The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

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F.S. 944.23

944.23 Persons authorized to visit state prisons.—The following persons shall be authorized to visit at their pleasure all state correctional institutions: The Governor, all Cabinet members, members of the Legislature, judges of state courts, state attorneys, public defenders, and authorized representatives of the commission. No other person not otherwise authorized by law shall be permitted to enter a state correctional institution except under such regulations as the department may prescribe. Permission shall not be unreasonably withheld from those who give sufficient evidence to the department that they are bona fide reporters or writers.

History.—s. 21, ch. 57-121; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 19, ch. 74-112; s. 45, ch. 77-120; s. 54, ch. 79-3.

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Amendments to 944.23

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 944.23

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 944.23.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CLEMENT, v. UNITED HOMES, LLC, LLC, LLC, LLC,, 914 F. Supp. 2d 362 (E.D.N.Y. 2012)

. . . signing the first note, she was presented with the second mortgage note with a monthly payment of $944.23 . . .

COLLINS, v. K. HENDRICKSON, 371 F. Supp. 2d 1326 (M.D. Fla. 2005)

. . . Stat. 944.23(6)(b). . . .

W. MOORE, v. PALILLA,, 739 So. 2d 1228 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Section 944.23, Florida Statutes (1997), provides: Persons authorized to visit state prisons. . . .

K. SINGLETARY, v. BENTON,, 693 So. 2d 1119 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . Hargrove, 615 So.2d 199 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); see also §§ 944.23 & 945.04, Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, v. W. HARGROVE, Jr., 615 So. 2d 199 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . The pertinent statutory authority cited by DOC includes section 944.09, Florida Statutes, and section 944.23 . . . Section 944.23, Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part as follows: 944.23 Persons authorized to . . . In section 944.23, this broad power was specifically extended over the visitation rights of prisoners . . .

VAN POYCK, v. L. DUGGER, T. L., 779 F. Supp. 571 (M.D. Fla. 1991)

. . . Specific Authority 20.315, 944.09, 944.23, FS. Law Implemented 944.09, 944.23, FS. . . . Specific Authority 20.315, 944.09, 944.23, FS. Law Implemented 944.09, 944.23, FS. . . .

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, v. L. ADAMS, G. M., 458 So. 2d 354 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . Pursuant to the authority vested in it by section 944.23, Florida Statutes, the Department has enacted . . .

TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 375 So. 2d 307 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Specific Authority: 944.23, 922.11, Florida Statutes. . . . Law Implemented: 944.23, 922.-11, Florida Statutes. Effective: 7/16/79. . . . Specific Authority: 944.23, 922.11, Florida Statutes. . . . Law Implemented: 944.23, 922.11, Florida Statutes. Effective: 7/16/79. . . . See also Section 944.23, Florida Statutes (1977). . . .

SMITH v. UNITED STATES, 337 U.S. 137 (U.S. 1949)

. . . . § 944.23. 56 Stat. 23 ét seq., as amended, 56 Stat. 767, 58 Stat. 632, 59 Stat. 306,60 Stat. 664. . . .

STOLTEBEN v. GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, 79 F. Supp. 228 (S.D.N.Y. 1948)

. . . further reason that they did not contain a duly authorized priority rating, thus violating Section 944.23 . . .