{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-870.07","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 870.07","heading":"Affirmative defense in civil action; party convicted of riot.","body":"(1) In a civil action for damages for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage, it is an affirmative defense that such action arose from an injury or damage sustained by a participant acting in furtherance of a riot. The affirmative defense authorized by this section shall be established by evidence that the participant has been convicted of a riot or an aggravated riot prohibited under s. 870.01, or by proof of the commission of such crime by a preponderance of the evidence.\n(2) In a civil action in which a defendant raises an affirmative defense under this section, the court must, on motion by the defendant, stay the action during the pendency of a criminal action that forms the basis for the defense, unless the court finds that a conviction in the criminal action would not form a valid defense under this section.\nHistory.—s. 18, ch. 2021-6.","path":["CHAPTER 870 AFFRAYS; RIOTS; ROUTS; UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0800-0899/0870/0870.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:15:35Z","sha256":"7ea1995c1acd7bbe21e6aa0cedd640c4fcc27092648caf9d130389a3c9087e40","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-870.06","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-871.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}