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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 590
FOREST PROTECTION
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F.S. 590.15
590.15 Burden of proof.In any prosecution or civil action brought under the provisions of this chapter it shall not be necessary for the state or plaintiff to allege and prove absence of the right or authority of the defendant to set or cause to be set the fire, but such right and authority shall be a matter of affirmative defense to be alleged and proved by the defendant.
History.s. 13, ch. 17029, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 4151(10-rr).

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Amendments to 590.15


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 590.15
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 590.15.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

LUCIANO, v. OLSTEN CORPORATION, N. J., 925 F. Supp. 956 (E.D.N.Y. 1996)

. . . Accordingly, the Court approves compensation for 590.15 hours for Janice Goodman, Esq. at the rate of . . .

SPEIGHTS, v. STATE, 414 So. 2d 574 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . In affirming the appellant/defendant’s conviction, explication of Sections 590.08 and 590.15, Florida . . . The state cited Section 590.15, which assigns the burden of proof of showing the right or authority of . . . Florida Statutes (the crime), while Section 13 of the 1935 enactment comprises the present Section 590.15 . . . Section 590.15, Florida Statutes, states: Burden of proof. — In any prosecution or civil action brought . . . In assigning the burden of proof, § 590.15, indicates the “right or authority” of one to burn property . . .

A. STEPHENS, v. UNITED STATES v. STATE OF ILLINOIS,, 472 F. Supp. 998 (C.D. Ill. 1979)

. . . The water level on the date of his photograph was seven feet lower (590.15) than on the day of the occurrence . . .

UNITED STATES v. McGOURIN, 106 F. 288 (5th Cir. 1901)

. . . extent, and amended or reformed so that it shall stand as a judgment for ⅜⅛ 194.75 instead of for $,‘590.15 . . .