Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 831.24 (2025)

Issuing shop bills similar to bank notes.

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831.24 Issuing shop bills similar to bank notes.Whoever engraves, prints, issues, utters or circulates a shop bill or advertisement in the similitude, form and appearance of a bank bill, on paper similar to paper used for bank bills, with vignettes, figures or decoration used on bank bills, or having the general appearance of a bank bill, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 24, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2727; GS 3719; RGS 5702; CGL 7916; s. 974, ch. 71-136.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 831.24

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§831.24COUNTERFEITINGISSUE SHOP BILL SIMILAR TO BANK BILLM · 2nd

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