerator, deep-freeze locker, clothes washer, clothes dryer, or similar airtight unit which is crated or is securely locked from the outside or is in the normal use on the premises of a home, or rental unit, or is held for sale or use in a place of business; provided, however, that “place of business” as used herein shall not be deemed to include a junkyard or other similar establishment dealing in secondhand merchandise for sale on open unprotected premises.

(4) It shall be unlawful for any junkyard dealer or secondhand furniture dealer with unenclosed premises used for display of secondhand iceboxes, refrigerators, deep-freeze lockers, clothes washers, clothes dryers, or similar airtight units to fail to remove the doors on such secondhand units having an interior storage capacity of 11/2 cubic feet or more from which the door has not been removed. This section will not apply to any dealer who has fenced and locked his or her premises.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 29707, 1955; s. 1, ch. 67-135; s. 1, ch. 71-116; s. 66, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-24; s. 41, ch. 75-298; s. 1278, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 823.07

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 823.07

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

S823.07 - HEALTH-SAFETY - APPLIANCE W DOOR RESULT INJURY OR DEATH CHILD - F: T

S823.07 - HEALTH-SAFETY - APPLIANCE W DOORS NO INJURY OR DEATH - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 823.07

Total Results: 6

Williams v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-20

Citation: 888 So. 2d 759, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 19393, 2004 WL 2921795

Snippet: to § 921.0014(1), Fla. Stat. (1993). See § 775.0823(7), Fla. Stat. (1993). Thus, although the complimentary

Lowell v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-06

Citation: 652 So. 2d 975, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3507, 1995 WL 147391

Snippet: three years as was imposed on appellant. See § 775.0823(7), Fla.Stat. (1991); Zitzman v. State, 640 So.2d

Zitzman v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-08-05

Citation: 640 So. 2d 1219, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 7757, 1994 WL 406607

Snippet: mandatory minimum sentence is one year. See § 775.0823(7), Fla.Stat. (1991).2 Thus, we vacate the three-year

Trushin v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-05-20

Citation: 384 So. 2d 668

Snippet: crowd); Reg. v. Most, 14 Cox, C.C. 583, 44 L.T.N.S. 823, 7 Q.B.Div. 244 (1881) (solicitation of a crime by

Vanner v. Goldshein

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-12-17

Citation: 216 So. 2d 759, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 4730

Snippet: ready answer to the question of liability. F.S. § 823.07, F.S.A. begins by setting forth the statutory intent

State v. Andersen

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-03-27

Citation: 208 So. 2d 814

Snippet: Landis v. S.H. Kress & Co., 115 Fla. 189, 155 So. 823; 7 Am.Jur.2d 7 Attorney General § 6.) filed motions