Florida Statute 870.2 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 870
AFFRAYS; RIOTS; ROUTS; UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES

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F.S. 870.02

870.02 Unlawful assemblies.—

(1) If three or more persons meet together to commit a breach of the peace, or to do any other unlawful act, each of them commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) 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.

History.—RS 2407; GS 3240; RGS 5073; CGL 7175; s. 1126, ch. 71-136; s. 16, ch. 2021-6.

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Amendments to 870.02

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 870.02

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

S870.02 - ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFUL - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9443 - M: S

S870.02 1 - ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFUL - COMMIT BREACH OF PEACE BY 3 OR MORE PERSONS - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 870.02

Total Results: 6

Mobley v. State

409 So. 2d 1031

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 28, 1982 | Docket: 1307693

Cited 38 times | Published

construing section 870.02 so as to render it constitutional. We construed section 870.02 as prohibiting

Dresner v. City of Tallahassee

134 So. 2d 228

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 1, 1961 | Docket: 262462

Cited 6 times | Published

riotous assembly and provides a penalty under Section 870.02, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. The offense described

State v. Simpson

347 So. 2d 414

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 2, 1977 | Docket: 134795

Cited 5 times | Published

declaring Florida's statute on unlawful assembly, Section 870.02, to be unconstitutional because it abridged

Cohen v. Katsaris

530 F. Supp. 1092, 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11682

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Jan 7, 1982 | Docket: 801289

Cited 4 times | Published

as provided in § 775.082 or § 775.083. [5] Section 870.02, Florida Statutes, provides: If three or more

Callendar v. State

181 So. 2d 529

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 5, 1966 | Docket: 1654039

Cited 3 times | Published

charge of unlawful assembly in violation of F.S. § 870.02, F.S.A. Their appeal to the circuit court was

Smith v. State

194 So. 3d 483, 2016 WL 3065852, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8282

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 1, 2016 | Docket: 3068915

Published

violations — unlawful assembly in violation of section 870.02, Florida Statutes (2014), and trespass after