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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 943
DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
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F.S. 943.051
943.051 Criminal justice information; collection and storage; fingerprinting.
(1) The Criminal Justice Information Program, acting as the state’s central criminal justice information repository, shall:
(a) Collect, process, store, maintain, and disseminate criminal justice information and records necessary to the operation of the criminal justice information system of the department.
(b) Develop systems that inform one criminal justice agency of the criminal justice information held or maintained by other criminal justice agencies.
(2) The fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images of each adult person charged with or convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or violation of a comparable ordinance by a state, county, municipal, or other law enforcement agency shall be captured and electronically submitted to the department in the manner prescribed by rule. Exceptions to this requirement for specified misdemeanors or comparable ordinance violations may be made by the department by rule.
(3)(a) The fingerprints, palm prints, and facial images of a minor who is charged with or found to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult shall be captured and electronically submitted to the department in the manner prescribed by rule.
(b) A minor who is charged with or found to have committed the following offenses shall be fingerprinted and the fingerprints shall be submitted electronically to the department, unless the minor is issued a civil citation pursuant to s. 985.12:
1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011.
2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03.
3. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2).
4. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined in s. 790.1615(1).
5. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e).
6. Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or other specified officers, as defined in s. 784.07(2)(a) and (b).
7. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053.
8. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03.
9. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s. 790.22(5).
10. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3).
11. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
12. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1).
13. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as provided in s. 790.115.
(4) Fingerprints shall be used as the basis for criminal history records.
History.s. 3, ch. 80-409; s. 2, ch. 85-224; s. 5, ch. 93-204; s. 1, ch. 94-126; s. 89, ch. 94-209; s. 12, ch. 95-184; s. 2, ch. 95-427; s. 2, ch. 96-293; s. 28, ch. 96-322; s. 6, ch. 98-94; s. 2, ch. 99-284; s. 6, ch. 99-300; s. 11, ch. 2000-155; s. 2, ch. 2002-51; s. 6, ch. 2007-112; s. 32, ch. 2010-117; s. 16, ch. 2013-116; s. 2, ch. 2015-46; s. 32, ch. 2023-18.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 943.051
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 943.051.



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IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE- REGULAR- CYCLE REPORT., 265 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 2018)

. . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . .

LAZARD, v. STATE, 229 So. 3d 439 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . violation, or been adjudicated delinquent for committing any felony or a misdemeanor specified in s. 943.051 . . .

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, 176 So. 3d 980 (Fla. 2015)

. . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . .

G. G. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT,, 97 So. 3d 268 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . fingerprint information for minors who are charged with or found to have committed petit theft, section 943.051 . . . (3)(b)10, Florida Statutes (2006), as well as the other offenses listed in section 943.051(3)(b). . . .

AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 794 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 2000)

. . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . . violation nor adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in section 943.051 . . .

E. MATTHEWS, v. STATE, 760 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . ordinance violation or adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in s. 943.051 . . . ordinance violation or adjudicated delinquent for committing a felony or a misdemeanor specified in s. 943.051 . . .

HEGGS, v. STATE, 759 So. 2d 620 (Fla. 2000)

. . . changes in the theft statute; section 12 amends the criminal justice information statutes (section 943.051 . . .