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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 985
JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES
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F.S. 985.731
985.731 Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried minor runaways; violations.
(1)(a) A person who is not an authorized agent of the department or the Department of Children and Families may not knowingly shelter an unmarried minor for more than 24 hours without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian or without notifying a law enforcement officer of the minor’s name and the fact that the minor is being provided shelter.
(b) A person may not knowingly provide aid to an unmarried minor who has run away from home without first contacting the minor’s parent or guardian or notifying a law enforcement officer. The aid prohibited under this paragraph includes assisting the minor in obtaining shelter, such as hotel lodgings.
(2) A person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 14, ch. 97-281; s. 100, ch. 2006-120; s. 360, ch. 2014-19.
Note.Former s. 985.2065.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 985.731
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S985.731 1a - FAMILY OFFENSE - SHELTER UNMARRIED MINOR NOT NOTIFY PARENT LEO - M: F
S985.731 1b - FAMILY OFFENSE - PROVIDE AID TO MINOR NOT NOTIFY PARENT LEO - M: F



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