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2013 Florida Statutes
TITLE XLVI - CRIMES
Chapter 836 - DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES
- 836.01 - Punishment for libel.
- 836.02 - Must give name of the party written about.
- 836.03 - Owner or editor of the paper also guilty.
- 836.04 - Defamation.
- 836.05 - Threats; extortion.
- 836.06 - Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations.
- 836.07 - Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel.
- 836.08 - Correction, apology, or retraction by newspaper.
- 836.09 - Communicating libelous matter to newspapers; penalty.
- 836.10 - Written threats to kill or do bodily injury; punishment.
- 836.11 - Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited.
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