{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-794.027","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 794.027","heading":"Duty to report sexual battery; penalties.","body":"A person who observes the commission of the crime of sexual battery and who:\n(1) Has reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has observed the commission of a sexual battery;\n(2) Has the present ability to seek assistance for the victim or victims by immediately reporting such offense to a law enforcement officer;\n(3) Fails to seek such assistance;\n(4) Would not be exposed to any threat of physical violence for seeking such assistance;\n(5) Is not the husband, wife, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister of the offender or victim, by consanguinity or affinity; and\n(6) Is not the victim of such sexual battery\nis guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.\nHistory.—s. 3, ch. 84-86; s. 1226, ch. 97-102.","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":"f5ce6092da4982e126cd8cb9574876426e248c6c24aead94185d68daa53bdaf1","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-794.026","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-794.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}