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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 870
AFFRAYS; RIOTS; ROUTS; UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES

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F.S. 870.01

870.01 Affrays and riots.—

(1) A person commits an affray if he or she engages, by mutual consent, in fighting with another person in a public place to the terror of the people. A person who commits an affray commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) A person commits a riot if he or she willfully participates in a violent public disturbance involving an assembly of three or more persons, acting with a common intent to assist each other in violent and disorderly conduct, resulting in:

(a) Injury to another person;

(b) Damage to property; or

A person who commits a riot commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) A person commits aggravated rioting if, in the course of committing a riot, he or she:

(a) Participates with 25 or more other persons;

(b) Causes great bodily harm to a person not participating in the riot;

(d) Displays, uses, threatens to use, or attempts to use a deadly weapon; or

(e) By force, or threat of force, endangers the safe movement of a vehicle traveling on a public street, highway, or road.

A person who commits aggravated rioting commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(4) A person commits inciting a riot if he or she willfully incites another person to participate in a riot, resulting in a riot or imminent danger of a riot. A person who commits inciting a riot commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(5) A person commits aggravated inciting a riot if he or she:

(a) Incites a riot resulting in great bodily harm to another person not participating in the riot;

(b) Incites a riot resulting in property damage in excess of $5,000; or

(c) Supplies a deadly weapon to another person or teaches another person to prepare a deadly weapon with intent that the deadly weapon be used in a riot for an unlawful purpose.

A person who commits aggravated inciting a riot commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(6) Except for a violation of subsection (1), a person arrested for a violation of this section shall be held in custody until brought before the court for admittance to bail in accordance with chapter 903.

(7) This section does not prohibit constitutionally protected activity such as a peaceful protest.

History.—s. 35, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 2406; GS 3239; RGS 5072; CGL 7174; s. 1, ch. 67-407; s. 1125, ch. 71-136; s. 15, ch. 2021-6; s. 67, ch. 2022-4.

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Amendments to 870.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 870.01

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

S870.01 1 - DISORDERLY CONDUCT - AFFRAY - M: F

S870.01 2 - RIOT - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9431 - F: T

S870.01 2a - RIOT - RIOT INJURY TO PERSON - F: T

S870.01 2b - RIOT - RIOT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY - F: T

S870.01 2c - RIOT - RIOT W IMMINENT INJURY PERSON OR DAMAGE PROP - F: T

S870.01 3a - RIOT - AGG RIOT 25 OR MORE PERSONS - F: S

S870.01 3b - RIOT - AGG RIOT GREAT BODILY HARM - F: S

S870.01 3c - RIOT - AGG RIOT PROPERTY DAMAGE GREATER THAN 5K DOLS - F: S

S870.01 3d - RIOT - AGG RIOT WITH DEADLY WEAPON - F: S

S870.01 3e - RIOT - AGG RIOT ENDANGER VEHICLE TRAVEL - F: S

S870.01 4 - RIOT - INCITE OR ENCOURAGE RIOT - F: T

S870.01 5a - RIOT - AGG INCITE RIOT GREAT BODILY HARM - F: S

S870.01 5b - RIOT - AGG INCITE RIOT PROPERTY DAMAGE > 5K DOLS - F: S

S870.01 5c - RIOT - AGG INCITE RIOT PROVIDE PREP DEADLY WEAPON - F: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 870.01

Total Results: 20

Ron DeSantis, Governor v. Dream Defenders

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-20

Snippet: meaning of Florida’s law prohibiting riot, section 870.01(2), Florida Statutes (2021). 1 At bottom, the

HARSHAD PATEL AND BHARTI PATEL v. PRIVILEGE UNDERWRITERS RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-12-05

Snippet: 6D23-953 Lower Tribunal No. 2020-CA-000870-001-XX _____________________________

K.A. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-06-10

Citation: 12 So. 3d 869, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 7296

Snippet: been arrested for inciting a riot under section 870.01(2), Florida Statutes (2007). That section states:

KA v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-06-10

Citation: 12 So. 3d 869, 2009 WL 1606097

Snippet: been arrested for inciting a riot under section 870.01(2), Florida Statutes (2007). That section states:

Brown v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-01-21

Citation: 866 So. 2d 94, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 393, 2004 WL 86251

Snippet: punishable by up to 5-years in prison. §§ 784.07(2)(b), 870.01, 775.082(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (1991). Appellant’s

State v. E.D.P.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-10-08

Citation: 724 So. 2d 1144, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 524, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1897

Snippet: court found the child delinquent under section 870.01, Florida Statutes (1995), for fighting in a public

D.L.B. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-10-08

Citation: 720 So. 2d 202, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 534, 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1899

Snippet: State, 683 So.2d 576 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). . § 870.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1995)(public fight or brawl is

State v. EDP

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-10-08

Citation: 724 So. 2d 1144, 1998 WL 696947

Snippet: court found the child delinquent under section 870.01, Florida Statutes (1995), for fighting in a public

DLB v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-10-08

Citation: 720 So. 2d 202, 1998 WL 696948

Snippet: State, 683 So.2d 576 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). [2] § 870.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1995)(public fight or brawl is

D.L.B. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-02-27

Citation: 707 So. 2d 844, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1894

Snippet: found to be delinquent under the affray statute (§ 870.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1995)), challenges the statute

DLB v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-02-27

Citation: 707 So. 2d 844, 1998 WL 80390

Snippet: found to be delinquent under the affray statute (§ 870.01(1), Fla. Stat. (1995)), challenges the statute

Johnson v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COM'N

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-10-04

Citation: 680 So. 2d 1073, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 10347, 1996 WL 562435

Snippet: contendere to the affray charge, Florida Statute Section 870.01. The claimant believed that her plea in court did

Meader v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-12-27

Citation: 665 So. 2d 344, 1995 WL 757902

Snippet: maximum sentence of five years imprisonment. §§ 870.01(2), 775.082(3)(d), Fla. Stat. (1991). He was sentenced

D.J. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-14

Citation: 651 So. 2d 1255, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 2488

Snippet: ERVIN, MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur. . Section 870.01(1), Florida Statutes (1993), makes an affray a

DJ v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-03-14

Citation: 651 So. 2d 1255, 1995 WL 103331

Snippet: MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 870.01(1), Florida Statutes (1993), makes an affray a

Jones v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-08-15

Citation: 584 So. 2d 190, 1991 WL 154814

Snippet: [2] § 843.02, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988). [3] § 870.01(2), Fla. Stat. (1987). [4] § 810.09, Fla. Stat

Cooper v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1987-03-11

Citation: 503 So. 2d 971, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 745, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7195

Snippet: in a riot contrary to the provisions of section 870.01(2), Florida Statutes (1985). Appellant was shown

Mack v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-01-11

Citation: 463 So. 2d 344, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 169, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 11840

Snippet: separate informations with inciting a riot. § 870.-01(2), Fla.Stat. (1983). The informations alleged

Bayes v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-08-14

Citation: 454 So. 2d 703, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 1773, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 14493

Snippet: or encouraging a riot in violation of Section 870.01, Florida Statutes (1981), and sentencing him to

Rivers v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-12-01

Citation: 423 So. 2d 444

Snippet: a jury trial, for inciting a riot under Section 870.01(2), Florida Statutes (1981). He initially asserts