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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.482
817.482 Possessing or transferring device for theft of telecommunications service; concealment of destination of telecommunications service.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to:
(a) Make or possess any instrument, apparatus, equipment or device designed or adapted for use for the purpose of avoiding or attempting to avoid payment of telecommunications service in violation of s. 817.481; or
(b) Sell, give, transport, or otherwise transfer to another, or offer or advertise to sell, give, or otherwise transfer, any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device described in paragraph (a), or plans or instructions for making or assembling the same; under circumstances evincing an intent to use or employ such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, or to allow the same to be used or employed, for a purpose described in paragraph (a), or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be so used, or that the aforesaid plans or instructions are intended to be used for making or assembling such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device.

Any person violating the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) Any person who shall make or possess, for purposes of avoiding or attempting to avoid payment for long-distance telecommunication services, any electronic device capable of duplicating tones or sounds utilized in long-distance telecommunications shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(3) Any such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, or plans or instructions therefor, referred to in subsections (1) and (2), may be seized by court order or under a search warrant of a judge or incident to a lawful arrest; and upon the conviction of any person for a violation of any provision of this act, or s. 817.481, such instrument, apparatus, equipment, device, plans, or instructions either shall be destroyed as contraband by the sheriff of the county in which such person was convicted or turned over to the telephone company in whose territory such instrument, apparatus, equipment, device, plans, or instructions were seized.
History.s. 2, ch. 65-245; s. 874, ch. 71-136; s. 1, ch. 74-137; s. 14, ch. 2004-11.

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Amendments to 817.482


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.482
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S817.482 1 - FRAUD BY WIRE - POSS ETC DEVICE FOR THEFT OF TELECOM SERVICE - M: F
S817.482 2 - FRAUD BY WIRE - POSS ETC DEVICE THEFT LONG-DIST TELECOM SVC - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. L. DILWORTH,, 397 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1981)

. . . duplicating tones of sound utilized in long distance telecommunications, to wit: A BLUE BOX, in violation of 817.482 . . . of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. § 817.482 . . .

UNITED STATES v. A. NELLIGAN,, 573 F.2d 251 (5th Cir. 1978)

. . . . §§ 817.481(2) and 817.482(l)(a) (1973). . . . Stat. 817.482 provides: (1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to: (a) Make or possess any . . .

H. LEEMAN, v. STATE, 357 So. 2d 693 (Fla. 1978)

. . . This is a direct appeal from the Circuit Court of Dade County which held that Section 817.482, Florida . . . duplicating tones of sound utilized in long distance telecommunications, to wit: A BLUE BOX, in violation of 817.482 . . .