Florida Statute 837.06 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVI
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Chapter 837
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837.06 False official statements.—Whoever knowingly makes a false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his or her official duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 58, ch. 74-383; s. 34, ch. 75-298; s. 207, ch. 91-224; s. 1313, ch. 97-102.

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Cases Citing Statute 837.06

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Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc., 29 So. 3d 1053 (Fla. 2010).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 120, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 217, 2010 WL 546768

...h an intent to injure or defraud any person is a third-degree felony, and that knowingly making "a false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his or her official duty" is a second-degree misdemeanor. § 837.06, Fla....

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Rushing v. State, 684 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 714012

...Rushing was charged with two counts of forgery [1] and one count of obstructing an officer in the lawful execution of a legal duty [2] for signing a friend's name to two traffic tickets. He argues on appeal that his crime was merely the misdemeanor offense of making a false official statement in writing under section 837.06, Florida Statutes (1993), *857 not forgery, the crime of which he was convicted....

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Rotstein v. Dept. of Prof'l & Occupational, 397 So. 2d 305 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

..."convicted of a felony in the courts of this state or any other state, territory, or country," Section 458.1201(1)(c), Florida Statutes (1977), regardless of the fact that the closest Florida counterpart to Rotstein's federal crime is a misdemeanor. Section 837.06, Florida Statutes (1979)....

...utes (1979), are at liberty to disregard, without a stated reason, a reasoned penalty recommendation. [1] Rotstein was convicted of willfully making a false statement to an agency of the United States, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001. Section 837.06, Florida Statutes (1979), provides: Whoever knowingly makes a false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his official duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree......

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Fernandez v. City of Miami, 147 So. 3d 553 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 8521, 2014 WL 2515668

...Although these two reimbursement requests were the only specific offenses charged by the State Attorney's Office, Mr. Fernandez admitted at trial that many more of his expenses reimbursed in 2004, 2005, and 2006 were not related to his duties or the business of the City. . § 837.06, Fla....

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Davis v. State, 438 So. 2d 195 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 21854

crimes: three misdemeanor counts of violating section 837.06, Florida Statutes (1979) which prohibits making

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State v. Mitchell, 666 So. 2d 955 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 45, 1996 WL 1736

trial court erred in construing the language of section 837.06, Florida Statutes, and then using that construction

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