Florida Statute 860.07 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 860
OFFENSES CONCERNING AIRCRAFT, MOTOR VEHICLES, VESSELS, AND RAILROADS

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F.S. 860.07

860.07 Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines.—Any person who wrongfully, recklessly, or wantonly and without authority, signals any train or engine in this state with a red light or with a red flag, or gives any signal calculated to affect the movement or operation of any train, engine, or cars on any railroad in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. This section shall not apply to any person giving signals to stop a train for the purpose of preventing an accident to such train, or at a regular station or flag station when the train is flagged for the purpose of taking passage on said train.

History.—s. 1, ch. 4708, 1899; GS 3656; RGS 5593; CGL 7779; s. 1091, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 860.07

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

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Cases Citing Statute 860.07

Total Results: 2

In Re Frizzell's Estate

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-09-04

Citation: 156 So. 2d 558

Snippet: as contra: "Davis v. Fogle, 124 Ind. 41, 23 N.E. 860, 7 L.R.A. 485, 1890; Succession of Carre, 212 La.

Hodges v. Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-10-31

Citation: 184 So. 875, 134 Fla. 702

Snippet: N.H. 489, 144 A. 848; Pyland v. Gist, 199 Ark. 860, 7 S.W. (2) 985; Collins v. Baxter, 231 Ala. 247,