Florida Statute 861.11 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 861
OFFENSES RELATED TO PUBLIC ROADS, TRANSPORT, AND WATERS

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F.S. 861.11

861.11 Penalty for cutting or destroying shade trees along public roads.—

(1) The county commissioners of each county may prescribe that the public roads in their county shall not be less than 30 feet wide, and it shall be unlawful for any person to belt, cut, or destroy any shade trees on any public road or right-of-way without authority from the superintendent of public roads, supervisor, or overseer of the district in which said trees are situated.

(2) Each supervisor or overseer of each district in such counties shall enforce the provisions of this section by reporting the offenders to the nearest county court judge, and each offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—ss. 1-3, ch. 5005, 1901; GS 3677; RGS 5620; CGL 7809; s. 1110, ch. 71-136; s. 34, ch. 73-334.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 861.11

Level: Degree
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S861.11 - CONSERVATION-ENVIRONMENT - CUT DESTROY SHADE TREES ALONG PUBLIC ROAD - M: S

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Cases Citing Statute 861.11

Total Results: 2

Young v. ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-24

Citation: 653 So. 2d 499, 1995 WL 234614

Snippet: unsuccessfully introduced in the House in 1989. Id. at 861. [11] At last count, thirty-four state courts have

Department of Transp. v. López Torres

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-04-14

Citation: 526 So. 2d 674, 1988 WL 34016

Snippet: 349, and sections 332.003-.007, 351.35-.37, and 861.011), section 334, Florida Statutes (1985), provides