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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 836
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES

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F.S. 836.11

836.11 Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited.—

(1) It shall be unlawful to print, publish, distribute or cause to be printed, published or distributed by any means, or in any manner whatsoever, any publication, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, pamphlet, leaflet, card, sticker, periodical, literature, paper or other printed material which tends to expose any individual or any religious group to hatred, contempt, ridicule or obloquy unless the following is clearly printed or written thereon:

(a) The true name and post office address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization causing the same to be printed, published or distributed; and,

(b) If such name is that of a firm, corporation or organization, the name and post office address of the individual acting in its behalf in causing such printing, publication or distribution.

(2) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the sections of this statute shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 22744, 1945; s. 996, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 836.11

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 836.11

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

S836.11 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - PUBLICATION EXPOSE PERSON HATRED CONTEMPT ETC - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 836.11

Total Results: 4

State v. Shank

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-09-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 795 So. 2d 1067

Snippet: information charging appellee with a violation of section 836.11, Florida Statutes, which prohibits publications…arrested and charged with a violation of section 836.11. That section provides: (1) It shall be unlawful…fashion. Id. at 387-88, 112 S.Ct. 2538. Section 836.11 is not content-neutral. The statute criminalizes…We also agree with the trial court that section 836.11 is unconstitutionally overbroad. When a court is…application." Id. (citations omitted). Section 836.11 not only impacts proscribable speech, it also profoundly

Sutton v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 485 So. 2d 836, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 337, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6268

Snippet: Ret, Willis, Zehmer 6 February 1986 485 So. 2d 836, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 337, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6268

Corn Construction, Inc. v. Broward County Building

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-08-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 268 So. 2d 438, 80 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3417, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6009

Snippet: within the meaning of F.S. Sections 817.71 and 836.11, F.S.A. Appellant prayed for both temporary and…to free speech; and (3) that Sections 817.71 and 836.11, F.S.A. could not constitutionally be used to enjoin

Mann v. Thompson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1958-02-26T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 100 So. 2d 634

Snippet: 324, 325; Noble v. Kisker, 134 Fla. 233, 183 So. 836. [11] See: Clark v. Clark, Fla. 1955, 79 So.2d 426