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Is it too late to report in Miami?
Probably not.
What we have read for Miami says a report is accepted long after the day it happened. The full wording is below, with the source. Years late is still a report.
Checked against official sources on 31 August 2026.
the deadline in Miami, quoted in full
Under Florida Statute 775.15, a first or second degree felony sexual battery on someone 16 or older can be prosecuted at any time. That applies if it is reported to law enforcement within 72 hours. Otherwise the prosecution generally has to begin within 8 years. If you were under 18 at the time, there is no time limit at all.
We quote this rather than shorten it. A shortened deadline is a wrong deadline, and this is the sentence a lawyer would want to read.
2 different clocks
The exam window runs in hours. The deadline runs in years.
the exam window in Miami
The Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The exam treats injuries, tests for and helps prevent sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy, and collects forensic evidence if you want the police involved. Go as soon as you can, because evidence degrades with time. We have not found an official Florida source that sets the outer limit for collecting it, so ask the centre when you call.
This is the clock that runs out fast. You can be examined without deciding whether to go to the police.
the limitation period
This is the deadline for the case itself — how long the law gives before a prosecution can no longer be brought. It is usually many years for rape, and often longer or unlimited when the survivor was a child.
Missing the exam window does not mean the limitation period has passed. They are separate clocks.
where to report in Miami
Call 911 if you are in danger, or go to any police station in Miami-Dade County to file a report. You can also go straight to the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. It is the county's only comprehensive rape treatment centre, open 24 hours a day on 305-585-7273. You do not need to have reported to the police first.
if the deadline has passed
A closed case is not the same as no record.
If the period above has run out where you are, a prosecution may no longer be possible. That is the plain truth and we will not dress it up. 3 things are still open to you.
a timestamped report
What you write here is dated and kept. Years later, a record that existed before anyone asked for it carries weight a memory does not.
a sealed report that can match
Seal it against an identifier — a profile link, a phone, a workplace. Nobody sees it until someone else names the same person. Their case may still be inside the deadline.
a pin on the map
Publish it and the next person searching Miami can see it. He stays an alias unless a court, the police or the press have already published his name.
Many countries also treat the clock differently when the survivor was a child, when the offence is ongoing, or when new evidence appears. A support organisation in this list can tell you whether that applies to you.
who can tell you today
People in Miami who do this every day.
These are independent of Escrow. They know how the deadline is read in practice where you are, and they can also just talk.
Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center 24/7 Helpline
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN)
sources
The deadline above came from one of these.
- Rape Treatment | Sexual Assault Services, Free of Charge & Confidential
Jackson Health System · checked 31 August 2026
- Florida Statutes Section 775.15, Time limitations
Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) · checked 31 August 2026
- Victim Services Program
Miami-Dade County · checked 31 August 2026
other places
The deadline somewhere else.
If you were somewhere else in the United States, read the deadline for the United States. It covers the towns we have not written up yet.
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This is information, not legal advice.
Nobody here is your lawyer. The deadline above is quoted from a source we read, and the date we read it is beside it. Laws change, and an office may read a deadline differently from the statute. For your own case, ask a lawyer or a support organisation in Miami.
If something here is out of date, write to hello@escrow.nanocorp.app and we will check it and say when we did.
when you are ready
There is no deadline for writing it down here. A report on Escrow can be made years afterwards, and nothing happens until you say so.
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