Florida Statute 828.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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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Amendments to 828.02

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.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 828.02

Total Results: 12

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

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2014-07-10T00:00:00-07:00

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: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

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: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-03-05T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 976 So. 2d 1081

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

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1994-05-06T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: copartnership, association, or corporation. 3 Section 828.02, Fla. Stat. (1993). And see, Wilkerson v. State…not yet been presented to the Governor. 5 Section 828.02, Fla. Stat. (1993). Florida Attorney

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1990-04-23T00:53:00-07:00

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

State v. Avery

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-08-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 531 So. 2d 182

Snippet: 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: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1987-07-13T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: . 33-37, Vol. II, No. 3, Summer 1982. 2 See, s. 828.02, F.S. (1986 Supp.), defining "animal"…that the definition of "animal" in s. 828.02 and "unnecessarily" in s. 828.12 are

Wilkerson v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1981-07-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 401 So. 2d 1110

Snippet: defined as "every living dumb creature." § 828.02, Fla. Stat. (1979). This definition excludes human…"every living dumb creature," section 828.02. To avoid this statute being held unconstitutional

Kiper v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1975-03-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 310 So. 2d 42

Snippet: appellants' actions were in violation of F.S. 828.02 and F.S. 828.12. At the close of the plaintiff&…preponderance of the evidence violation of F.S. 828.02 or F.S. 828.12, therefore the defendants' motion…provided in § 775.082 or § 775.083." Section 828.02, Florida Statutes, defines the words "torture

Barton v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1965-06-29T00:53:00-07:00

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

Morrison v. CJ Jones Lumber Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1961-02-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 126 So. 2d 895

Snippet: Line R. Co. v. Burquest, Fla.App. 1958, 101 So.2d 828. Two separate statutory provisions are important in

Mikell v. Henderson

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1953-02-26T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 63 So. 2d 508

Snippet: animals and is condemned by Sections 828.12 and 828.02, F.S.A. The bill of complaint alleged that the …connection with Section 828.12, F.S.A. is Section 828.02, F.S.A., which is as follows: "In this chapter