1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXXV AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 590 Forest Protection  
590.29   Illegal possession of incendiary device.

590.29  Illegal possession of incendiary device.--

(1)  Whoever, being outside the corporate limits of any municipality, has in his or her possession any incendiary device as defined by subsection (3) with the intent to use such device for the purpose of burning or setting fire to any forest, grass, or woodland, if such person is not the owner of, nor, as under a lease, in lawful possession of, the forest, grass, or woodland, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a felony and punished as provided in s. 590.30.

(2)  The possession of any incendiary device as defined by subsection (3) is prima facie evidence of the intent of the person possessing such device to use such device for the purpose of burning or setting fire to forest, grass, or woodland if such person is not the owner of, nor, as under a lease, in lawful possession of, the forest, grass, or woodland.

(3)  The term "incendiary device" as used in this section is included but not limited to any "slow match" which is any device contrived to accomplish the delayed ignition of a match or matches or other inflammable material by the use of a cigarette, rope, or candle to which such match or matches are attached, or a magnifying glass so focused as to intensify heat on inflammable material and thus cause a fire to start at a subsequent time, and any chemicals or chemically treated paper or material, or other combustible material so arranged or designed as to make possible its use as a delayed firing device.

History.--s. 1, ch. 29919, 1955; s. 3, ch. 84-7; s. 957, ch. 97-103.