Florida Statute 849.12 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 849
GAMBLING

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F.S. 849.12

849.12 Money and prizes to be forfeited.—All sums of money and every other valuable thing drawn and won as a prize, or as a share of a prize, or as a share, percentage or profit of the principal promoter or operator, in any lottery, and all money, currency or property of any kind to be disposed of, or offered to be disposed of, by chance or device in any scheme or under any pretext by any person, and all sums of money or other thing of value received by any person by reason of her or his being the owner or holder of any ticket or share of a ticket in a lottery, or pretended lottery, or of a share or right in any such schemes of chance or device and all sums of money and other thing of value used in the setting up, conducting or operation of a lottery, and all money or other thing of value at stake, or used or displayed in or in connection with any illegal gambling or any illegal gambling device contrary to the laws of this state, shall be forfeited, and may be recovered by civil proceedings, filed, or by action for money had and received, to be brought by the Department of Legal Affairs or any state attorney, or other prosecuting officer, in the circuit courts in the name and on behalf of the state; the same to be applied when collected as all other penal forfeitures are disposed of.

History.—s. 4, ch. 4373, 1895; GS 3585; RGS 5512; CGL 7670; s. 1, ch. 28088, 1953; ss. 11, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1365, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 849.12

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 849.12.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 849.12

Total Results: 6

State ex rel. State Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit v. General Development Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-03-23

Citation: 448 So. 2d 1074, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12361

Snippet: See also §§ 116.-32; 210.12; 372.316; 523.14; 849.12; 932.704, Fla.Stat. (1981), (relating to state

STATE BY & THRO. STATE ATTY. v. Gen. Dev. Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-03-23

Citation: 448 So. 2d 1074

Snippet: (1981). See also §§ 116.32; 210.12; 372.316; 523.14; 849.12; 932.704, Fla. Stat. (1981), (relating to state

Baker v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1977-03-04

Citation: 343 So. 2d 622

Snippet: This, of course, has been accomplished in Section 849.12 of the Florida Statutes (1975). The State further

Frank v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF HARTFORD, CONN.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-04-08

Citation: 310 So. 2d 418

Snippet: v. Teague, Tex.Civ.App. *420 1938, 117 S.W.2d 849; 12 Appleman Ins. L. & P. § 7221 et seq. (1943). The

State v. Simmons

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1956-02-03

Citation: 85 So. 2d 879

Snippet: judgment in proceedings instituted by it under Section 849.12, Fla. Stat. 1953, F.S.A., for the forfeiture of

Boyle v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1950-08-01

Citation: 47 So. 2d 693, 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1062

Snippet: judgment forfeiting a sum of currency under Section 849.12, Fla. Stat. 1941, F.S.A. The currency was obtained