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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 826
BIGAMY; INCEST
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826.01 Bigamy; punishment.Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries another person shall, except in the cases mentioned in s. 826.02, be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 4, sub-ch. 8, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2603; GS 3526; RGS 5416; CGL 7559; s. 775, ch. 71-136; s. 44, ch. 74-383; s. 30, ch. 75-298.
Note.Former s. 799.01.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 826.01
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S826.01 - BIGAMY - BIGAMY MARRY ANOTHER WHILE MARRIED - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 826.01

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State v. Leon, 967 So. 2d 437 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 3170378

...ey General, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee. PER CURIAM. The State charged the defendant, Jorge Jesus Leon, with bigamy in violation of section 826.01, Florida Statutes....
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T.M.H. v. D.M.T., 79 So. 3d 787 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

akin to analyzing a polygamist’s attack on section 826.01, Florida Statutes (making it a felony to marry
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Tmh v. Dmt, 79 So. 3d 787 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 20502, 2011 WL 6437247

...Contrary to this guiding principle, the majority frames the interest at stake in this case as broadly as possible, asserting that Florida's ART legislation affects the previously recognized fundamental rights of procreation and parenthood. To use a prior analogy, this would be akin to analyzing a polygamist's attack on section 826.01, Florida Statutes (making it a felony to marry another person when already married) as violating the recognized fundamental right to marry....