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Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibitedFla. Stat. § 790.27

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 56 Florida counties, 687 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 790.27 covers

Chapter 790 of the Florida Statutes — Weapons and Firearms. A single statute can span several offences at different degrees, and the figures on this page pool every degree. No single rate here is the rate for any one degree.

How often did this charge end in state prison, by county?

Sorted alphabetically, never worst-first. Every rate below has one denominator and it is stated in the column heading: all charges recorded, not convictions. A rate computed on convictions would be higher, and mixing the two is why the same statute can appear to have different “worst counties” on different pages. Across the 21 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 6.3%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County185.6%
Bay County185.6%
Broward County120.0%
Duval County296.9%
Escambia County382.6%
Highlands County137.7%
Hillsborough County1044.8%
Lee County128.3%
Manatee County160.0%
Marion County238.7%
Miami-Dade County6426.6%
Okaloosa County166.3%
Orange County150.0%
Palm Beach County254.0%
Pasco County1513.3%
Pinellas County3016.7%
Polk County283.6%
Sarasota County1421.4%
Seminole County140.0%
St. Johns County119.1%
Volusia County4015.0%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (35)

Fewer than 10 records each. The count is published; the rate is not.

Source, window and the n≥10 floor

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. A sentencing rate is published for a county only where that county has at least 10 records for this charge. Percentages are weighted by case count. Where the categories on a county page sum to less than 100%, the remainder is a sentence not recorded in the public extract, and that county page names it.

The statute

Read Fla. Stat. § 790.27 at the source →

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Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.

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