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2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022C, 2022D, 2022A, and 2023B)

Chapter 836
DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES
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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.
836.13
Promotion of an altered sexual depiction; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability.
836.14
Theft or unauthorized promotion of a sexually explicit image.