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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES
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F.S. 817.233
817.233 Burning to defraud the insurer.Any person who willfully and with intent to injure or defraud the insurer sets fire to or burns or attempts so to do or who causes to be burned or who aids, counsels or procures the burning of any building, structure or personal property, of whatsoever class or character, whether the property of himself or herself or of another, which shall at the time be insured by any person against loss or damage by fire, shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.s. 1, ch. 15602, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 7208(12); s. 791, ch. 71-136; s. 65, ch. 74-383; s. 1252, ch. 97-102.
Note.Former s. 806.06.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.233
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S817.233 - ARSON - BURN W INTENT TO INJURE DEFRAUD INSURER - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PEREZ, v. STATE, 120 So. 3d 168 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . Stat. (2009), and burning to defraud an insurer, § 817.233, Fla. Stat. (2009). . . .

ROMANO, v. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL,, 948 So. 2d 938 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . . § 817.233, Fla. Stat. . § 812.014(2)(b), Fla. Stat. . § 837.05, Fla. Stat. . . .

D. JANSON, v. STATE, 785 So. 2d 731 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . . §§ 806.01(1); 817.233, Fla. Stat. (1995). . Janson v. . . .

WATSON, v. STATE, 655 So. 2d 1250 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . section 817.234(l)(a), Florida Statutes, and burning with the intent to defraud in violation of section 817.233 . . .

BELL, v. STATE, 650 So. 2d 1032 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . . § 817.233, Fla.Stat. (1991). .§ 817.234, Fla.Stat. (1991). . . . .

BERRY, v. STATE, 566 So. 2d 22 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . did not charge appellant with the offense of burning to defraud an insurer in violation of section 817.233 . . . trial court’s denial of an instruction on the offense of burning to defraud an insurer based on section 817.233 . . .

E. HART, v. STATE, 524 So. 2d 707 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Arson in the First Degree and Burning to Defraud an Insurer under Florida Statutes 806.01(l)(a) and 817.233 . . .

CALLAHAN, v. STATE, 504 So. 2d 434 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . to defraud an insurer, which the trial judge considered a lesser offense, is proscribed by section 817.233 . . .

LINEHAN, v. STATE, 442 So. 2d 244 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . For example, section 817.233, Florida Statutes (1981), defines a specific intent crime when it refers . . . drew the same distinction under similar Indiana arson statutes as we do under sections 806.01(1) and 817.233 . . .