{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-874.05","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 874.05","heading":"Causing, encouraging, soliciting, or recruiting criminal gang membership.","body":"(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person who intentionally causes, encourages, solicits, or recruits another person to become a criminal gang member where a condition of membership or continued membership is the commission of any crime commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.\n(b) A person who commits a second or subsequent violation of this subsection commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.\n(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person who intentionally causes, encourages, solicits, or recruits another person under 13 years of age to become a criminal gang member where a condition of membership or continued membership is the commission of any crime commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.\n(b) A person who commits a second or subsequent violation of this subsection commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.\nHistory.—s. 38, ch. 96-388; s. 10, ch. 2008-238; s. 2, ch. 2013-80.","path":["CHAPTER 874 CRIMINAL GANG ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0800-0899/0874/0874.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:15:43Z","sha256":"5b697936b77e1e92098aebba45974266df4a9b56b8e9f7c69b708136e3ca5621","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-874.045","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-874.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}