The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 861
OFFENSES RELATED TO PUBLIC ROADS, TRANSPORT, AND WATERS

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F.S. 861.01

861.01 Obstructing highway.—Whoever obstructs any public road or established highway by fencing across or into the same or by willfully causing any other obstruction in or to such road or highway, or any part thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and the judgment of the court shall also be that the obstruction be removed.

History.—s. 68, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 2700; GS 3662; s. 1, ch. 6884, 1915; RGS 5604; CGL 7791; s. 1099, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 861.01

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 861.01

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

S861.01 - HEALTH-SAFETY - OBSTRUCT HIGHWAY - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FISHER, v. TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, L. v., 329 F. Supp. 3d 883 (D. Ariz. 2018)

. . . District's racially concentrated demographics and geographic sprawl with State policies like ARS 15-861.01 . . .

BOLAND, v. E. HETRICK d b a, 277 F. Supp. 3d 112 (D.D.C. 2017)

. . . This figure comprises: (1) “$53,-861.01 in delinquent contributions as determined by Audit 1,” “covering . . .

TOWN OF LAUDERDALE- BY- THE- SEA, a v. MERETSKY, 773 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Under section 861.01, Florida Statutes (1997), “[wjhoever obstructs any public road or established highway . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA, W. O. FRAZIER, v. D. C. COLEMAN,, 156 Fla. 413 (Fla. 1945)

. . . violated at least two of our perfectly valid criminal laws, to-wit: obstruction of a public highway (Sec. 861.01 . . . violation of at least two of the criminal laws of the state; namely: obstructing a public highway, Sec. 861.01 . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA, W. O. FRAZIER, v. D. C. COLEMAN,, 155 Fla. 555 (Fla. 1945)

. . . .: Appellant and 98 others were informed against for the violation of Sec. 861.01, F.S. ’41. . . . The first question is whether Sec. 861.01 prohibits the obstruction of a street in a municipality. . . . The second question is whether Sec. 861.01 is limited in its application to obstructions of a permanent . . .