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Florida Statute 843.167 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 843.167 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 843.167 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
843.167 Unlawful use of police communications; enhanced penalties.
(1) A person may not:
(a) Intercept any police radio communication by use of a scanner or any other means for the purpose of using that communication to assist in committing a crime or to escape from or avoid detection, arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment in connection with the commission of such crime.
(b) Divulge the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of a police radio communication to any person he or she knows to be a suspect in the commission of a crime with the intent that the suspect may escape from or avoid detention, arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.
(2) Any person who is charged with a crime and who, during the time such crime was committed, possessed or used a police scanner or similar device capable of receiving police radio transmissions is presumed to have violated paragraph (1)(a).
(3) The penalty for a crime that is committed by a person who violates paragraph (1)(a) shall be enhanced as follows:
(a) A misdemeanor of the second degree shall be punished as if it were a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(b) A misdemeanor of the first degree shall be punished as if it were a felony of the third degree.
(c) A felony of the third degree shall be punished as if it were a felony of the second degree.
(d) A felony of the second degree shall be punished as if it were a felony of the first degree.
(e) A felony of the first degree shall be punished as if it were a life felony.
(4) Any person who violates paragraph (1)(b) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 8, ch. 2001-127.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 843.167

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§843.167(1b)OBSTRUCT POLICEDIVULGE POLICE RADIO INFO TO AID SUSPECTM · 1st

Cases Citing F.S. 843.167

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·Nicor Int'l Corp. v. El Paso Corp., 318 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9674

...(aiding escape of juveniles); § 843.14, Fla. Stat. (compounding felony); § 843.15, Fla. Stat. (failure of defendant on bail to appear); § 843.16, Fla. Stat. (unlawful installation of radio equipment); § 843.165, Fla. Stat. (unlawful transmission); § 843.167, Fla....
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Cited as authorityPERLMAN (2024)
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Cited as authorityLawrence (2009)
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Cited as authorityIn Re Sinaltrainal Litigation (2006)
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