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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 839
Offenses By Public Officers And Employees
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839.06  Collectors not to deal in warrants, etc.; removal.--No tax collector of any county shall, either directly or indirectly, purchase or receive in exchange any Comptroller's warrants, county orders, jurors' certificates or school district orders for a less amount than expressed on the face of such orders or demand, and any such person so offending shall, for each offense, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083, and be removed from office.

History.--Ch. 4010, 1891; s. 40, ch. 4322, 1895; GS 3467; s. 39, ch. 5596, 1907; RGS 5336; CGL 7469; s. 1016, ch. 71-136.