Florida Statute 256.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 256
FLAGS

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256.08 Definition.—The words “flag,” “standard,” “color,” “ensign,” or “shield,” as used in ss. 256.05-256.07, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or a copy, picture or representation thereof.

History.—New in Florida Statutes, 1941.

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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

...uch flag, standard, color, ensign or shield upon which shall have been printed, painted or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached, appended, affixed or annexed any such word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement. Section 256.08, 12 F.S.A., adds the following definitions: The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in Sections 256.05-256.07, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, ma...

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1989).

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256.011(2), F.S. 2 Section 256.011(3), F.S. 3 Section 256.08, F.S., first appears in the 1941 Florida Statutes