The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 552
MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE OF EXPLOSIVES

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F.S. 552.21

552.21 Confiscation and disposal of explosives.—

(1) Whenever the department shall have reason to believe that any person is or has been violating the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant thereto, the department may, without further process of law, confiscate the explosives in question and cause them to be stored in a safe manner, or, if any explosives are deemed by the department to be in such a state or condition as to constitute a hazard to life or property, the department may dispose of such explosives without further process of law. The department is authorized to dispose of any abandoned explosives that it deems to be hazardous to life or property.

(2) If the person so charged is found guilty of violating this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto with regard to the possession, handling, or storage of explosives, the department is authorized to dispose of the confiscated materials in such a way as it shall deem equitable.

(3) Costs incurred in the confiscation and disposal of such explosives shall be paid from the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.

History.—s. 15, ch. 65-59; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 18, ch. 77-84; s. 21, ch. 78-95; s. 660, ch. 2003-261; s. 29, ch. 2016-165.

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Amendments to 552.21

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 552.21

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 552.21.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

Wa DHIAB, v. H. OBAMA,, 70 F. Supp. 3d 486 (D.D.C. 2014)

. . . . § 552.21 et seq. . See, e.g., Cal. . . .

PEREZ OLIVO, v. Ed GONZALEZ,, 384 F. Supp. 2d 536 (D.P.R. 2005)

. . . If section 552.21 were “intended to substantively restrict officials” discretion relative to physical . . . Based on the foregoing, we find that the language of section 552.21 creates a procedural structure to . . .

STIVERS, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY,, 777 So. 2d 1023 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Stat. (2000) ("environmental and health hazards”); § 552.21(1), Fla. . . .

UNITED STATES v. JENNINGS,, 991 F.2d 725 (11th Cir. 1993)

. . . V, §'552.21(c), § 552.22(a) (7-1-91 ed.)). . . .

BRUSCINO, v. CARLSON,, 654 F. Supp. 609 (S.D. Ill. 1987)

. . . . § 552.21(a)(1986) (emphasis added). . . .

A. v., 38 T.C. 46 (T.C. 1962)

. . . Total sales 8/1/47-12/31/47 $1, 824, 056.19 1948_ 7,512, 282.14 1949_ 9,154,675. 32 1960_ 11, 509, 552.21 . . .

v., 30 T.C. 936 (T.C. 1958)

. . . follows: Depletion Depreciation tear claimed claimed 1949_$47, Oil. 47 $2, 809.01 1950_ 47,348.24 2, 552.21 . . .

REMER v. McKAY, 54 F. 432 (C.C.N.D. Ill. 1892)

. . . November, 1883, sold the said land, and the said Duncan McKay became the purchaser thereof for the sum ox $552.21 . . .