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Fla. Stat. § 943.02 (2025)
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943.02 Definitions.—For the purpose of this chapter:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Law Enforcement.
(2) “Executive director” means the executive director of the Department of Law Enforcement.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2025 · leading case: Jackson v. State, 18 So. 3d 1016 (Fla. 2009).
Jackson v. State, 18 So. 3d 1016 (Fla. 2009). “2d at 852 (some emphasis added) (quoting § 943.02(2), Fla. Stat. (1991)). The South Carolina law essentially employs the same definition.”
DiGuilio v. State, 451 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). “Neither is the recording of the conversation proscribed by the provisions of Chapter 943, Florida Statutes (1981), as an oral communication, because section 943.02(1) defines oral communications within the statute to include only those which are uttered under circumstances…”
Gage Peters v. Dennis J Quakenbush, II (Ind. 2025). “Florida presumes that “a sexual offender shall maintain registration with the [Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Fla. Stat. § 943.02 (1)] for the duration of his or her life”, id.”
— 943.02(1) — 1 case
DiGuilio v. State, 451 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). “Neither is the recording of the conversation proscribed by the provisions of Chapter 943, Florida Statutes (1981), as an oral communication, because section 943.02(1) defines oral communications within the statute to include only those which are uttered under circumstances…”
— 943.02(2) — 1 case
Jackson v. State, 18 So. 3d 1016 (Fla. 2009). “2d at 852 (some emphasis added) (quoting § 943.02(2), Fla. Stat. (1991)). The South Carolina law essentially employs the same definition.”
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