§ 836.07, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 836. DEFAMATION; LIBEL; THREATENING LETTERS AND SIMILAR OFFENSES
Notice condition precedent to prosecution for libel.
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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Before any criminal action is brought for publication, in a newspaper periodical, of a libel, the prosecutor shall at least 5 days before instituting such action serve notice in writing on defendant, specifying the article and the statements therein which he or she alleges to be false and defamatory.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 1, ch. 16070, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7064(1); s. 1308, ch. 97-102.
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