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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 837
PERJURY
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F.S. 837.011
837.011 Definitions.In this chapter, unless a different meaning plainly is required:
(1) “Official proceeding” means a proceeding heard, or which may be or is required to be heard, before any legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental agency or official authorized to take evidence under oath, including any referee, general or special magistrate, administrative law judge, hearing officer, hearing examiner, commissioner, notary, or other person taking testimony or a deposition in connection with any such proceeding.
(2) “Oath” includes affirmation or any other form of attestation required or authorized by law by which a person acknowledges that he or she is bound in conscience or law to testify truthfully in an official proceeding or other official matter.
(3) “Material matter” means any subject, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence, which could affect the course or outcome of the proceeding. Whether a matter is material in a given factual situation is a question of law.
History.s. 53, ch. 74-383; s. 316, ch. 96-410; s. 1823, ch. 97-102; s. 98, ch. 2004-11.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 837.011
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 837.011.



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E. TARDIF, Jr. v. PEOPLE FOR ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, a, 829 F. Supp. 2d 1219 (M.D. Fla. 2011)

. . . . § 837.011. . Count VII was withdrawn by plaintiff at the final pretrial hearing. . . . .

STATE v. CALABRESE,, 840 So. 2d 1068 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes, defines material matter as “any subject, regardless of its admissibility . . .

STATE v. DIAZ,, 785 So. 2d 744 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . See § 837.011(3), Fla. . . .

STATE v. SIMS,, 736 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . The petition for writ of certiorari is granted, and the circuit court’s order finding section 837.011 . . .

STATE v. A. ELLIS,, 723 So. 2d 187 (Fla. 1998)

. . . Weekly D1298, 722 So.2d 824 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), wherein the district court declared section 837.011( . . . Whether a matter is material in a given factual situation is a question of law. § 837.011(3), Fla. . . . We reverse Ellis and uphold the constitutionality of section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes (1993), as . . . Weekly D1298, 722 So.2d 824 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), declaring section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes (1993 . . .

STATE v. SIMS,, 720 So. 2d 213 (Fla. 1998)

. . . The trial court found the perjury statute, section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes (1995), unconstitutional . . .

LABOO, v. STATE, 715 So. 2d 1034 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Weekly D1298 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997) (holding section 837.011(3) to be unconstitutional to the extent it . . .

STATE v. A. ELLIS,, 722 So. 2d 824 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . The petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari, challenging the trial court’s determination that section 837.011 . . . Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275, 113 S.Ct. 2078, 124 L.Ed.2d 182 (1993), and the constitutionality of section 837.011 . . . Although section 837.011(3) provides a definition of materiality in such prosecutions, and states that . . . The trial court correctly determined that section 837.011(3) is unconstitutional in this respect, and . . . In so doing, the trial court struck as unconstitutional the last sentence of section 837.011(3), which . . . rewriting of Chapter 837, however, the Florida Legislature also added a definition section (section 837.011 . . . that the words “material matter” appear in the body of section 837.02, it is also true that section 837.011 . . . Section 837.011(3) provides that a matter is material in perjury if on “any subject regardless of its . . . of the statute seems to me to be eminently reasonable because by defining material matter in section 837.011 . . .

SOLLER, Jr. v. STATE, 666 So. 2d 992 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . Barbu-to, 571 So.2d 484 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990); see also § 837.011(3). . . . the criminal law, the pre-filing conference is an official proceeding within the meaning of section 837.011 . . .

ANDERSON a k a v. STATE, 669 So. 2d 262 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . emergency room of the Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, contrary to Sections 837.02 and 837.011 . . . . § 837.011(1), Fla.Stat. (1993). . . . .

STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS- CRIMINAL CASES NO., 603 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 1992)

. . . Note to Judge F.S. 837.011 Questions of the authority to administer oaths, whether the form of the oath . . . Give if applicable F S 837.011(3) The law requires the judge to decide if the alleged statement is material . . .

STATE v. P. ADKINS, Jr. B., 553 So. 2d 294 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . Section 837.011(1), Fla.Stat. (1987) states: “Official proceeding” means a proceeding heard, or which . . .

KIRKLAND, v. STATE, 495 So. 2d 831 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Section 837.011(1), Florida Statutes (1985) defines "official proceeding" thusly: (1) "Official proceeding . . .

SEVIN, v. STATE, 478 So. 2d 521 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . criminal investigations by law enforcement officers to an “official proceeding” as defined in section 837.011 . . . Schramm was whether a police interrogation, under oath, equated to an “official proceeding” under section 837.011 . . . prohibit contradictory statements when made “in one or more official proceedings” and added section 837.011 . . .

NESSMITH, v. STATE, 472 So. 2d 1248 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . affirmed since the evidence showed that there was an “official proceeding” within the meaning of Section 837.011 . . . proceeding” and was “official” as authorized by law and taken before an “official” as defined in Section 837.011 . . . pre-filing conference would qualify as a proceeding required to be heard within the terms of Section 837.011 . . . Section 837.011(1) provides: “Official proceeding” means a proceeding heard, or which may be or is required . . . testimony, however, reveals that appellant was repeatedly identified as the person in the film. . §§ 837.011 . . .

L. JONES, v. STATE, 466 So. 2d 293 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . The term “official proceeding” as used in Chapter 837 is defined in Section 837.011: 837.011 Definitions . . . Maryland agents, there was no evidence of any ongoing or planned official proceeding as defined in Section 837.011 . . . Section 837.011(1), Florida Statutes (1979), defines an official proceeding: “Official proceeding” means . . .

STATE v. A. WITTE,, 451 So. 2d 950 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . called by an assistant state attorney is an official proceeding as that term is defined by Section 837.011 . . . Section 837.011, Florida Statutes (1981), defines an “official proceeding” as “[A] ■proceeding heard, . . . by the state attorney in connection with an investigation is an official proceeding within Section 837.011 . . . It is clear, however, that, first, the definition of “official proceeding” in Section 837.011 contains . . . it could be considered "a proceeding heard" or “which may be ... required to be heard” under Section 837.011 . . .

V. KLINE, v. STATE, 444 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . also reserved his right to appeal upon the alternative grounds that the perjury statute, and Section 837.011 . . .

SCHRAMM, v. STATE, 374 So. 2d 1043 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Section 837.011, Florida Statutes (1977) defines an “official proceeding” as: “837.011 Definitions In . . .