Florida § 784.047 - Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.

§ 784.047. Penalties for violating protective injunction against violators.

(1) A person who willfully violates an injunction for protection against repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence, issued pursuant to s. 784.046, or a foreign protection order accorded full faith and credit pursuant to s. 741.315 by: (a) Refusing to vacate the dwelling that the parties share; (b) Going to, or being within 500 feet of, the petitioner’s residence, school, place of employment, or a specified place frequented regularly by the petitioner and any named family or household member; (c) Committing an act of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence against the petitioner; (d) Committing any other violation of the injunction through an intentional unlawful threat, word, or act to do violence to the petitioner; (e) Telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the petitioner directly or indirectly, unless the injunction specifically allows indirect contact through a third party; (f) Knowingly and intentionally coming within 100 feet of the petitioner’s motor vehicle, whether or not that vehicle is occupied; (g) Defacing or destroying the petitioner’s personal property, including the petitioner’s motor vehicle; or (h) Refusing to surrender firearms or ammunition if ordered to do so by the court, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, except as provided in subsection (2). (2) A person who has two or more prior convictions for violation of an injunction or foreign protection order, and who subsequently commits a violation of any injunction or foreign protection order against the same victim, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this subsection, the term “conviction” means a determination of guilt which is the result of a plea or a trial, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld or a plea of nolo contendere is entered.