Florida Statute 921.244 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 921
SENTENCE

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921.244 Order of no contact; penalties.—

(1) At the time of sentencing an offender convicted of a violation of s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 847.0135(5), or any offense in s. 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o., the court shall order that the offender be prohibited from having any contact with the victim, directly or indirectly, including through a third person, for the duration of the sentence imposed. The court may reconsider the order upon the request of the victim if the request is made at any time after the victim has attained 18 years of age. In considering the request, the court shall conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a change of circumstances has occurred which warrants a change in the court order prohibiting contact and whether it is in the best interest of the victim that the court order be modified or rescinded.

(2) Any offender who violates a court order issued under this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(3) The punishment imposed under this section shall run consecutive to any former sentence imposed for a conviction for any offense under s. 794.011, s. 800.04, s. 847.0135(5), or any offense in s. 775.084(1)(b)1.a.-o.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2004-256; s. 24, ch. 2008-172; s. 1, ch. 2008-251.

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Cases Citing Statute 921.244

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Johnson v. State, 27 So. 3d 211 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 1343, 2010 WL 446892

...e have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, and that he pay the cost, if any, of the victims' counseling while he was imprisoned. We strike the condition prohibiting contact with anyone under the age of 18 and affirm the two other conditions. Section 921.244(1), Florida Statutes (2008), authorizes a court to prohibit an offender convicted of lewd and lascivious crimes from having contact with his victims....

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Eddie Dixon v. State of Florida (Fla. 6th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 6th District Court of Appeal

...sentencing error while this appeal was pending. 1 This case was transferred from the Second District Court of Appeal to this Court on January 1, 2023. Trial courts must impose no-contact orders on defendants convicted of certain qualifying offenses. See § 921.244(1), Fla....

...scope is limited to correcting errors benefitting the defendant or scrivener’s errors. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(b). By adding a no-contact order, which exposed Dixon to a new felony charge if he violated it, the trial court exceeded these limitations. See § 921.244(2); see also Jolly v....

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