Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 943.051 (2025)

Criminal justice information; collection and storage; fingerprinting.

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943.051 Criminal justice information; collection and storage; fingerprinting.—

(1) The Criminal Justice Information Program, acting as the state’s central criminal justice information repository, shall:

(a) Collect, process, store, maintain, and disseminate criminal justice information and records necessary to the operation of the criminal justice information system of the department.

(b) Develop systems that inform one criminal justice agency of the criminal justice information held or maintained by other criminal justice agencies.

(2) The fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images of each adult person charged with or convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or violation of a comparable ordinance by a state, county, municipal, or other law enforcement agency shall be captured and electronically submitted to the department in the manner prescribed by rule. Exceptions to this requirement for specified misdemeanors or comparable ordinance violations may be made by the department by rule.

(3)(a) The fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images of a minor who is charged with or found to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult shall be captured and electronically submitted to the department in the manner prescribed by rule.

(b) A minor who is charged with or found to have committed the following offenses shall be fingerprinted and the fingerprints shall be submitted electronically to the department, unless the minor is issued a prearrest delinquency citation pursuant to s. 985.12:

1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011.

2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03.

3. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2).

4. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined in s. 790.1615(1).

5. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e).

6. Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or other specified persons, as provided in s. 784.07.

7. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053.

8. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03.

9. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s. 790.22(5).

10. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3).

11. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).

12. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1).

13. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as provided in s. 790.115.

(4) Fingerprints shall be used as the basis for criminal history records.

History.—s. 3, ch. 80-409; s. 2, ch. 85-224; s. 5, ch. 93-204; s. 1, ch. 94-126; s. 89, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 95-184; s. 2, ch. 95-427; s. 2, ch. 96-293; s. 28, ch. 96-322; s. 6, ch. 98-94; s. 2, ch. 99-284; s. 6, ch. 99-300; s. 11, ch. 2000-155; s. 2, ch. 2002-51; s. 6, ch. 2007-112; s. 32, ch. 2010-117; s. 16, ch. 2013-116; s. 2, ch. 2015-46; s. 32, ch. 2023-18; s. 24, ch. 2024-130; s. 3, ch. 2025-73.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2021 · leading case: Heggs v. State, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2000).

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Heggs v. State, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2000). “015) to reflect the changes in the theft statute; section 12 amends the criminal justice information statutes (section 943.051) to reflect the changes in the theft statute; and section 13 amends the accessory after the fact statute (section 773.”

Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 794 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 6× “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 8.”

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure-2018 Regular-cycle Report., 265 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 2018). · cites it 8× “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 3.”

G.G. v. Florida Dep't of Law Enf't, 97 So. 3d 268 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). · cites it 2× “FDLE argues that it is required by chapter 943 to collect and maintain fingerprint information for minors who are charged with or found to have committed petit theft, section 943.051(3)(b)10, Florida Statutes (2006), as well as the other offenses listed in section 943.”

In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure & Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140, 176 So. 3d 980 (Fla. 2015). · cites it 4× “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 3.”

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure - 2018 Regular-Cycle Report (Fla. 2018). · cites it 8× “, and I have not been adjudicated guilty of, nor adjudicated delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming from that arrest or the alleged criminal activity surrounding my arrest.”

In Re: Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.692 & 3.989 - 2019 Fast-Track Report (Fla. 2019). · cites it 8× “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 3.”

Danielle Elizabeth Hitchman v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). · cites it 6× “The first source, section 943.051, Florida Statutes, governs the collection and storage of certain biometric data pertaining to criminal justice records.”

— 943.051(1) — 1 case

Danielle Elizabeth Hitchman v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). “The first source, section 943.051, Florida Statutes, governs the collection and storage of certain biometric data pertaining to criminal justice records.”

— 943.051(3)(b) — 6 cases

Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure, 794 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 2000). “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 8.”

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure-2018 Regular-cycle Report., 265 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 2018). “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 3.”

G.G. v. Florida Dep't of Law Enf't, 97 So. 3d 268 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). “FDLE argues that it is required by chapter 943 to collect and maintain fingerprint information for minors who are charged with or found to have committed petit theft, section 943.051(3)(b)10, Florida Statutes (2006), as well as the other offenses listed in section 943.”

In Re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure & Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140, 176 So. 3d 980 (Fla. 2015). “I have never been adjudicated guilty of a criminal offense or a comparable ordinance violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051(3)(b), Florida Statutes. 3.”

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure - 2018 Regular-Cycle Report (Fla. 2018). “, and I have not been adjudicated guilty of, nor adjudicated delinquent for committing, any of the acts stemming from that arrest or the alleged criminal activity surrounding my arrest.”

— 943.051(4) — 1 case

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