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Florida Statute 870.043 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 870
AFFRAYS; RIOTS; ROUTS; UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES
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F.S. 870.043
870.043 Declaration of emergency.Whenever the sheriff or designated city official determines that there has been an act of violence or a flagrant and substantial defiance of, or resistance to, a lawful exercise of public authority and that, on account thereof, there is reason to believe that there exists a clear and present danger of a riot or other general public disorder, widespread disobedience of the law, and substantial injury to persons or to property, all of which constitute an imminent threat to public peace or order and to the general welfare of the jurisdiction affected or a part or parts thereof, he or she may declare that a state of emergency exists within that jurisdiction or any part or parts thereof.
History.s. 3, ch. 70-990; s. 1400, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 870.043
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