{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-782.081","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 782.081","heading":"Commercial exploitation of self-murder.","body":"(1) As used in this section, the term:\n(a) “Deliberately assisting” means carrying out a public act that is intended to:\n1. Aid, abet, facilitate, permit, advocate, or encourage;\n2. Publicize, promote, advertise, operate, stage, schedule, or conduct;\n3. Provide or secure a venue, transportation, or security; or\n4. Result in the collection of an admission or fee.\n(b) “Self-murder” means the voluntary and intentional taking of one’s own life. As used in this section, the term includes attempted self-murder.\n(c) “Simulated self-murder” means the artistic depiction or portrayal of self-murder which is not an actual self-murder. The term includes, but is not limited to, an artistic depiction or portrayal of self-murder in a script, play, movie, or story presented to the public or during an event.\n(2) A person may not for commercial or entertainment purposes:\n(a) Conduct any event that the person knows or reasonably should know includes an actual self-murder as a part of the event or deliberately assist in an actual self-murder.\n(b) Provide a theater, auditorium, club, or other venue or location for any event that the person knows or reasonably should know includes an actual self-murder as a part of the event.\n(3) This section does not prohibit any event during which simulated self-murder will occur.\n(4) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that an attempted self-murder did not result in a self-murder.\n(5) A person who violates this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.\n(6) The Attorney General or any state attorney may bring a civil proceeding for declaratory, injunctive, or other relief to enforce the provisions of this section.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 2004-30; s. 141, ch. 2005-2.","path":["CHAPTER 782 HOMICIDE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0782/0782.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:14:25Z","sha256":"8e2e94bb08b0940efc4278207c1b78b69e9205bfb807383e3180e12bafd83876","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-782.08","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-782.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}