Florida Statute 316.500 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.500

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 driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in this chapter or otherwise in violation of this chapter, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles herein specified shall be lawful throughout this state. Local authorities shall have no power or authority to alter said limitations except as express authority may be granted in this chapter.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31.

Note.—Former s. 316.206.

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Sunbelt Environmental, Inc. v. Gulf Coast Truck & Equipment Co.

82 So. 3d 1196, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 4278, 2012 WL 896501

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 19, 2012 | Docket: 2416310

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truck which exceeds legal width allowances. Section 316.500, Florida Statutes, provides only that it is