Florida Statute 828.14 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 828
ANIMALS: CRUELTY; SALES; ANIMAL ENTERPRISE PROTECTION

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828.14 Water and food for stock on trains, vessels, etc.—

(1) No person or corporation, or agent of either, engaged in transporting livestock on railway trains or on steam or sailing vessels, or otherwise, shall detain such stock for a longer continuous period than 28 hours after the same are so placed without supplying the same with necessary food, water, and attention, or shall permit them to be crowded so as to overlie, crush, wound, or kill each other; and any person or agent as aforesaid violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and any corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.

(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to owners, officers, or crew of water craft detained on the navigable waters of this state by storms and prevented by bad weather from reaching port.

History.—s. 6, ch. 4971, 1901; GS 3397; RGS 5246; CGL 7365; s. 951, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 828.14

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

S828.14 - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - RENUMBERED. SEE REC #10648 - M: F

S828.14 - ANIMAL CRUELTY - CORP FAIL PLACE WATER FOOD STOCK IN TRANSIT - M: F

S828.14 - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - RENUMBERED. SEE REC #10649 - M: S

S828.14 - ANIMAL CRUELTY - FAIL TO PLACE WATER OR FOOD FOR STOCK - M: S

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