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2021 Florida Statutes (Including 2021B Session)
Chapter 836
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES Entire Chapter
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES Entire Chapter
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 or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; punishment; exemption from liability.
836.11
Publications which tend to expose persons to hatred, contempt, or ridicule prohibited.
836.115
Cyberintimidation by publication.
836.12
Threats.