F.S. 860.07 Florida Statutes and Case Law

The 2019 Florida Statutes

Statutes updated from Official Statutes on: September 19, 2019

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 860
OFFENSES CONCERNING AIRCRAFT, MOTOR VEHICLES, VESSELS, AND RAILROADS

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F.S. 860.07 Florida Statutes and Case Law

860.07 Unauthorized persons giving signals to railroad trains or engines.—Any person who wrongfully, recklessly, or wantonly and without authority, signals any train or engine in this state with a red light or with a red flag, or gives any signal calculated to affect the movement or operation of any train, engine, or cars on any railroad in this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. This section shall not apply to any person giving signals to stop a train for the purpose of preventing an accident to such train, or at a regular station or flag station when the train is flagged for the purpose of taking passage on said train.

History.—s. 1, ch. 4708, 1899; GS 3656; RGS 5593; CGL 7779; s. 1091, ch. 71-136.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 860.07

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

860.07 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - UNAUTHORIZED PERSON GIVE SIGNALS TO TRAIN - M: S

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S860.07

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

Current data shows no reason a civil citation or a suspension or revocation of license should have been issued under Florida Statute 860.07.

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