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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. 817.566
817.566 Misrepresentation of association with, or academic standing at, postsecondary educational institution.Any person who, with intent to defraud, misrepresents his or her association with, or academic standing or other progress at, any postsecondary educational institution by falsely making, altering, simulating, or forging a document, degree, certificate, diploma, award, record, letter, transcript, form, or other paper; or any person who causes or procures such a misrepresentation; or any person who utters and publishes or otherwise represents such a document, degree, certificate, diploma, award, record, letter, transcript, form, or other paper as true, knowing it to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Individuals who present a religious academic degree from any college, university, seminary, or institution which is not licensed by the Commission for Independent Education or which is not exempt pursuant to the provisions of s. 1005.06 shall disclose the religious nature of the degree upon presentation.
History.s. 1, ch. 88-407; s. 1, ch. 89-40; s. 18, ch. 92-321; s. 1267, ch. 97-102; s. 1038, ch. 2002-387; s. 159, ch. 2004-5; s. 20, ch. 2004-41.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.566
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S817.566 - FORGERY OF - COLLEGE DEGREE - M: F
S817.566 - PASS FORGED - COLLEGE DEGREE - M: F



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