Florida Statute 256.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 256
FLAGS

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256.06 Mutilation or disrespect of state or United States flag.—No person shall publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 7819, 1919; s. 1, ch. 9325, 1923; CGL 8117, 8118.

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City of Miami v. Wolfenberger, 265 So. 2d 732 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6459

..."It must of course be remembered that this court is not faced with conduct which is in any way contemptuous or disrespectful toward the American flag. Mutilating, defacing, defiling, trampling upon, or casting contempt upon the flag are acts which are made criminal by another Florida statute. See section 256.06, 12 F.S.A....