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Fla. Stat. § 865.08 (2025)

Purchase of cotton or leaf tobacco.

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865.08 Purchase of cotton or leaf tobacco.—Whoever trades, traffics for, or buys, except from the producer or the producer’s authorized agent, any cotton or leaf tobacco, unless the same be baled or boxed in the usual manner, or unless upon some exhibition of evidence in writing that the producer has parted with her or his interest therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 11, ch. 1466, 1866; RS 2711; GS 3707; RGS 5658; CGL 7861; s. 1120, ch. 71-136; s. 1396, ch. 97-102.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 865.08

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§865.08PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESUNLAWFUL PURCHASE COTTON LEAF TOBACCOM · 2nd

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