{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-794.021","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 794.021","heading":"Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.","body":"When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.\nHistory.—s. 2, ch. 74-121.","path":["CHAPTER 794 SEXUAL BATTERY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0794/0794.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:14:33Z","sha256":"b7b93b30d88506ae1c269d211bdbae5f2389f14026227415e026827c02412257","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-794.02","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-794.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}