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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 828
ANIMALS: CRUELTY; SALES; ANIMAL ENTERPRISE PROTECTION
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F.S. 828.02
828.02 Definitions.In this chapter, and in every law of the state relating to or in any way affecting animals, the word “animal” shall be held to include every living dumb creature; the words “torture,” “torment,” and “cruelty” shall be held to include every act, omission, or neglect whereby unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering is caused, except when done in the interest of medical science, permitted, or allowed to continue when there is reasonable remedy or relief; and the words “owner” and “person” shall be held to include corporations, and the knowledge and acts of agents and employees of corporations in regard to animals transported, owned, employed by or in the custody of a corporation, shall be held to be the knowledge and act of such corporation.
History.s. 10, ch. 4971, 1901; GS 3156; RGS 4982; CGL 7071; s. 2, ch. 86-179.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 828.02
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 828.02.



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Cases Citing Statute 828.02

Total Results: 11

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2013-07

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-07-10

Citation: 143 So. 3d 893, 2014 WL 3361905

Snippet: Definition of “cruelty”, if cruel death charged. § 828.02, Fla. Stat. Only read definition for terms “Torture”

Hynes v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-01-23

Citation: 1 So. 3d 328, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1957, 2009 WL 151099

Snippet: well as “acts,” were equally proscribed. See § 828.02, Fla. Stat. (2007). The trial court then decided

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases No. 2007-03

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-03-06

Citation: 976 So. 2d 1081, 2008 WL 596805

Snippet: cruel death]. Definition, if cruel death charged. § 828.02, Fla. Stat. "Cruelty" ["Torture"] ["Torment"] includes

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1994-05-06

Snippet: copartnership, association, or corporation. 3 Section 828.02, Fla. Stat. (1993). And see, Wilkerson v. State

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1990-04-23

Snippet: 1979). 11 91 C.J.S. Unnecessarily 504. 12 Section 828.02, F.S.

State v. Avery

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-08-03

Citation: 531 So. 2d 182, 1988 WL 79362

Snippet: 854 (1973)." Watson, 423 U.S. at 424, 96 S.Ct. at 828.[2] In Delgado, the Supreme Court held that the I

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1987-07-13

Snippet: 33-37, Vol. II, No. 3, Summer 1982. 2 See, s. 828.02, F.S. (1986 Supp.), defining "animal" to include

Wilkerson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-07-16

Citation: 401 So. 2d 1110

Snippet: Animal is defined as "every living dumb creature." § 828.02, Fla. Stat. (1979). This definition excludes human

Kiper v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-03-11

Citation: 310 So. 2d 42

Snippet: that appellants' actions were in violation of F.S. 828.02 and F.S. 828.12. At the close of the plaintiff's

Barton v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1965-06-29

Citation: 176 So. 2d 597

Snippet: Roy v. Wainwright, (Fla. 1963) 151 So.2d 825, 828. [2] State v. Weeks, (Fla. 1964) 166 So.2d 892. [3]

Mikell v. Henderson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1953-02-27

Citation: 63 So. 2d 508, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1129

Snippet: animals and is condemned by Sections 828.12 and 828.02, F.S.A. The bill of complaint alleged that the