Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 831.10 (2025)

Second conviction of uttering forged bills.

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831.10 Second conviction of uttering forged bills.A person previously convicted of violating s. 831.09 who is again convicted of that offense committed after the former conviction and on three distinct charges of such offense committed within a 6-month period shall be deemed a common utterer of counterfeit bills, and shall be punished as provided in s. 775.084.
History.s. 7, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2488; GS 3369; RGS 5217; CGL 7335; s. 967, ch. 71-136; s. 11, ch. 2001-115; s. 14, ch. 2013-25.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1963–1963 · leading case: State v. Curtis, 152 So. 2d 754 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963).
State v. Curtis, 152 So. 2d 754 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963). “thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, that any person who, having been convicted of violating any provision thereof, thereafter violates any provision thereof shall be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than…”
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