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2000 Florida Code
TITLE XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 817 Fraudulent Practices  
PART I FALSE PRETENSES AND FRAUDS, GENERALLY (ss. 817.02-817.568)
817.49   False reports of commission of crimes; penalty.

817.49  False reports of commission of crimes; penalty.--Whoever willfully imparts, conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed to any law enforcement officer false information or reports concerning the alleged commission of any crime under the laws of this state, knowing such information or report to be false, in that no such crime had actually been committed, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.--s. 1, ch. 59-294; s. 875, ch. 71-136.

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