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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 787
KIDNAPPING; CUSTODY OFFENSES; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND RELATED OFFENSES
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F.S. 787.001
787.001 Victim’s age; ignorance and misrepresentation not defenses.When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim being below a certain age, ignorance of the victim’s age is not a defense. Misrepresentation of a victim’s age by any person or a bona fide belief that a victim is over a specified age is also not a defense. This section does not apply to s. 787.30.
History.s. 1, ch. 2025-132.