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Fla. Stat. § 876.12 (2025)

Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way.

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876.12 Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way.—No person or persons over 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter upon, or be or appear upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road, highway, or other public way in this state.

History.—s. 2, ch. 26542, 1951.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 876.12

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§876.12PUBLIC ORDER CRIMESWEAR HOOD OR MASK ON STREETM · 2nd

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1992–2006 · leading case: State v. Berrill, 474 S.E.2d 508 (W. Va. 1996).

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State v. Berrill, 474 S.E.2d 508 (W. Va. 1996). “3 (1989); Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 876.12-16 (West 1994); Ga.”

Hernandez v. Superintendent, Fredericksburg-Rappahannock Jt. Sec. Ctr., 800 F. Supp. 1344 (E.D. Va. 1992). “Code § 13A-11-9(a)(4) (1982); Fla.Stat. §§ 876.12, 876.13 (1987); La.Rev.”

Mendez v. State, 747 So. 2d 1032 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). “0845 reads, in pertinent parts, as follows: The felony or misdemeanor degree of any criminal offense, other than a violation of §§ 876.12 — 876.15, shall be reclassified to the next higher degree as provided in this section if, while committing the offense, the offender was…”

Nicol v. State, 939 So. 2d 231 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). · cites it 2× “See generally §§ 876.12-20, Fla. Stat. (2001). For example, section 876.”

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