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Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
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TITLE XLVI. CRIMES |
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CHAPTER 895. OFFENSES CONCERNING RACKETEERING AND ILLEGAL DEBTS |
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- 1As used in ss. 5895.016-7895.08, 8the term:10(1) 11“Beneficial interest” means any of the following:18(a) 19The interest of a person as a beneficiary under a trust established pursuant to s. 34689.07 35or s. 37689.071 38in which the trustee for the trust holds legal or record title to real property;53(b) 54The interest of a person as a beneficiary under any other trust arrangement pursuant to which a trustee holds legal or record title to real property for the benefit of such person; or87(c) 88The interest of a person under any other form of express fiduciary arrangement pursuant to which any other person holds legal or record title to real property for the benefit of such person.
121The term “beneficial interest” does not include the interest of a stockholder in a corporation or the interest of a partner in either a general partnership or a limited partnership. A beneficial interest shall be deemed to be located where the real property owned by the trustee is located.
170(2) 171“Civil proceeding” means any civil proceeding commenced by an investigative agency under s. 184895.05 185or any other provision of the Florida RICO Act.194(3) 195“Criminal proceeding” means any criminal proceeding commenced by an investigative agency under s. 208895.03 209or any other provision of the Florida RICO Act.218(4) 219“Documentary material” means any book, paper, document, writing, drawing, graph, chart, photograph, phonorecord, magnetic tape, computer printout, other data compilation from which information can be obtained or from which information can be translated into usable form, or other tangible item.259(5) 260“Enterprise” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, business trust, union chartered under the laws of this state, or other legal entity, or any unchartered union, association, or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity; and it includes illicit as well as licit enterprises and governmental, as well as other, entities. A criminal gang, as defined in s. 322874.03, 323constitutes an enterprise.326(6) 327“Investigative agency” means the Department of Legal Affairs, the Office of Statewide Prosecution, or the office of a state attorney.347(7) 348“Pattern of racketeering activity” means engaging in at least two incidents of racketeering conduct that have the same or similar intents, results, accomplices, victims, or methods of commission or that otherwise are interrelated by distinguishing characteristics and are not isolated incidents, provided at least one of such incidents occurred after October 1, 1977, and that the last of such incidents occurred within 5 years after a prior incident of racketeering conduct.419(8) 420“Racketeering activity” means to commit, to attempt to commit, to conspire to commit, or to solicit, coerce, or intimidate another person to commit:443(a) 444Any crime that is chargeable by petition, indictment, or information under the following provisions of the Florida Statutes:4621. 463Section 464210.18, 465relating to evasion of payment of cigarette taxes.4732. 474Section 475316.1935, 476relating to fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer and aggravated fleeing or eluding.4923. 493Section 494403.727(3)(b), 495relating to environmental control.4994. 500Section 501409.920 502or s. 504409.9201, 505relating to Medicaid fraud.5095. 510Section 511414.39, 512relating to public assistance fraud.5176. 518Section 519440.105 520or s. 522440.106, 523relating to workers’ compensation.5277. 528Section 529443.071(4), 530relating to creation of a fictitious employer scheme to commit reemployment assistance fraud.5438. 544Section 545465.0161, 546relating to distribution of medicinal drugs without a permit as an Internet pharmacy.5599. 560Section 561499.0051, 562relating to crimes involving contraband, adulterated, or misbranded drugs.57110. 572Part IV of chapter 501, relating to telemarketing.58011. 581Chapter 517, relating to sale of securities and investor protection.59112. 592Section 593550.235 594or s. 596550.3551, 597relating to dogracing and horseracing.60213. 603Chapter 550, relating to jai alai frontons.61014. 611Section 612551.109, 613relating to slot machine gaming.61815. 619Chapter 552, relating to the manufacture, distribution, and use of explosives.63016. 631Chapter 560, relating to money transmitters, if the violation is punishable as a felony.64517. 646Chapter 562, relating to beverage law enforcement.65318. 654Section 655624.401, 656relating to transacting insurance without a certificate of authority, s. 666624.437(4)(c)1667., relating to operating an unauthorized multiple-employer welfare arrangement, or s. 678626.902(1)(b), 679relating to representing or aiding an unauthorized insurer.68719. 688Section 689655.50, 690relating to reports of currency transactions, when such violation is punishable as a felony.70420. 705Chapter 687, relating to interest and usurious practices.71321. 714Section 715721.08, 716s. 717721.09, 718or s. 720721.13, 721relating to real estate timeshare plans.72722. 728Section 729775.13(5)(b), 730relating to registration of persons found to have committed any offense for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang.75523. 756Section 757777.03, 758relating to commission of crimes by accessories after the fact.76824. 769Chapter 782, relating to homicide.77425. 775Chapter 784, relating to assault and battery.78226. 783Chapter 787, relating to kidnapping or human trafficking.79127. 792Chapter 790, relating to weapons and firearms.79928. 800Chapter 794, relating to sexual battery, but only if such crime was committed with the intent to benefit, promote, or further the interests of a criminal gang, or for the purpose of increasing a criminal gang member’s own standing or position within a criminal gang.84529. 846Former s. 848796.03, 849former s. 851796.035, 852s. 853796.04, 854s. 855796.05, 856or s. 858796.07, 859relating to prostitution.86230. 863Chapter 806, relating to arson and criminal mischief.87131. 872Chapter 810, relating to burglary and trespass.87932. 880Chapter 812, relating to theft, robbery, and related crimes.88933. 890Chapter 815, relating to computer-related crimes.89634. 897Chapter 817, relating to fraudulent practices, false pretenses, fraud generally, credit card crimes, and patient brokering.91335. 914Chapter 825, relating to abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult.92936. 930Section 931827.071, 932relating to commercial sexual exploitation of children.93937. 940Section 941828.122, 942relating to fighting or baiting animals.94838. 949Chapter 831, relating to forgery and counterfeiting.95639. 957Chapter 832, relating to issuance of worthless checks and drafts.96740. 968Section 969836.05, 970relating to extortion.97341. 974Chapter 837, relating to perjury.97942. 980Chapter 838, relating to bribery and misuse of public office.99043. 991Chapter 843, relating to obstruction of justice.99844. 999Section 1000847.011, 1001s. 1002847.012, 1003s. 1004847.013, 1005s. 1006847.06, 1007or s. 1009847.07, 1010relating to obscene literature and profanity.101645. 1017Chapter 849, relating to gambling, lottery, gambling or gaming devices, slot machines, or any of the provisions within that chapter.103746. 1038Chapter 874, relating to criminal gangs.104447. 1045Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and control.105448. 1055Chapter 896, relating to offenses related to financial transactions.106449. 1065Sections 1066914.22 1067and 1068914.23, 1069relating to tampering with or harassing a witness, victim, or informant, and retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant.108850. 1089Sections 1090918.12 1091and 1092918.13, 1093relating to tampering with jurors and evidence.1100(b) 1101Any conduct defined as “racketeering activity” under 18 U.S.C. s. 1961(1).1112(9) 1113“Real property” means any real property or any interest in such real property, including, but not limited to, any lease of or mortgage upon such real property.1140(10) 1141“RICO lien notice” means the notice described in s. 1150895.05(13) 1151or in s. 1154895.071155.1156(11) 1157“Trustee” means any of the following:1163(a) 1164Any person acting as trustee pursuant to a trust established under s. 1176689.07 1177or s. 1179689.071 1180in which the trustee holds legal or record title to real property.1192(b) 1193Any person who holds legal or record title to real property in which any other person has a beneficial interest.1213(c) 1214Any successor trustee or trustees to any or all of the foregoing persons.1227However, the term “trustee” does not include any person appointed or acting as a personal representative as defined in s. 1247731.201 1248or appointed or acting as a trustee of any testamentary trust or as a trustee of any indenture of trust under which any bonds have been or are to be issued.
1279(12) 1280“Unlawful debt” means any money or other thing of value constituting principal or interest of a debt that is legally unenforceable in this state in whole or in part because the debt was incurred or contracted:1316(a) 1317In violation of any one of the following provisions of law:13281. 1329Section 1330550.235 1331or s. 1333550.3551, 1334relating to dogracing and horseracing.13392. 1340Chapter 550, relating to jai alai frontons.13473. 1348Section 1349551.109, 1350relating to slot machine gaming.13554. 1356Chapter 687, relating to interest and usury.13635. 1364Section 1365849.09, 1366s. 1367849.14, 1368s. 1369849.15, 1370s. 1371849.23, 1372or s. 1374849.25, 1375relating to gambling.1378(b) 1379In gambling activity in violation of federal law or in the business of lending money at a rate usurious under state or federal law.
History.-s. 2, ch. 77-334; s. 3, ch. 79-218; s. 300, ch. 79-400; s. 1, ch. 81-141; s. 1, ch. 83-65; s. 25, ch. 83-264; s. 2, ch. 84-9; s. 5, ch. 86-277; s. 1, ch. 87-139; s. 5, ch. 89-143; s. 2, ch. 90-246; s. 3, ch. 90-301; s. 13, ch. 91-33; s. 72, ch. 91-282; s. 4, ch. 92-125; s. 4, ch. 92-281; s. 65, ch. 92-348; s. 2, ch. 93-227; s. 106, ch. 93-415; s. 78, ch. 94-209; s. 91, ch. 95-211; s. 9, ch. 95-340; s. 107, ch. 96-175; s. 7, ch. 96-252; s. 5, ch. 96-260; s. 4, ch. 96-280; s. 7, ch. 96-387; s. 43, ch. 96-388; s. 2, ch. 97-78; s. 2, ch. 99-335; s. 17, ch. 2000-360; s. 31, ch. 2003-155; s. 161, ch. 2004-5; s. 13, ch. 2004-344; s. 11, ch. 2004-387; s. 5, ch. 2004-391; s. 143, ch. 2005-2; s. 8, ch. 2005-209; s. 13, ch. 2005-228; s. 3, ch. 2005-362; s. 4, ch. 2006-168; s. 17, ch. 2007-74; s. 42, ch. 2008-207; s. 17, ch. 2008-238; s. 21, ch. 2009-115; s. 25, ch. 2009-170; ss. 4, 5, ch. 2010-29; s. 81, ch. 2012-30; s. 17, ch. 2012-97; s. 6, ch. 2013-2; s. 4, ch. 2013-245; s. 23, ch. 2014-160; s. 35, ch. 2016-24; s. 1, ch. 2016-84; s. 9, ch. 2016-105; s. 5, ch. 2016-185; s. 25, ch. 2017-173; s. 6, ch. 2019-45.
