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• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.001; Short title.
  This chapter may be known and cited as the "Florida Uniform Traffic Control ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.002; Purpose.
  It is the legislative intent in the adoption of this chapter to make uniform traffic laws to apply throughout the state and its several counties ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.003; Definitions.
  The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.006; Jurisdiction.
  Jurisdiction to control traffic is vested as follows: (1) STATE.--The Department of Transportation shall have all original jurisdiction over all state roads throughout this ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.007; Provisions uniform throughout state.
  The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0075; Operator use of commercial mobile radio services and electronic communications devices.
  Regulation of operator or passenger use of commercial mobile radio services and other electronic communications devices in a motor vehicle is expressly preempted to the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.008; Powers of local authorities.
  (1) The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0085; Skateboarding; inline skating; freestyle or mountain and off-road bicycling; paintball; definitions; liability.
  (1) The purpose of this section is to encourage governmental owners or lessees of property to make land available to the public for skateboarding, inline ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.027; Crash involving death or personal injuries.
  (1)(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash occurring on public or private property that results in injury of any person must ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.061; Crashes involving damage to vehicle or property.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting only in damage to a vehicle or other property which is driven or attended ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.062; Duty to give information and render aid.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.063; Duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or other property.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle which collides with, or is involved in a crash with, any vehicle or other property which is unattended, resulting ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.064; When driver unable to report.
  (1) A crash report is not required under this chapter from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.065; Crashes; reports; penalties.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of any persons or damage to any vehicle or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.066; Written reports of crashes.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in a crash resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.067; False reports.
  Any person who gives information in oral, electronic, or written reports as required in this chapter, knowing or having reason to believe that such information ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.068; Crash report forms.
  (1) The department shall prepare and, upon request, supply to police departments, sheriffs, and other appropriate agencies or individuals forms for crash reports as required ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.069; State to tabulate and analyze crash reports.
  The state shall tabulate and may analyze all crash reports and shall publish, annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical information based thereon as to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.070; Exchange of information at scene of crash.
  The law enforcement officer at the scene of a crash required to be reported in accordance with the provisions of s. 316.066 shall instruct ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.071; Disabled vehicles obstructing traffic.
  Whenever a vehicle is disabled on any street or highway within the state or for any reason obstructs the regular flow of traffic, the driver ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.072; Obedience to and effect of traffic laws.
  (1) PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER REFERRING TO VEHICLES UPON THE HIGHWAYS.--The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the operation of vehicles and bicycles and ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.073; Applicability to animals and animal-drawn vehicles.
  Every person driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway is subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.074; Obedience to and required traffic control devices.
  (1) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with the provisions of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0741; High occupancy vehicle lanes.
  (1) "High occupancy vehicle lane" or "HOV lane" means a lane of a public roadway designated for use by vehicles in which there is more ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0745; Uniform signals and devices.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt a uniform system of traffic control devices for use on the streets and highways of the state. The ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0747; Sale or purchase of traffic control devices by nongovernmental entities; prohibitions.
  (1) It is unlawful for any nongovernmental entity to use any traffic control device at any place where the general public is invited, unless such ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.075; Traffic control signal devices.
  (1) Except for automatic warning signal lights installed or to be installed at railroad crossings, whenever traffic, including municipal traffic, is controlled by traffic control ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0755; Pedestrian control signals.
  When pedestrian indicators are installed, such indicators must conform to the requirements of the most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.076; Flashing signals.
  (1) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0765; Lane direction control signals.
  When lane direction control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane or lanes ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.077; Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings.
  (1) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0775; Interference with official traffic control devices or railroad signs or signals.
  (1) A person may not, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic control device ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.078; Detour signs to be respected.
  (1) It is unlawful to tear down or deface any detour sign or to break down or drive around any barricade erected for the purpose ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.079; Duty to yield to highway construction workers.
  (1) Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian worker and flagperson engaged in maintenance or construction work on ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.08; Requirements of flagpersons.
  Any flagperson engaged in the direction of traffic on public roadways while accompanying an escort vehicle or any escort vehicle must: (1) Operate in accordance ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.081; Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions.
  (1) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: (a) When overtaking ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0815; Duty to yield to public transit vehicles.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a publicly owned transit bus traveling in the same direction which has ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.082; Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions.
  (1) Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right. (2) Upon roadways having width for not more than one ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0825; Vehicle approaching an animal.
  Every person operating a motor vehicle shall use reasonable care when approaching or passing a person who is riding or leading an animal upon a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.083; Overtaking and passing a vehicle.
  The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.084; When overtaking on the right is permitted.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: (a) When the vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.085; Limitations on overtaking, passing, changing lanes and changing course.
  (1) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.087; Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway.
  (1) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (a) When approaching or upon ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0875; No-passing zones.
  (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities are authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdiction where overtaking and passing ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.088; One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands.
  (1) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.089; Driving on roadways laned for traffic.
  Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules, in addition to all others consistent herewith, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.0895; Following too closely.
  (1) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.090; Driving on divided highways.
  (1) Whenever any highway has been divided into two or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.091; Limited access facilities; interstate highways; use restricted.
  (1) No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited access roadway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1001; Payment of toll on toll facilities required; penalties.
  (1) A person may not use any toll facility without payment of tolls, except as provided in s. 338.155. Failure to pay a prescribed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.121; Vehicles approaching or entering intersections.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.122; Vehicle turning left.
  The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.123; Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection.
  (1) The right-of-way at an intersection may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in s. 316.006. (2)(a) ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1235; Vehicle approaching intersection in which traffic lights are inoperative.
  The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection in which the traffic lights are inoperative shall stop in the manner indicated in s. 316.123(...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.125; Vehicle entering highway from private road or driveway or emerging from alley, driveway or building.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, building, private road or driveway shall yield the right-...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.126; Operation of vehicles and actions of pedestrians on approach of authorized emergency vehicle.
  (1)(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, while en route to meet an existing emergency, the driver of every other vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.130; Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and traffic regulations.
  (1) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device specifically applicable to the pedestrian unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1301; Traffic regulations to assist blind persons.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person, unless totally or partially blind or otherwise incapacitated, while on any public street or highway, to carry in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1303; Traffic regulations to assist mobility-impaired persons.
  Whenever a pedestrian is in the process of crossing a public street or highway and the pedestrian is mobility-impaired (using a guide dog or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1305; Fishing from state road bridges.
  (1) The Department of Transportation is authorized to investigate and determine whether it is detrimental to traffic safety or dangerous to human life for any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1355; Driving through safety zone prohibited.
  No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.151; Required position and method of turning at intersections.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows: (a) Right turn.--Both the approach for a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1515; Limitations on turning around.
  The driver of any vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any street unless such movement can ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.152; Turning on curve or crest of grade prohibited.
  No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near, the crest ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.154; Starting parked vehicle.
  No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked, unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety. A violation ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.155; When signal required.
  (1) No person may turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a highway unless and until such movement can ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.156; Signals by hand and arm or signal lamps.
  (1) Any stop or turn signal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lamps, except ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.157; Method of giving hand and arm signals.
  (1) All signals herein required to be given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1575; Obedience to traffic control devices at railroad-highway grade crossings.
  (1) Any person walking or driving a vehicle and approaching a railroad-highway grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section shall ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1576; Insufficient clearance at a railroad-highway grade crossing.
  (1) A person may not drive any vehicle through a railroad-highway grade crossing that does not have sufficient space to drive completely through the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1577; Employer responsibility for violations pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.
  (1) An employer may not knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.159; Certain vehicles to stop at all railroad grade crossings.
  (1) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, excluding taxicabs, of any school bus carrying any school child, or of any vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.170; Moving heavy equipment at railroad grade crossings.
  (1) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, or roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.171; Traffic control devices at railroad-highway grade crossings.
  Every railroad company operating or leasing any track intersecting a public road at grade and upon which railroad trains are operated shall erect traffic control ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.172; Traffic to stop for school bus.
  (1)(a) Any person using, operating, or driving a vehicle on or over the roads or highways of this state shall, upon approaching any school ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.183; Unlawful speed.
  (1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.185; Special hazards.
  The fact that the speed of a vehicle is lower than the prescribed limits shall not relieve the driver from the duty to decrease speed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.187; Establishment of state speed zones.
  (1) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that any speed is greater or less than is ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.189; Establishment of municipal and county speed zones.
  (1) MUNICIPAL SPEED.--The maximum speed within any municipality is 30 miles per hour. With respect to residence districts, a municipality may set a maximum ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1893; Establishment of enhanced penalty zones; designation.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to prevent vehicular fatalities by prioritizing enforcement on segments of highways that have a high incidence of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1895; Establishment of school speed zones, enforcement; designation.
  (1)(a) The Department of Transportation, pursuant to the authority granted under s. 316.0745, shall adopt a uniform system of traffic control devices and ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1905; Electrical, mechanical, or other speed calculating devices; power of arrest; evidence.
  (1) Whenever any peace officer engaged in the enforcement of the motor vehicle laws of this state uses an electronic, electrical, mechanical, or other device ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1906; Radar speed-measuring devices; evidence, admissibility.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.-- (a) "Audio Doppler" means a backup audible signal that translates the radar's Doppler shift into a tone which can be heard by ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.191; Racing on highways.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Conviction" means a determination of guilt that is the result of a plea or trial, regardless ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.192; Reckless driving.
  (1)(a) Any person who drives any vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving. (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1923; Aggressive careless driving.
  "Aggressive careless driving" means committing two or more of the following acts simultaneously or in succession: (1) Exceeding the posted speed as defined in s. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1925; Careless driving.
  (1) Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, having ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.193; Driving under the influence; penalties.
  (1) A person is guilty of the offense of driving under the influence and is subject to punishment as provided in subsection (2) if the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1932; Tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; implied consent; refusal.
  (1)(a)1.a. Any person who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state of operating a motor vehicle within this state ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1933; Blood test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable force.
  (1)(a) If a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that a motor vehicle driven by or in the actual physical control of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1934; Presumption of impairment; testing methods.
  (1) It is unlawful and punishable as provided in chapter 322 and in s. 316.193 for any person who is under the influence of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1935; Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer; aggravated fleeing or eluding.
  (1) It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, having knowledge that he or she has been ordered to stop such vehicle by a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1936; Possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages in vehicles prohibited; penalties.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Open container" means any container of alcoholic beverage which is immediately capable of being consumed from, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1937; Ignition interlock devices, requiring; unlawful acts.
  (1) In addition to any other authorized penalties, the court may require that any person who is convicted of driving under the influence in violation ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1938; Ignition interlock devices, certification; warning label.
  (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall certify or cause to be certified the accuracy and precision of the breath-testing component ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1939; Refusal to submit to testing; penalties.
  (1) Any person who has refused to submit to a chemical or physical test of his or her breath, blood, or urine, as described in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.194; Stopping, standing or parking outside of municipalities.
  (1) Upon any highway outside of a municipality, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1945; Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places.
  (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.195; Additional parking regulations.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1951; Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, for a continuous period in excess of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1955; Enforcement of parking requirements for persons who have disabilities.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle within, or to obstruct, any such specially designated and marked parking ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1957; Parking violations; designated parking spaces for persons who have disabilities.
  When evidence is presented in any court of the fact that any motor vehicle was parked in a properly designated parking space for persons who ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1958; Out-of-state vehicles bearing identification of issuance to persons who have disabilities.
  Motor vehicles displaying a special license plate or parking permit issued to a person who has a disability by any other state or district subject ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1959; Handicapped parking enforcement.
  The provisions of handicapped parking shall be enforced by state, county, and municipal authorities in their respective jurisdictions whether on public or private property in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1964; Exemption of vehicles transporting certain persons who have disabilities from payment of parking fees and penalties.
  (1) A state agency, county, municipality, or any agency thereof, may not exact any fee for parking on the public streets or highways or in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1965; Parking near rural mailbox during certain hours; penalties.
  Whoever parks any vehicle within 30 feet of any rural mailbox upon any state highway in this state between 8 a.m. and 6 p....
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1967; Liability for payment of parking ticket violations and other parking violations.
  (1) The owner of a vehicle is responsible and liable for payment of any parking ticket violation unless the owner can furnish evidence, when required ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1974; Funeral procession right-of-way and liability.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.-- (a) "Funeral director" and "funeral establishment" shall have the same meaning as set forth in s. 497.005. (b) "Funeral procession" means two ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1975; Unattended motor vehicle.
  (1) A person driving or in charge of any motor vehicle may not permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1985; Limitations on backing.
  (1) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic. (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.1995; Driving upon sidewalk or bicycle path.
  No person shall drive any vehicle other than by human power upon a bicycle path, sidewalk, or sidewalk area, except upon a permanent or duly ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2004; Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism.
  (1) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such a number of persons, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2005; Opening and closing vehicle doors.
  No person shall open any door on a motor vehicle unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2014; Riding in house trailers.
  No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer while it is being moved upon a public street or highway. A violation of this section ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2015; Unlawful for person to ride on exterior of vehicle.
  (1) It is unlawful for any operator of a passenger vehicle to permit any person to ride on the bumper, radiator, fender, hood, top, trunk, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2024; Coasting prohibited.
  The driver of any motor vehicle, when traveling upon a downgrade, shall not coast with the gears or transmission of such vehicle in neutral or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2025; Following fire apparatus prohibited.
  No driver of any vehicle other than an authorized emergency vehicle on official business shall follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2034; Crossing fire hose.
  No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street or highway, or private road or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2035; Injurious substances prohibited; dragging vehicle or load; obstructing, digging, etc.
  (1) It is unlawful to place or allow to be placed upon any street or highway any tacks, wire, scrap metal, glass, crockery, or other ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2044; Removal of injurious substances.
  (1) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any street or highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2045; Obstruction of public streets, highways, and roads.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person or persons willfully to obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public street, highway, or road ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2051; Certain vehicles prohibited on hard-surfaced roads.
  It is unlawful to operate upon any hard-surfaced road in this state any log cart, tractor, or well machine; any steel-tired vehicle other ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2055; Motor vehicles, throwing advertising materials in.
  It is unlawful for any person on a public street, highway, or sidewalk in the state to throw into, or attempt to throw into, any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2061; Stop when traffic obstructed.
  No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or crosswalk to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2065; Bicycle regulations.
  (1) Every person propelling a vehicle by human power has all of the rights and all of the duties applicable to the driver of any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2068; Electric personal assistive mobility devices; regulations.
  (1) An electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in s. 316.003, may be operated: (a) On a road or street where the posted ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2074; All-terrain vehicles.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature through the adoption of this section to provide safety protection for minors while operating an all-terrain ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.208; Motorcycles and mopeds.
  (1) Any person operating a motorcycle or moped shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2085; Riding on motorcycles or mopeds.
  (1) A person operating a motorcycle or moped shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.209; Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic.
  (1) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such manner as to deprive any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2095; Footrests, handholds, and handlebars.
  (1) Any motorcycle carrying a passenger, other than in a sidecar or enclosed cab, shall be equipped with footrests for such passenger. (2) No person ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.211; Equipment for motorcycle and moped riders.
  (1) A person may not operate or ride upon a motorcycle unless the person is properly wearing protective headgear securely fastened upon his or her ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.212; Operation of golf carts on certain roadways.
  The operation of a golf cart upon the public roads or streets of this state is prohibited except as provided herein: (1) A golf cart ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2122; Operation of a low-speed vehicle on certain roadways.
  The operation of a low-speed vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01(42), on any road as defined in s. 334.03(15) or (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2123; Operation of an ATV on certain roadways.
  (1) The operation of an ATV, as defined in s. 317.0003, upon the public roads or streets of this state is prohibited, except that ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2124; Motorized disability access vehicles.
  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is directed to provide, by rule, for the regulation of motorized disability access vehicles as described in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2125; Operation of golf carts within a retirement community.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 316.212, the reasonable operation of a golf cart, equipped and operated as provided in s. 316.212(4), (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2126; Use of golf carts and utility vehicles by municipalities.
  In addition to the powers granted by ss. 316.212 and 316.2125, municipalities are hereby authorized to utilize golf carts and utility vehicles, as ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2127; Operation of utility vehicles on certain roadways by homeowners' associations.
  The operation of a utility vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, upon the public roads or streets of this state by a homeowners' association, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2128; Operation of motorized scooters and miniature motorcycles; requirements for sales.
  (1) A person who engages in the business of, serves in the capacity of, or acts as a commercial seller of motorized scooters or miniature ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.215; Scope and effect of regulations.
  (1) It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.216; Authority of department with reference to lighting devices.
  (1) The department is authorized to approve or disapprove lighting devices and to issue and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.217; When lighted lamps are required.
  (1) Every vehicle operated upon a highway within this state shall display lighted lamps and illuminating devices as herein respectively required for different classes of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.220; Headlamps on motor vehicles.
  (1) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.221; Taillamps.
  (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.222; Stop lamps and turn signals.
  (1) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of s. 316.234(...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2225; Additional equipment required on certain vehicles.
  In addition to other equipment required in this chapter, the following vehicles shall be equipped as herein stated under the conditions stated in s. 316....
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.224; Color of clearance lamps, identification lamps, side marker lamps, backup lamps, reflectors, and deceleration lights.
  (1) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps, and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.225; Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps.
  (1) Reflectors, when required by s. 316.2225, shall be mounted at a height not less than 24 inches and not more than 60 inches ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.226; Visibility requirements for reflectors, clearance lamps, identification lamps and marker lamps.
  (1) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in s. 316.2225 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.227; Obstructed lights not required.
  Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp (except taillamps) need not be lighted which, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.228; Lamps or flags on projecting load.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear 4 feet or more beyond the bed or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.229; Lamps on parked vehicles.
  (1) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2295; Lamps, reflectors and emblems on farm tractors, farm equipment and implements of husbandry.
  (1) Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1972, shall be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.231; Lamps on other vehicles and equipment.
  Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in s. 316.215(3), not specifically required by the provisions of this section to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.233; Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps.
  (1) SPOT LAMPS.--Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two spot lamps and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.234; Signal lamps and signal devices.
  (1) Any vehicle may be equipped and, when required under this chapter, shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.235; Additional lighting equipment.
  (1) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.237; Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
  (1) Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles shall be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.238; Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
  (1) Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in s. 316.217, the driver ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2385; Requirements for use of lower beam.
  The lower or passing beam shall be used at all times during the twilight hours in the morning and the twilight hours in the evening, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.239; Single-beam road-lighting equipment.
  (1) Headlamp systems which provide only a single distribution of light shall be permitted on all farm tractors regardless of date of manufacture, and on ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2395; Motor vehicles; minimum headlamp requirement.
  Any motor vehicle may be operated at nighttime under the conditions specified in ss. 316.237 and 316.239, when equipped with two lighted lamps ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2396; Number of driving lamps required or permitted.
  (1) At all times specified in s. 316.217, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2397; Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.
  (1) No person shall drive or move or cause to be moved any vehicle or equipment upon any highway within this state with any lamp ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2398; Display or use of red warning signals; motor vehicles of volunteer firefighters or medical staff.
  (1) A privately owned vehicle belonging to an active firefighter member of a regularly organized volunteer firefighting company or association, while en route to the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2399; Special warning lights for buses or taxicabs.
  The provisions of s. 316.2397(7) to the contrary notwithstanding, a bus or taxicab may be equipped with two flashing devices for the purpose ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.240; Standards for lights on highway maintenance and service equipment.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to headlamps, clearance lamps, and identification and other lamps on highway maintenance and service ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.241; Selling or using lamps or equipment.
  (1) No person shall have for sale, sell or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.242; Revocation of certificate of approval on lighting devices.
  (1) When the department has reason to believe that an approved lighting device as being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of this ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.251; Maximum bumper heights.
  (1) Every motor vehicle of net shipping weight of not more than 5,000 pounds shall be equipped with a front and a rear bumper ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.252; Splash and spray suppressant devices.
  (1) No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any truck of gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.253; Vehicles used to sell ice cream and other confections; display of warnings required.
  Any person who sells ice cream or other frozen confections at retail from a motor vehicle shall display on each side of such motor vehicle, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.261; Brake equipment required.
  Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any combination of such vehicles, operating upon a highway within this state shall be equipped with ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.262; Performance ability of motor vehicle brakes.
  (1) Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.263; Maintenance of brakes.
  All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.267; Brakes on electric-powered vehicles.
  When operated on the public streets and roads, every electric-powered vehicle with a rating of 3 to 6 horsepower shall be equipped with hydraulic ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.271; Horns and warning devices.
  (1) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.272; Exhaust systems, prevention of noise.
  (1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation, including muffler, manifold ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.293; Motor vehicle noise.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--The following words and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in this subsection, except where ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2935; Air pollution control equipment; tampering prohibited; penalty.
  (1)(a) It is unlawful for any person or motor vehicle dealer as defined in s. 320.27 to offer or display for retail sale ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.294; Mirrors.
  Every vehicle, operated singly or when towing any other vehicle, shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2951; Motor vehicle windows; definitions.
  Whenever used in ss. 316.2951-316.2957, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Motor vehicle" means any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2952; Windshields; requirements; restrictions.
  (1) A windshield in a fixed and upright position, which windshield is equipped with safety glazing as required by federal safety-glazing material standards, is ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2953; Side windows; restrictions on sunscreening material.
  A person shall not operate any motor vehicle on any public highway, road, or street on which vehicle the side wings and side windows on ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2954; Windows behind the driver; restrictions on sunscreening material.
  (1) A person shall not operate any motor vehicle on any public highway, road, or street on which vehicle any windows behind the driver are ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.29545; Window sunscreening exclusions; medical exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles exempt.
  (1) The department shall issue medical exemption certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus or similar medical conditions which require a limited exposure to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2955; Window sunscreening material; compliance labeling; tolerances.
  (1) Each installer or seller of sunscreening material shall provide a pressure-sensitive, self-destructive, nonremovable, vinyl-type film label to the purchaser stating that ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2956; Violation of provisions relating to windshields, windows, and sunscreening material; penalties.
  (1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on which, after June 20, 1984, material was installed in violation of ss. 316.2951-316.2954 ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.2957; Exemption for motor vehicle manufacturers.
  The provisions of ss. 316.2951-316.2956 do not apply to the manufacturer's tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields which ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.299; Rough surfaced wheels prohibited.
  No person shall drive, propel, operate, or cause to be driven, propelled or operated over any paved or graded public road of this state any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.300; Certain vehicles to carry flares or other devices.
  (1) No person shall operate any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or motor vehicle towing a house trailer, when such vehicle is ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.301; Display of warning lights and devices when vehicle is stopped or disabled.
  (1) Whenever any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer 80 inches or more in overall width or 30 feet or more in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.302; Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations; transporters and shippers of hazardous materials; enforcement.
  (1)(a) All owners and drivers of commercial motor vehicles that are operated on the public highways of this state while engaged in interstate commerce ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.3025; Penalties.
  (1) A commercial motor vehicle that is found to be operating in such an unsafe condition as to be declared out-of-service or a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.3026; Unlawful operation of motor carriers.
  (1) The Office of Motor Carrier Compliance of the Department of Transportation may issue out-of-service orders to motor carriers, as defined in s. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.303; Television receivers.
  (1) No motor vehicle operated on the highways of this state shall be equipped with television-type receiving equipment so located that the viewer or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.304; Wearing of headsets.
  (1) No person shall operate a vehicle while wearing a headset, headphone, or other listening device, other than a hearing aid or instrument for the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.3045; Operation of radios or other mechanical soundmaking devices or instruments in vehicles; exemptions.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or amplify the sound produced ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.400; Headlamps.
  (1) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which shall comply with ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.405; Motorcycle headlights to be turned on.
  (1) Any person who operates a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle on the public streets or highways shall, while so engaged, have the headlight or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.410; Taillamps.
  (1) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall have at least one taillamp which shall be located at a height of not more than 72 ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.415; Reflectors.
  Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall carry on the rear, either as part of the taillamp or separately, at least one red reflector. A ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.420; Stop lamps.
  Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of s. 316.234(1). A violation ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.425; Lamps on parked motorcycles.
  (1) Every motorcycle must comply with the provisions of s. 316.229 regarding lamps on parked vehicles and the use thereof. (2) Motor-driven cycles ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.430; Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
  (1) Every motorcycle other than a motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. (2) Such equipment shall: (a) Reveal persons ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.435; Lighting equipment for motor-driven cycles.
  The headlamp or headlamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.440; Brake equipment required.
  Every motor-driven cycle must comply with the provisions of s. 316.261, except that: (1) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be equipped ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.445; Performance ability of motorcycle brakes.
  (1) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.450; Brakes on motor-driven cycles.
  (1) The department is authorized to require an inspection of the braking system on any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove any such braking system ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.455; Other equipment.
  Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle when operated upon a highway shall comply with the requirements and limitations of: (1) Section 316.271(1) ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.46; Equipment regulations for mopeds.
  No person may operate a moped that does not conform to all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards relating to lights and safety and other ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.500; Exceeding weight and length; penalties.
  It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.510; Projecting loads on passenger vehicles.
  No passenger type vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the fenders on the left side of the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.515; Maximum width, height, length.
  (1) WIDTH LIMITATION.--The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon may not exceed 102 inches, exclusive of safety devices determined by ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.516; Width, height, and length; inspection; penalties.
  (1) Any law enforcement officer, as prescribed in s. 316.640, or any weight and safety officer of the Department of Transportation, as prescribed in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.520; Loads on vehicles.
  (1) A vehicle may not be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.525; Requirements for vehicles hauling loads.
  (1) It is the duty of every owner, licensee, and driver, severally, of any truck, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer to use such stanchions, standards, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.530; Towing requirements.
  (1) When one vehicle is towing another vehicle the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.535; Maximum weights.
  (1) The gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds. (2) ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.545; Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.
  (1) Any weight and safety officer of the Department of Transportation having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.550; Operations not in conformity with law; special permits.
  (1) An oversize or overweight vehicle or load thereon may not enter onto or be operated on a public road in this state unless the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.555; Weight, load, speed limits may be lowered; condition precedent.
  Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Transportation with respect to state roads, and local authorities with respect to highways under ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.560; Damage to highways; liability of driver and owner.
  Any person driving or moving any vehicle or combination of vehicles, object, or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.565; Emergency transportation, perishable food; establishment of weight loads, etc.
  (1) The Governor may declare an emergency to exist when there is a breakdown in the normal public transportation facilities necessary in moving perishable food ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.600; Health and sanitation hazards.
  No motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall be equipped with an open toilet or other device that may be a hazard from a health and ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.605; Licensing of vehicles.
  (1) Every vehicle, at all times while driven, stopped, or parked upon any highways, roads, or streets of this state, shall be licensed in the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.610; Safety of vehicle; inspection.
  It is a violation of this chapter for any person to drive or move, or for the owner or his or her duly authorized representative ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.6105; Violations involving operation of motor vehicle in unsafe condition or without required equipment; procedure for disposition.
  (1) In the event that a law enforcement officer issues a traffic citation for a violation of s. 316.2935 or for the operation of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.611; Tandem trailer equipment and use.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to regulate tandem trailer truck equipment and use in the interest of safety, public convenience, and preservation of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.613; Child restraint requirements.
  (1)(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined herein, while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the roadways, streets, or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.6131; Educational expenditures.
  The department may authorize the expenditure of funds for the purchase of educational items as part of the public information and education campaigns promoting highway ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.6135; Leaving children unattended or unsupervised in motor vehicle; penalty; authority of law enforcement officer.
  (1) No parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for a child younger than 6 years of age shall leave such child unattended or unsupervised ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.614; Safety belt usage.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Florida Safety Belt Law." (2) It is the policy of this state that enactment of this section ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.6145; School buses; safety belts or other restraint systems required.
  (1)(a) Each school bus that is purchased new after December 31, 2000, and used to transport students in grades pre-K through 12 must ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.6146; Transportation of private school students on public school buses and public school students on private school buses; agreement.
  Private school students may be transported on public school buses and public school students may be transported on private school buses when there is mutual ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.615; School buses; physical requirements of drivers.
  (1)(a) All motor vehicles, with a seating capacity of 24 or more pupils, which are regularly used for the transportation of pupils to or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.622; Farm labor vehicles.
  (1) Each owner or operator of a farm labor vehicle that is operated on the public highways of this state shall ensure that such vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.635; Courts having jurisdiction over traffic violations; powers relating to custody and detention of minors.
  (1) A court which has jurisdiction over traffic violations shall have original jurisdiction in the case of any minor who is alleged to have committed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.640; Enforcement.
  The enforcement of the traffic laws of this state is vested as follows: (1) STATE.-- (a)1.a. The Division of Florida Highway Patrol of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.645; Arrest authority of officer at scene of a traffic crash.
  A police officer who makes an investigation at the scene of a traffic crash may arrest any driver of a vehicle involved in the crash ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.646; Security required; proof of security and display thereof; dismissal of cases.
  (1) Any person required by s. 627.733 to maintain personal injury protection security on a motor vehicle shall have in his or her immediate ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.650; Traffic citations.
  (1)(a) The department shall prepare, and supply to every traffic enforcement agency in this state, an appropriate form traffic citation containing a notice to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.655; Penalties.
  (1) A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, except those violations with a specific criminal charge, as enumerated in s. 318.17, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.656; Mandatory adjudication; prohibition against accepting plea to lesser included offense.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 948.01, no court may suspend, defer, or withhold adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence for any violation ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.660; Disposition of fines and forfeitures collected for violations.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, all fines and forfeitures received by any county court from violations of any of the provisions of this chapter, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.70; Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules.
  (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish and revise standards to assure the safe operation of nonpublic sector buses, as defined in s. 316.003(...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.72; Buses simulating school buses in color and insignia; conditions of use.
  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, except a governmental unit or agency operating as provided by law, to use on the public highways ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.75; School crossing guards.
  The Department of Transportation shall adopt uniform guidelines for the training of school crossing guards. Each local governmental entity administering a school crossing guard program ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 316.80; Unlawful conveyance of fuel; obtaining fuel fraudulently.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to maintain, or possess any conveyance or vehicle that is equipped with, fuel tanks, bladders, drums, or other ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0001; Short title.
  Sections 317.0001-317.0013 may be cited as the "Florida Off-Highway Vehicle Titling ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0002; Legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that all off-highway vehicles purchased after the effective date of this act and all off-highway vehicles ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0003; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "ATV" means any motorized off-highway or all-terrain vehicle 50 inches or less in width, having ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0004; Administration of off-highway vehicle titling laws; records.
  (1) The administration of off-highway vehicle titling laws in this chapter is under the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which shall provide ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0005; Rules, forms, and notices.
  (1) The department may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54, which pertain to off-highway vehicle titling, in order to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0006; Certificate of title required.
  (1) Any off-highway vehicle that is purchased by a resident of this state after the effective date of this act or that is owned ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0007; Application for and issuance of certificate of title.
  (1) The owner of an off-highway vehicle that is required to be titled must apply to the county tax collector for a certificate of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0008; Duplicate certificate of title.
  (1) The department may issue a duplicate certificate of title upon application by the person entitled to hold such a certificate if the department is ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0009; Manufacturer's statement of origin to be furnished.
  (1) Any person selling a new off-highway vehicle in this state must furnish a manufacturer's statement of origin to the purchaser. The statement, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0010; Disposition of fees.
  The department shall deposit all funds received under this chapter, less administrative costs of $2 per title transaction, into the Incidental Trust Fund of the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0011; Refusal to issue and authority to cancel a certificate of title.
  (1) If the department finds that an applicant for an off-highway vehicle certificate of title has given a false statement or false or incomplete ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0012; Crimes relating to certificates of title; penalties.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title to an off-...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0013; Nonmoving traffic violations.
  Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise provided commits a nonmoving traffic violation, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0014; Certificate of title; issuance in duplicate; delivery; liens and encumbrances.
  (1) The department shall assign a number to each certificate of title and shall issue each certificate of title and each corrected certificate in duplicate. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0015; Application of law.
  Sections 319.235, 319.241, 319.25, 319.27, 319.28, and 319.40 apply to all off-highway vehicles that are required to be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0016; Expedited service; applications; fees.
  The department shall provide, through its agents and for use by the public, expedited service on title transfers, title issuances, duplicate titles, recordation of liens, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0017; Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications, certificates, papers; penalty.
  (1) A person may not: (a) Alter or forge any certificate of title to an off-highway vehicle or any assignment thereof or any cancellation ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 317.0018; Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who: (1) Purports to sell or transfer an off-highway vehicle without delivering to the purchaser ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.11; Short title.
  This chapter may be known and cited as the "Florida Uniform Disposition of Traffic Infractions ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.12; Purpose.
  It is the legislative intent in the adoption of this chapter to decriminalize certain violations of chapter 316, the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law; chapter ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.121; Preemption of additional fees, fines, surcharges, and costs.
  Notwithstanding any general or special law, or municipal or county ordinance, additional fees, fines, surcharges, or costs other than the court costs and surcharges assessed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.1215; Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety Act.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 318.121, a board of county commissioners may require, by ordinance, that the clerk of the court collect an additional $...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.13; Definitions.
  The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.14; Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures.
  (1) Except as provided in ss. 318.17 and 320.07(3)(c), any person cited for a violation of chapter 316, s. 320.0605, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.143; Sanctions for infractions by minors.
  (1) If the court finds that a minor has committed a violation of any of the provisions of chapter 316, the court may also impose ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.1435; Youthful driver monitoring services.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "youthful driver monitoring service" means an entity that enables parents or guardians to monitor the driving performance ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.1451; Driver improvement schools.
  (1)(a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall approve the courses of all driver improvement schools, as the courses relate to ss. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.15; Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; penalty.
  (1)(a) If a person fails to comply with the civil penalties provided in s. 318.18 within the time period specified in s. 318....
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.16; Appeals; stay orders; procedures.
  (1) If a person is found to have committed an infraction by the hearing official, he or she may appeal that finding to the circuit ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.17; Offenses excepted.
  No provision of this chapter is available to a person who is charged with any of the following offenses: (1) Fleeing or attempting to elude ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.18; Amount of civil penalties.
  The penalties required for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 are as follows: (1) Fifteen dollars for: (a) All infractions of pedestrian regulations. (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.19; Infractions requiring a mandatory hearing.
  Any person cited for the infractions listed in this section shall not have the provisions of s. 318.14(2), (4), and (9) available to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.20; Notification; duties of department.
  The department shall prepare a notification form to be appended to, or incorporated as a part of, the Florida uniform traffic citation issued in accordance ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.21; Disposition of civil penalties by county courts.
  All civil penalties received by a county court pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and paid monthly as follows: (1) One ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.30; Legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that civil traffic infraction hearing officers be appointed and used in those counties where the need arises for ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.31; Objectives.
  The Supreme Court is hereby requested to adopt rules and procedures for the establishment and operation of Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer Programs under ss. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.32; Jurisdiction; limitations.
  (1) Hearing officers shall be empowered to accept pleas from and decide the guilt or innocence of any person, adult or juvenile, charged with any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.325; Jurisdiction and procedure for parking infractions.
  Any county or municipality may adopt an ordinance that allows the county or municipality to refer cases involving the violation of a county or municipal ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.33; Appeals.
  Decisions of the hearing officer are appealable, under the rules of court, to the circuit court. Appeals shall be based upon the record of the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.34; Qualifications.
  Applicants for the position of hearing officer of the civil traffic court shall be members in good standing of The Florida Bar and shall have ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.35; Term of office.
  Hearing officers shall be independent contractors and may serve either full time or part time as determined by the chief judge. In either case, they ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.36; Code of ethics.
  Hearing officers shall be subject to The Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility and not the Judicial Code of Ethics, except that they shall avoid ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 318.38; Nonseverability.
  If the provisions of s. 318.32 authorizing hearing officers to impose the same sanctions as county court judges for civil traffic infractions are found ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.001; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. (2) "Front-end assembly" means fenders, hood, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.14; Sale of motor vehicles registered or used as taxicabs, police vehicles, lease vehicles, or rebuilt vehicles and nonconforming vehicles.
  (1)(a) No person shall knowingly offer for sale, sell, or exchange any vehicle that has been licensed, registered, or used as a taxicab, police ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.17; Rules; forms; indexes and records.
  (1) The department has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter, including ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.20; Application of law.
  The provisions of this chapter apply exclusively, except as otherwise specifically provided, to motor vehicles and mobile homes required to be registered and licensed under ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.21; Necessity of manufacturer's statement of origin and certificate of title.
  (1) No manufacturer, distributor, licensed dealer, or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new motor vehicle or a new mobile home to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.22; Transfer of title.
  (1) Except as provided in ss. 319.21 and 319.28, a person acquiring a motor vehicle or mobile home from the owner thereof, whether ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.225; Transfer and reassignment forms; odometer disclosure statements.
  (1) Every certificate of title issued by the department must contain the following statement on its reverse side: "Federal and state law require the completion ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.23; Application for, and issuance of, certificate of title.
  (1) Application for a certificate of title shall be made upon a form prescribed by the department, shall be filed with the department, and shall ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.235; Encumbrance of coowned motor vehicle or mobile home.
  When a motor vehicle or mobile home is registered in the names of two or more persons as coowners in the alternative by the use ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.24; Issuance in duplicate; delivery; liens and encumbrances.
  (1) The department shall assign a number to each certificate of title and shall issue each certificate of title and each corrected certificate in duplicate. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.241; Removal of lien from records.
  The owner of a motor vehicle or mobile home upon which a lien has been filed with the department or noted upon a certificate of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.25; Cancellation of certificates.
  (1) If it appears that a certificate of title has been improperly issued, the department shall cancel the certificate. Upon cancellation of any certificate of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.261; Real property transactions; retiring title to mobile home.
  (1) This section shall provide a process by which the owner of a mobile home which is permanently affixed to real property owned by that ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.27; Notice of lien on motor vehicles or mobile homes; notation on certificate; recording of lien.
  (1) Each lien, mortgage, or encumbrance on a motor vehicle or mobile home titled in this state shall be noted upon the face of the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.271; Terminal rent adjustment clause.
  In the case of motor vehicles or trailers, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transaction does not create a security interest merely because it ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.28; Transfer of ownership by operation of law.
  (1)(a) In the event of the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle or mobile home by operation of law as upon inheritance, devise ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.29; Lost or destroyed certificates.
  (1) If a certificate of title is lost or destroyed, application for a duplicate copy thereof shall be made to the department by the owner ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.30; Definitions; dismantling, destruction, change of identity of motor vehicle or mobile home; salvage.
  (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "Certificate of destruction" means the certificate issued pursuant to s. 713.78(11) or s. 713....
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.32; Fees; service charges; disposition.
  (1) The department shall charge a fee of $24 for each original certificate of title except for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.323; Expedited service; applications; fees.
  The department shall establish a separate title office which may be utilized by private citizens and licensed motor vehicle dealers to receive expedited service on ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.324; Odometer fraud prevention and detection; funding.
  (1) Moneys received by the department pursuant to s. 319.32(1) in the amount of $1 for each original certificate of title, each duplicate ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.33; Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications, certificates, papers; penalty.
  (1) It is unlawful: (a) To alter or forge any certificate of title to a motor vehicle or mobile home or any assignment thereof or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.34; Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.
  Whoever, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports to sell or transfer a motor vehicle or mobile home without delivering to the purchaser ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.35; Unlawful acts in connection with motor vehicle odometer readings; penalties.
  (1)(a) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to tamper with, adjust, alter, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect an odometer of a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.40; Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.
  The department is authorized to accept any application provided for under this chapter by electronic or telephonic ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 319.41; Title history database.
  The department shall make available on the Internet a database of title transactions searchable by vehicle identification number. In the Internet database, the department shall ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.01; Definitions, general.
  As used in the Florida Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term: (1) "Motor vehicle" means: (a) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0104; Legislative intent with respect to implementation of chapter.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter be implemented in such a manner that the convenience of the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.011; Administration and enforcement; rules.
  The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120....
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.015; Taxation of mobile homes.
  (1) A mobile home, as defined in s. 320.01(2), regardless of its actual use, shall be subject only to a license tax unless ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.02; Registration required; application for registration; forms.
  1(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every owner or person in charge of a motor vehicle which is operated or driven on ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.023; Requests to establish voluntary checkoff on motor vehicle registration application.
  (1) An organization that seeks authorization to establish a voluntary contribution on a motor vehicle registration application must submit to the department: (a) A request ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.025; Registration certificate and license plate or decal issued under fictitious name; application.
  (1) A confidential registration certificate and registration license plate or decal shall be issued under a fictitious name only for a motor vehicle or vessel ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.03; Registration; duties of tax collectors; International Registration Plan.
  (1) The tax collectors in the several counties of the state, as authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration certificates, registration license plates, validation ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.031; Mailing of registration certificates, license plates, and validation stickers.
  (1) The department and the tax collectors of the several counties of the state may at the request of the applicant use United States mail ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.04; Registration service charge.
  (1)(a) There shall be a service charge of $2.50 for each application which is handled in connection with original issuance, duplicate issuance, or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.05; Records of the department; inspection procedure; lists and searches; fees.
  (1) Except as provided in chapter 119 and s. 320.025(3), the department may release records as provided in this section. (2) Upon receipt ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.055; Registration periods; renewal periods.
  The following registration periods and renewal periods are established: (1)(a) For a motor vehicle subject to registration under s. 320.08(1), (2), (3), (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.06; Registration certificates, license plates, and validation stickers generally.
  (1)(a) Upon the receipt of an initial application for registration and payment of the appropriate license tax and other fees required by law, the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0601; Lease and rental car companies; identification of vehicles as for-hire.
  (1) A rental car company may not rent in this state any for-hire vehicle, other than vehicles designed to transport cargo, that has affixed ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0605; Certificate of registration; possession required; exception.
  The registration certificate or an official copy thereof, a true copy of a rental or lease agreement issued for a motor vehicle or issued for ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0607; Replacement license plates, validation decal, or mobile home sticker.
  (1) Any law enforcement officer or department license and registration inspector may at any time inspect a license plate or validation decal for proper display ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0609; Transfer and exchange of registration license plates; transfer fee.
  (1)(a) The registration license plate and certificate of registration shall be issued to, and remain in the name of, the owner of the vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.061; Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers; penalty.
  No person shall alter the original appearance of any registration license plate, mobile home sticker, validation sticker, or vehicle registration certificate issued for and assigned ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0655; Permanent license plates for governmental entities and volunteer fire departments.
  (1) A permanent license plate shall be issued for any motor vehicle owned or exclusively operated by the state or by any county, municipality, or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0657; Permanent registration; fleet license plates.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "fleet" means nonapportioned motor vehicles owned or leased by a company and used for business purposes. Vehicle ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0659; Permanent registration of trailer for hire and semitrailers.
  (1) A permanent license plate may be issued for any semitrailer classified under s. 320.08(5)(a)2. All such license plates shall be ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.07; Expiration of registration; annual renewal required; penalties.
  (1) The registration of a motor vehicle or mobile home shall expire at midnight on the last day of the registration period. A vehicle shall ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0705; Semiannual registration or renewal for certain vehicles.
  (1) The owner of a motor vehicle taxed under s. 320.08(4) or (6)(b) may register his or her vehicle semiannually, if the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0706; Display of license plates on trucks.
  The owner of any commercial truck of gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more shall display the registration license plate on both the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.071; Advance registration renewal; procedures.
  (1)(a) The owner of any motor vehicle or mobile home currently registered in this state may file an application for renewal of registration with ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0715; International Registration Plan; motor carrier services; permits; retention of records.
  (1) All commercial motor vehicles domiciled in this state and engaged in interstate commerce shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of the International ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.072; Additional fee imposed on certain motor vehicle registration transactions.
  (1) A fee of $100 is imposed upon the initial application for registration pursuant to s. 320.06 of every motor vehicle classified in s. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08; License taxes.
  Except as otherwise provided herein, there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as defined ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08001; Electric vehicles; license tax.
  The license tax for an electric vehicle or low-speed vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0801; Additional license tax on certain vehicles.
  (1) In addition to the license taxes specified in s. 320.08 and in subsection (2), there is hereby levied and imposed an annual license ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08015; License tax surcharge.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), there is levied on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08(11) a surcharge in the amount ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0802; Surcharge on license tax.
  There is hereby levied and imposed on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0803; Moped license plates.
  (1) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, registration and payment of license taxes in accordance with these requirements and for the purposes ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08035; Persons who have disabilities; reduced dimension license plate.
  The owner or lessee of a motorcycle, moped, or motorized disability access vehicle who resides in this state and qualifies for a parking permit for ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0804; Surcharge on license tax; transportation trust fund.
  There is hereby levied and imposed on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08046; Surcharge on license tax; General Revenue Fund.
  There is levied on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a surcharge in the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08047; Voluntary contribution for organ and tissue donor education.
  As a part of the collection process for license taxes as specified in s. 320.08, individuals shall be permitted to make a voluntary contribution ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08048; Sample license plates.
  (1) The department is authorized, upon application and payment of a $10 fee per plate, to provide one or more sample regular issuance license plates ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0805; Personalized prestige license plates.
  (1) The department shall issue a personalized prestige license plate to the owner or lessee of any motor vehicle, except a vehicle registered under the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08053; Requirements for requests to establish specialty license plates.
  (1) An organization that seeks authorization to establish a new specialty license plate for which an annual use fee is to be charged must submit ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08056; Specialty license plates.
  (1) The department is responsible for developing the specialty license plates authorized in s. 320.08053. The department shall begin production and distribution of each ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08058; Specialty license plates.
  (1) MANATEE LICENSE PLATES.-- (a) The department shall develop a manatee license plate to commemorate the official state marine mammal. The word "Florida" must appear ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08062; Audits and attestations required; annual use fees of specialty license plates.
  (1)(a) All organizations that receive annual use fee proceeds from the department are responsible for ensuring that proceeds are used in accordance with ss. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.08068; Motorcycle specialty license plates.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the department shall develop a reduced dimensions specialty license plate for display on motorcycles. (2) The department ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0807; Special license plates for Governor and federal and state legislators.
  (1) Upon application by any member of the House of Representatives of Congress and payment of the fees prescribed by s. 320.0805, the department ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.081; Collection and distribution of annual license tax imposed on the following type units.
  (1) The provisions of this section shall apply to all mobile homes and park trailers, and to all travel trailers and fifth-wheel trailers exceeding ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0815; Mobile homes and recreational vehicle-type units required to have appropriate license plates or stickers.
  (1) Recreational vehicle-type units taxed under s. 320.08(9) and (10) shall be issued appropriate license plates, except as provided in subsection (2). (...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0821; Wrecker license plates.
  (1) The department shall issue a wrecker license plate to the owner of any motor vehicle that is used to tow, carry, or otherwise transport ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.083; Amateur radio operators; special license plates; fees.
  (1) A person who is the owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for private use, a truck weighing not more than 7,999 ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.084; Free motor vehicle license plate to certain disabled veterans.
  (1) One free motor vehicle license number plate shall be issued by the department for use on any motor vehicle owned or leased by any ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0841; Free motor vehicle license plates to members of Seminole and Miccosukee Indian Tribes.
  (1) The department shall issue each year, free of charge to any state agency or individual, a sufficient number of motor vehicle license plates for ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0842; Free motor vehicle license plates to veterans who use wheelchairs.
  (1) Upon application by any person who owns or leases a motor vehicle and who is qualified under subsection (2), the department shall issue to ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0843; License plates for persons with disabilities eligible for permanent disabled parking permits.
  (1) Any owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who resides in this state and qualifies for a disabled parking permit under s. 320.0848(...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0845; License plates for members of Paralyzed Veterans of America.
  (1) Any owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who resides in this state and is a member of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, upon ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0846; Free motor vehicle license plates to active members of the Florida National Guard.
  (1) Any owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who resides in this state and is an active member of the Florida National Guard may, ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0848; Persons who have disabilities; issuance of disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain providers of transportation services to persons who have disabilities.
  (1)(a) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or its authorized agents shall, upon application and receipt of the fee, issue a disabled ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.086; Ancient or antique motor vehicles; horseless carriage, antique, or historical license plates; former military vehicles.
  (1) The owner of a motor vehicle for private use manufactured in 1945 or earlier, equipped with an engine manufactured in 1945 or earlier or ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0863; Street rods; license plates.
  A "street rod" is a modified motor vehicle manufactured before 1949 which is maintained primarily for use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.087; Intercity buses operated in interstate commerce; tax.
  All intercity motor buses owned or operated by residents or nonresidents of this state in interstate commerce or combined interstate and intrastate commerce as a ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.089; Members of National Guard and active United States Armed Forces reservists; former prisoners of war; survivors of Pearl Harbor; Purple Heart medal recipients; Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans; special license plates; fee.
  (1)(a) Each owner or lessee of an automobile or truck for private use or recreational vehicle as specified in s. 320.08(9)(c) ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0891; U.S. Paratroopers license plate.
  (1) The department shall develop a U.S. Paratroopers license plate as provided in this section. The U.S. Paratroopers license plate must bear the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0893; Motor vehicle license plates to recipients of the Medal of Honor.
  Any United States citizen who is a resident of Florida and who was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as a member of the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.0898; Emergency service special registration plates; fee; penalty.
  (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall issue a special motor vehicle license plate for the front of any motor vehicle of ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.091; Vehicles held in trust; license plates.
  Any trust which provides the beneficial use of a vehicle registered to the trust to a person otherwise qualified for a special license plate pursuant ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.10; Exemptions.
  (1) The provisions of s. 320.08 do not apply to: (a) Any motor vehicle or mobile home owned by, and operated exclusively for the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.105; Golf carts and utility vehicles; exemption.
  Golf carts and utility vehicles, as defined in s. 320.01, when operated in accordance with s. 316.212 or s. 316.2126, are exempt ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.13; Dealer and manufacturer license plates and alternative method of registration.
  (1)(a) Any licensed motor vehicle dealer and any licensed mobile home dealer may, upon payment of the license tax imposed by s. 320.08(...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.131; Temporary tags.
  (1) The department is authorized and empowered to design, issue, and regulate the use of temporary tags to be designated "temporary tags" for use in ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.1325; Registration required for the temporarily employed.
  Motor vehicles owned or leased by persons who are temporarily employed within the state but are not residents are required to be registered. Upon payment ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.133; Transporter license plates.
  (1) The department is authorized to issue a transporter license plate to any applicant who, incidental to the conduct of his or her business, engages ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.14; Fractional license tax.
  (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this section, the full amount of the license tax imposed under s. 320.08 shall be charged for the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.15; Refund of license tax.
  Any resident owner of a motor vehicle or mobile home that has been destroyed or permanently removed from the state shall, upon application to the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.17; Classification of vehicles and mobile homes and assessment of license tax by department.
  The department may, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, determine the classification of, and the amount of license tax due on, any motor ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.18; Withholding registration.
  (1) The department may withhold the registration of any motor vehicle or mobile home the owner of which has failed to register it under the ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.19; Tax lien; enforcement.
  The license tax required under this chapter, when not paid, constitutes a first lien upon the motor vehicle or mobile home on which the tax ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.20; Disposition of license tax moneys.
  The revenue derived from the registration of motor vehicles, including any delinquent fees and excluding those revenues collected and distributed under the provisions of s. ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.23; Taxes declared compensatory.
  Taxes prescribed by this chapter are declared to be compensatory for the use of the public roads of this state by operators of motor vehicles ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.26; Counterfeiting license plates, validation stickers, mobile home stickers, cab cards, trip permits, or special temporary operational permits prohibited; penalty.
  (1)(a) No person shall counterfeit registration license plates, validation stickers, or mobile home stickers, or have in his or her possession any such plates ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.261; Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawful; penalty.
  Any person who knowingly attaches to any motor vehicle or mobile home any registration license plate, or who knowingly attaches any validation sticker or mobile ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.27; Motor vehicle dealers.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--The following words, terms, and phrases when used in this section have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this subsection, except where ...
• Florida Motor Vehicles Code Section 320.271; Used cars; removal of registration license plates.
  Each person, upon the sale and deli