Arrested as a nurse in Florida? No statute requires reporting an arrest, but any plea must be reported in 30 days. Here is how to protect your license.
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Arrested as a nurse in Florida? No statute requires reporting an arrest, but any plea must be reported in 30 days. Here is how to protect your license.
Continue reading ›What happens after a DUI arrest in Hillsborough County: jail, the 10-day license deadline, refusal and CDL rules, RIDR diversion, and each court date.
Continue reading ›Rewrite/update date: November 3, 2026. Originally published in September 2025. A commercial driver’s license holder arrested for DUI in Florida is disqualified from commercial driving on the spot after a breath result of 0.08 or higher or a test refusal, even if the arrest happened in a personal car, under section 322.64, Florida Statutes. A…
Continue reading ›College student arrested in Tampa? What parents should do first: adult court, FERPA limits, USF conduct hearings, diversion, and protecting Bright Futures.
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 A conviction for a misdemeanor domestic violence offense that involves force, such as battery on a spouse, partner, or co-parent, triggers a federal firearm ban under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) that usually lasts for life. There is no exception for police officers, deputies, corrections officers, or service members, so the ban…
Continue reading ›Rewrite/update date: November 1, 2026. Originally published in June 2025. The Junny Rios-Martinez, Jr. Act of 1992 is the part of Florida’s sexual battery statute, section 794.011(7), Florida Statutes, that makes anyone convicted of sexual battery committed on or after October 1, 1992, ineligible for basic gain-time. Since July 1, 2023, it also covers attempted,…
Continue reading ›Updated November 2026 Short answer: Florida clears juvenile records in four ways. A record from a completed diversion program can be expunged through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) under section 943.0582. Most other juvenile records are expunged automatically at age 21, or at age 26 for serious or habitual juvenile offenders, under section…
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 Career offender registration is a lifetime duty under Florida’s Career Offender Registration Act, section 775.261, for anyone designated a habitual violent felony offender, violent career criminal, three-time violent felony offender, or prison releasee reoffender. Since October 1, 2026, a career offender must register in person at the sheriff’s office within 48…
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 Yes. Since October 1, 2026, an adult who commits aggravated animal cruelty in the presence of a child under 18, or who causes or entices a child to commit it, commits a separate third-degree felony under section 828.12(4), Florida Statutes. The same rule now applies to animal fighting or baiting and…
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 It can be. Since October 1, 2026, section 817.537, Florida Statutes, makes it a third-degree felony to enter into and take possession of a rental home by knowingly and willfully making a materially false written statement about your identity on a rental application, presenting forged or counterfeit documents such as a…
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