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2021 Florida Statutes
Title XLVI - Crimes
Chapter 870 - Affrays; Riots; Routs; Unlawful Assemblies
870.041 - Preservation of the Public Peace by Local Authority.
Universal Citation: FL Stat § 870.041 (2021)
870.041 Preservation of the public peace by local authority.—In the event of overt acts of violence, or the imminent threat of such violence, within a county or municipality and the Governor has not declared a state of emergency to exist, local officers shall be empowered to declare such a state of emergency exists in accordance with the provisions of ss. 870.041-870.048.
History.—s. 1, ch. 70-990.