Florida Statute 837.011 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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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Cases Citing Statute 837.011

Total Results: 20

OREN MILLER v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-11-09T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: given factual situation is a question of law.” § 837.011(3), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added). Accordingly, materiality

DAMIEN HERMAN GILLIAMS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-04-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: the issue of materiality is a question of law. § 837.011(3), Fla. Stat. (2019) (defining “[m]aterial matter

PAMELA PARRIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-04-12T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: given factual situation is a question of law.” § 837.011(3), Fla. Stat. (2019). “To be material, statements

LILIANA CADAVID v. DANIEL SAPORTA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-08-03T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: with regard to material matters as defined in §837.011(3), as required under §57.105(8), Florida Statutes…regard to a material matter as defined in s. 837.011(3). Laws 2019, c. 2019-167, § 4, eff. Oct. 1,

ALEX NUNES v. VALERIE HERSCHMAN, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-01-05T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: perjury in an official proceeding under section 837.011, Florida Statutes (2017). The trial court dismissed…proceedings pursuant to the perjury statute, section 837.011, Florida Statutes. That statute defines the term

State v. Calabrese

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-01-31T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 840 So. 2d 1068

Snippet: under oath which contradict each other.” Section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes, defines material matter as

State v. Diaz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-05-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 785 So. 2d 744

Snippet: pervert justice. Wolfe, 271 So.2d at 134. See § 837.011(3), Fla. Stat. (2000)(defining "material matter

Ago

Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2000-01-25T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: perjury in other types of proceedings, and s. 837.011, Fla. Stat., providing definitions for this chapter

State v. Sims

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-06-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 736 So. 2d 1219

Snippet: and the circuit court’s order finding section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes, to be unconstitutional, is

State v. Ellis

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-10-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 723 So. 2d 187

Snippet: ), wherein the district court declared section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes (1993), unconstitutional. …given factual situation is a question of law. § 837.011(3), Fla. Stat. (1993) (emphasis added). Cf. § 837.021…Ellis and uphold the constitutionality of section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes (1993), as explained herein….2d 824 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), declaring section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes (1993), unconstitutional in

State v. Sims

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1998-10-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 720 So. 2d 213

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

Laboo v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-07-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 715 So. 2d 1034

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

State v. Ellis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-05-22T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 722 So. 2d 824

Snippet: the trial court's determination that section 837.011(3), Florida Statutes, is unconstitutional in describing…182 (1993), and the constitutionality of section 837.011(3) therefore must be assessed in light of Gaudin…to be withdrawn from the jury. Although section 837.011(3) provides a definition of materiality in such… trial court correctly determined that section 837.011(3) is unconstitutional in this respect, and properly… unconstitutional the last sentence of section 837.011(3),[2] which provides that, in perjury prosecutions

Soller v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-01-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 666 So. 2d 992

Snippet: , 571 So.2d 484 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990); see also § 837.011(3). In Barbuto, the perjury charge arose out of…official proceeding within the meaning of section 837.011, Florida Statutes (1993). No. 95-481

Anderson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-06-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 669 So. 2d 262, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 6580, 1995 WL 358094

Snippet: Hospital in Sanford, contrary to Sections 837.02 and 837.011, Florida Statutes, COUNT II AND ... SONNY DANIEL

Standard Jury Instructions-Criminal Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1992-07-02T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 603 So. 2d 1175

Snippet: form of the oath or attestation is required or 837.011 authorized by law, the official or unofficial…Therefore, you will not further concern yourself 837.011(3) with this issue. [Page A-64] *1242 Note

State v. Adkins

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-11-29T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 553 So. 2d 294

Snippet: proceeding... ." (emphasis added). Section 837.011(1), Fla. Stat. (1987) states: "Official proceeding

Kirkland v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-10-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 495 So. 2d 831, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2118, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9986

Snippet: JOANOS, J., dissents with opinion. . Section 837.011(1), Florida Statutes (1985) defines "official

Sevin v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-11-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 478 So. 2d 521

Snippet: an “official proceeding” as defined in section 837.011(1), Florida Statutes (1983), when the investigation…equated to an “official proceeding” under section 837.011(1). The court in Schramm, in regard to a charge…or more official proceedings” and added section 837.011(1), which defined “official proceeding” as: “Official

Nessmith v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-06-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 472 So. 2d 1248

Snippet: applying to notaries and court reporters. Section 837.011(1) provides: "Official proceeding" means…proceeding"[1] within the meaning of Section 837.011, Florida Statutes which states, in pertinent part… an "official" as defined in Section 837.011. A similar situation is the "pre-filing conference…required to be heard within the terms of Section 837.011. The Witte case points out that in a similar case… identified as the person in the film. [4] §§ 837.011(3) and 837.02(2), Fla. Stat. [5] It is appropriate