Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 836.01 (2025)

Punishment for libel.

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836.01 Punishment for libel.—Any person convicted of the publication of a libel shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 15, sub-ch. 7, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2418; GS 3256; RGS 5087; CGL 7189; s. 987, ch. 71-136.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 836.01

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§836.01CRIMES AGAINST PERSONLIBELM · 1st

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1971–2026 · leading case: Voisine v. United States, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4061 (2016).

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Voisine v. United States, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 4061 (2016). “At oral argument the Government could not identify any other fundamental constitutional right that a person could lose forever by a single conviction for an infraction punishable only by a fine.”

Com. Nat. Bk., Lake Worth v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am., 252 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971). “If insurer's contentions are correct then the language in the exclusionary clause would probably negate many if not all those perils specifically insured against.”

Atkins (N.D. Fla. 2026). · cites it 2× “14, 2020) (concluding Fla. Stat. § 836.01 “is a criminal statute that does not give rise to a civil cause of action”), adopted, 2020 WL 924253 (S.”

Saridakis v. State, 936 So. 2d 33 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). · cites it 2× “, § 836.01, Fla. Stat. (“Any person convicted of the publication of a libel shall be guilty of a misdemeanor .”

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