817.39 Simulated forms of court or legal process, or official seal or stationery; publication, sale or circulation unlawful; penalty. - Florida Statutes

817.39 Simulated forms of court or legal process, or official seal or stationery; publication, sale or circulation unlawful; penalty.

   (1) Any person, firm, or corporation who shall print, for the purpose of sale or distribution and for use in the state, or who shall circulate, publish, or offer for sale any letter, paper, document, notice of intent to bring suit, or other notice or demand, which simulates a form of court or legal process, or any person who without authority of the state shall print, for the purpose of sale or distribution for use in the state, or who without authority of the state shall circulate, publish, use, or offer for sale any letters, papers, or documents which simulate the seal of the state, or the stationery of a state agency or fictitious state agency is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

   (2) It shall be no defense that the paper or other instrument referred to in subsection (1) shall declare that it is not a court or legal process.

   (3) Nothing in this section shall prevent the printing, publication, sale or distribution of genuine legal forms for the use of attorneys or clerks of courts.

History. ss. 1-3, ch. 57-265; s. 2, ch. 65-336; s. 871, ch. 71-136; s. 240, ch. 77-104.