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Fla. Stat. § 870.06 (2025)

Unauthorized military organizations.

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870.06 Unauthorized military organizations.No body of persons, other than the regularly organized land and naval militia of this state, the troops of the United States, and the students of regularly chartered educational institutions where military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruction, shall associate themselves together as a military organization for drill or parade in public with firearms, in this state, without special license from the Governor for each occasion, and application for such license must be approved by the mayor and aldermen of the cities and towns where such organizations may propose to parade. Each person unlawfully engaging in the formation of such military organization, or participating in such drill or parade, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 15, ch. 1466, 1866; RS 2411; s. 10, ch. 5202, 1903; GS 3246; RGS 5077; CGL 7179; s. 1129, ch. 71-136; s. 1403, ch. 97-102.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 870.06

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§870.06ASSEMBLY-UNLAWFULUNAUTHORIZED MILITARY ORGANIZATIONSM · 2nd
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1982–1982 · leading case: Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 543 F. Supp. 198 (S.D. Tex. 1982).
Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 543 F. Supp. 198 (S.D. Tex. 1982). “§§ 27-101, 27-102; Fla.Stat.Ann. § 870.06; Idaho Code § 46-802 ; 111 Ann.”
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