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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 776
JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE
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CHAPTER 776
CHAPTER 776
JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE
776.012
Use or threatened use of force in defense of person.
776.013
Home protection; use or threatened use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.
776.031
Use or threatened use of force in defense of property.
776.032
Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use or threatened use of force.
776.041
Use or threatened use of force by aggressor.
776.05
Law enforcement officers; use of force in making an arrest.
776.051
Use or threatened use of force in resisting arrest or making an arrest or in the execution of a legal duty; prohibition.
776.06
Deadly force by a law enforcement or correctional officer.
776.07
Use of force to prevent escape.
776.08
Forcible felony.
776.085
Defense to civil action for damages; party convicted of forcible or attempted forcible felony.
776.09
Retention of records pertaining to persons found to be acting in lawful self-defense; expunction of criminal history records.