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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 877
MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES
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F.S. 877.15
877.15 Failure to control or report dangerous fire.Any person who knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that a fire is endangering the life or property of another, and who fails to take reasonable measures to put out or control the fire when the person can do so without substantial risk to himself or herself, or who fails to give a prompt fire alarm, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, if:
(1) The person knows that he or she is under an official, contractual, or other legal duty to control or combat the fire; or
(2) The fire was started lawfully by the person or with his or her assent and was started on property in his or her custody or control.
History.s. 3, ch. 79-108; s. 220, ch. 91-224; s. 1430, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 877.15


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 877.15
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases from cite.case.law:

THRIFT, Jr. v. HUBBARD, v. EMIS SOFTWARE, INC., 44 F.3d 348 (5th Cir. 1995)

. . . Peerless refunded the difference ($12,-877.15) to Thrift and executed a note to Thrift for the seized . . .

STATE v. T. B. D. a, 638 So. 2d 165 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Fla.Stat.), criminal nuisance (§ 823.01, Fla.Stat.), failure to control or report a dangerous fire (§ 877.15 . . .

STATE v. CREIGHTON,, 469 So. 2d 735 (Fla. 1985)

. . . 1981), and failure to put out or control a fire or give a prompt fire alarm in violation of section 877.15 . . . Section 877.15, Florida Statutes (1981), provides: Any person who knows, or has reasonable grounds to . . .

WEIL v. DONNELLY,, 111 F. Supp. 390 (E.D. La. 1953)

. . . year 1943 in the principal sum of $9,386.99, plus $3,-490.16 in interest, or an aggregate of $12,- . 877.15 . . .

v., 24 B.T.A. 554 (B.T.A. 1931)

. . . increased as follows: Year Amount 1917_$3, 315, 929.57 191S_ 3,186,828.56 1919_ 3, 0S6,232.92 1920_ 2, 999, 877.15 . . .