Fraudulent accosting.
Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 614.130
in effectSec. 614.130. - Fraudulent accosting.
No person shall fraudulently accost another person in a public place with the intent to defraud that person of money or other property.
(a) A person is guilty of the offense of fraudulent accosting when he accosts a person in a public place with the intent to defraud that person of his money or other property by means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.
(b) A person who, either at the time he accosts another person in a public place or some subsequent time or at some other place, makes statements to him of a kind commonly made or performed in the perpetration of a known type of confidence game, trick or swindle, is presumed to intend to defraud such person of his money or other property.
(c) A violation of this Section shall constitute a class D offense.
(Ord. 85-1047-557, § 1)
Source: City of Jacksonville, Ordinance Code and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITXVIJUCO_CH614PUORSA_S614.130FRACFetched: 10/27/2026