{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-784.047","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 784.047","heading":"Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.","body":"(1) A person who willfully violates an injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or a foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant to s. 741.315 by:\n(a) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties share;\n(b) Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the petitioner’s residence, school, place of employment, or a specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any named family or household member;\n(c) Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence against the petitioner;\n(d) Committing any other violation of the injunction through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do violence to the petitioner;\n(e) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third party;\n(f) Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of the petitioner’s motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is occupied;\n(g) Defacing or destroying the petitioner’s personal property, including the petitioner’s motor vehicle; or\n(h) Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if ordered to do so by the court,\ncommits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, except as provided in subsection (2).\n(2) A person who has two or more prior convictions for violation of an injunction or foreign protection order, and who subsequently commits a violation of any injunction or foreign protection order against the same victim, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this subsection, the term “conviction” means a determination of guilt which is the result of a plea or a trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld or a plea of nolo contendere is entered.\nHistory.—s. 7, ch. 95-195; s. 9, ch. 97-155; s. 22, ch. 2002-55; s. 2, ch. 2004-17; s. 1, ch. 2011-146; s. 2, ch. 2016-187.","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":"93826e928520020260536c180b6ee9be65f09fe97c4a289ad1a923db34c0d261","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-784.046","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-784.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}