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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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F.S. 90.501
90.501 Privileges recognized only as provided.Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, any other statute, or the Constitution of the United States or the State Constitution, no person in a legal proceeding has a privilege to:
(1) Refuse to be a witness.
(2) Refuse to disclose any matter.
(3) Refuse to produce any object or writing.
(4) Prevent another from being a witness, from disclosing any matter, or from producing any object or writing.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; ss. 9, 22, ch. 78-361; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-379.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 90.501
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 90.501.



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Cases from cite.case.law:

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, v. FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, v., 132 So. 3d 135 (Fla. 2013)

. . . Section 90.501, Florida Statutes (2013), which the majority relies on to support this conclusion, simply . . . Section 90.501 does nothing to abolish any privilege established in Florida law by section 2.01. . . . Anderson, 459 So.2d 384, 387 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984) (stating that the adoption of section 90.501, Florida . . .

FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES v. ROMO La Jr. N. Y. B. A., 113 So. 3d 117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . The Fourth District had expressly declined to recognize such a privilege, saying: Section 90.501 of the . . . See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. . . .

FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, a v. EXPEDIA, INC. LLC d b a LLP LLC, L. P., 85 So. 3d 517 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Section 90.501, Florida Statutes limits the testimonial privileges that are available to those that are . . . See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. . . .

W. DOE, III v. SUNTRUST BANK, W. Jr. W. Jr. a a, 32 So. 3d 133 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2005); cf. § 316.066(4), Fla. . . .

CITY OF POMPANO BEACH, a a v. SWERDLOW LIGHTSPEED MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, a LLC a a, 942 So. 2d 455 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Section 90.501 of the Florida Evidence Code provides that no person has a privilege to refuse to be a . . . See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. . . .

WESTERHEIDE, v. STATE, 831 So. 2d 93 (Fla. 2002)

. . . See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2001). . . .

GUERRIER, v. STATE, 811 So. 2d 852 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . See § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (2001); State v. Castellano, 460 So.2d 480 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); Marshall v. . . .

HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP, INC. v. McMURRAY,, 181 F.R.D. 525 (M.D. Fla. 1998)

. . . . § 90.501 (emphasis supplied). . . . privilege, stating that the courts are judicially powerless to do so under the limitations of Fla.Stat. 90.501 . . . ); see also Fla.Stat. 90.501. . . . The Law Revision Council Note to § 90.501 provides that "[t]his section abolishes all common-law privileges . . .

FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES, INC. v. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES,, 164 F.R.D. 257 (N.D. Fla. 1995)

. . . . § 90.501 (of the Florida Evidence Code), no evidentiary privilege exists in Florida unless specified . . .

In HILLSBOROUGH HOLDINGS CORPORATION, CELOTEX CORPORATION, v. HILLSBOROUGH HOLDINGS CORPORATION,, 176 B.R. 223 (M.D. Fla. 1994)

. . . . § 90.501; International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. v. . . .

PROPOSED STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR CERTIFIED AND COURT- APPOINTED MEDIATORS, 604 So. 2d 764 (Fla. 1992)

. . . . §§ 90.501-510, Fla.Stat. RULE 10.090 PROFESSIONAL ADVICE (a) Generally. . . .

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, v. M. BEARD, M. L. L. MCK. J., 597 So. 2d 873 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . . § 90.501, Fla. Stat. (1991); Proctor & Gamble Co. v. . . .

JOHNSON, v. STATE, 595 So. 2d 132 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . See also section 90.501, Florida Statutes (providing that no person has a privilege to refuse to disclose . . .

TUMULTY, v. STATE, 489 So. 2d 150 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . the indictment because the grand jury was improperly empaneled according to the dictates of section 90.501 . . .

STATE v. CASTELLANO,, 460 So. 2d 480 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . At the outset, we note that section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1983), provides: 90.501 Privileges recognized . . .

MARSHALL, v. A. ANDERSON, V. W. E. J., 459 So. 2d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . The Florida Evidence Code, Section 90.501, Florida Statutes (1981), didactically states: 90.501 Privileges . . . Since neither of the grounds exclusively permitted under section 90.501 thus exists, the testimonial . . . It should be noted that, consistent with the complete divergence between the federal rule and § 90.501 . . .

HOPE, v. STATE, 449 So. 2d 1319 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . See §§ 90.501-90.506, Fla.Stat. (1983). . . .

M. DEEHL, v. F. KNOX, Jr., 414 So. 2d 1089 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . . § 90.501, Fla.Stat. (1979); see also § 90.503 (psychotherapist-patient privilege); § 90.504 (husband-wife . . .

THE FLORIDA COMPANIES v. CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS, 1 Fla. Supp. 2d 152 (Pinellas Cty. Cir. Ct. 1981)

. . . Stat. 90.103, 90.501. As the Supreme Court of Florida recognized in Wait v. . . .

GIRARDEAU, v. STATE, 403 So. 2d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . In this connection we note Section 90.501 of the recently adopted Florida Evidence Code which specifically . . . Further, as previously noted in this opinion, Section 90.501 of the Florida Evidence Code mandates a . . .

TRAMMEL v. UNITED STATES, 445 U.S. 40 (U.S. 1980)

. . . . §§ 90.501, 90.504 (1979); Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, § 155-1 (1977); Ind. . . .