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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 794
SEXUAL BATTERY
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F.S. 794.027
794.027 Duty to report sexual battery; penalties.A person who observes the commission of the crime of sexual battery and who:
(1) Has reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has observed the commission of a sexual battery;
(2) Has the present ability to seek assistance for the victim or victims by immediately reporting such offense to a law enforcement officer;
(3) Fails to seek such assistance;
(4) Would not be exposed to any threat of physical violence for seeking such assistance;
(5) Is not the husband, wife, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister of the offender or victim, by consanguinity or affinity; and
(6) Is not the victim of such sexual battery

is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.s. 3, ch. 84-86; s. 1226, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 794.027
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S794.027 - FAILURE REPORT CRIME - OBSERVE SEXUAL BATTERY - M: F



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