{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-784.011","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 784.011","heading":"Assault.","body":"(1) An “assault” is an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.\n(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who assaults another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.\n(3) A person who assaults another person in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot prohibited under s. 870.01 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.\nHistory.—s. 5, Feb. 10, 1832; RS 2400; GS 3226; RGS 5059; CGL 7161; s. 1, ch. 70-88; s. 729, ch 71-136; s. 17, ch. 74-383; s. 7, ch. 75-298; s. 171, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 2021-6.","path":["CHAPTER 784 ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0784/0784.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:14:25Z","sha256":"be8d478d1951bcbda8044d3cd45bfdfbc0c27fdea9cf224a4303b23f37fce1ae","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-782.36","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-784.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}