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Under Florida law, a person who violates the ban on intercepting communications is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“whoever violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony of the third degree”
Florida Statutes 934.03: Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited, Florida Legislature, Florida Senate, 2025, 934.03(4)(a).
Open the original- What it measures
- Subsection (4) sets the penalty for violating the general ban in subsection (1). Subsection (4)(b) sets a different penalty for some first offences.
- What it does not show
- The page does not give the length of sentence for a third-degree felony, which is set in another section of Florida law.