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2009 Florida Statutes
SECTION 07
Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel.
Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel.
836.07 Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel.--Before any criminal action is brought for publication, in a newspaper periodical, of a libel, the prosecutor shall at least 5 days before instituting such action serve notice in writing on defendant, specifying the article and the statements therein which he or she alleges to be false and defamatory.
History.--s. 1, ch. 16070, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7064(1); s. 1308, ch. 97-102.