Florida Statute 317.0017 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 317
OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TITLING

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F.S. 317.0017

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 of any lien on an off-highway vehicle.

(b) Retain or use such certificate, assignment, or cancellation knowing that it has been altered or forged.

(c) Procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title to an off-highway vehicle, or pass or attempt to pass a certificate of title or any assignment thereof to an off-highway vehicle, knowing or having reason to believe that the off-highway vehicle has been stolen.

(d) Possess, sell or offer for sale, conceal, or dispose of in this state an off-highway vehicle, or major component part thereof, on which any motor number or vehicle identification number affixed by the manufacturer or by a state agency has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced, with knowledge of such destruction, removal, covering, alteration, or defacement, except as provided in s. 319.30(4).

(e) Use a false or fictitious name, give a false or fictitious address, or make any false statement in any application or affidavit required under this chapter or in a bill of sale or sworn statement of ownership or otherwise commit a fraud in any application.

(2) A person may not knowingly obtain goods, services, credit, or money by means of an invalid, duplicate, fictitious, forged, counterfeit, stolen, or unlawfully obtained certificate of title, registration, bill of sale, or other indicia of ownership of an off-highway vehicle.

(3) A person may not knowingly obtain goods, services, credit, or money by means of a certificate of title to an off-highway vehicle, which certificate is required by law to be surrendered to the department.

(4) A person may not knowingly and with intent to defraud have in his or her possession, sell, offer to sell, counterfeit, or supply a blank, forged, fictitious, counterfeit, stolen, or fraudulently or unlawfully obtained certificate of title, bill of sale, or other indicia of ownership of an off-highway vehicle or conspire to do any of the foregoing.

(5) A person, firm, or corporation may not knowingly possess, manufacture, sell or exchange, offer to sell or exchange, supply in blank, or give away any counterfeit manufacturer’s or state-assigned identification number plates or serial plates or any decal used for the purpose of identifying an off-highway vehicle. An officer, agent, or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, or any person may not authorize, direct, aid in exchange, or give away, or conspire to authorize, direct, aid in exchange, or give away, such counterfeit manufacturer’s or state-assigned identification number plates or serial plates or any decal. However, this subsection does not apply to any approved replacement manufacturer’s or state-assigned identification number plates or serial plates or any decal issued by the department or any state.

(6) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Any off-highway vehicle used in violation of this section constitutes contraband that may be seized by a law enforcement agency and that is subject to forfeiture proceedings pursuant to ss. 932.701-932.704. This section is not exclusive of any other penalties prescribed by any existing or future laws for the larceny or unauthorized taking of off-highway vehicles, but is supplementary thereto.

History.—s. 55, ch. 2005-164.

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Amendments to 317.0017

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 317.0017

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S317.0017 1a - FORGERY OF - ALTER FORGE ATV DOCUMENTS - F: T

S317.0017 1b - POSSESS FORGED - KEEP USE ALTERED FORGED ATV DOCUMENTS - F: T

S317.0017 1c - POSSESS STOLEN PROP - PROCURE PASS DOCUMENTS FOR STOLEN ATV - F: T

S317.0017 1d - FRAUD - POSS SELL CONCEAL ATV WITH ALTERED VIN - F: T

S317.0017 1e - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - GIVE FALSE INFO ON ATV DOCUMENTS - F: T

S317.0017 2 - FRAUD - USE INVALID UNLAW ATV DOCS GET GOODS SERVICES - F: T

S317.0017 3 - FRAUD - USE UNLAW ATV TITLE OBTAIN GOODS SERVICES - F: T

S317.0017 4 - FRAUD - POSSESS SELL UNLAWFUL ATV DOCUMENTS - F: T

S317.0017 5 - FRAUD - POSSESS SELL MFGR UNLAWFUL ATV VIN PLATE - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 317.0017

Total Results: 20

Sottilaro v. Figueroa

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 86 So. 3d 505

Snippet: statements come within the protective cloak of § 317.17 F.S.A. The latter section, as previously noted,…this concept as well as to the plain language of § 317.17 supra. Id. at 19-20 (citations omitted). The facts

City of Hollywood v. Mulligan

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2006-07-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 934 So. 2d 1238

Snippet: ; §§ 206.205, 316.80, 212.16, 316.191, 319.35, 317.0017, 316.1935, 320.30, 322.34, Fla. Stat. (2005) (

Gaudette v. Gaudette

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-12-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 890 So. 2d 1161

Snippet: monthly gross income of $4,317.17, or an annual income of $51,806.04 (12 x $4,317.17). His monthly deductions…responsible. The adjusted amount of $2,960.66 [$4,317.17 ($1,966.71 $430 $180.20)] can then be used

Perlman v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-11-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 269 So. 2d 385

Snippet: ; Martin v. Karel, 1932, 106 Fla. 363, 143 So. 317; 17 Fla.Jur., supra, § 62; 12 Fla. L. & P.,

University Park Civic Ass'n v. Ansbacher

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-03-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 259 So. 2d 748

Snippet: concur. . 2 Yokley, Zoning Law and Practice, 316, 317, § 17-7 (3rd Ed.,), and 1971 Cumulative Supplement 135

Ellingson v. Willis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 170 So. 2d 311

Snippet: statement was obviously privileged under F.S. Sec. 317.17, F.S.A. and (3) the obvious purpose of the question

Rosenfeld v. Johnson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-03-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 2d 703

Snippet: 35 Fla.Jur., Witnesses, § 240, et seq. Section 317.17 Fla. Stat., F.S.A., which makes motor vehicle accident

Southern Life & Health Insurance Company v. Medley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-02-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 161 So. 2d 19

Snippet: court sustained the objection on the basis of § 317.17 *21 Fla. Stat., F.S.A.,[1] to the effect that the…appellant's argument that the privilege under § 317.17 Fla. Stat., F.S.A. was waived by introducing the… new trial. Reversed and remanded. NOTES [1] § 317.17 Fla. Stat., F.S.A.: "All accident reports

Williams v. Scott

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1963-04-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 153 So. 2d 18

Snippet: testimony should have been excluded under Fla. Stat. § 317.17 F.S.A.[1] The testimony of the officer was as follows…reports privileged under the immunity provision of § 317.17 F.S.A. supra. We can not follow this interpretation…statements come within the protective cloak of § 317.17 F.S.A. The latter section, as previously noted,…this concept as well as to the plain language of § 317.17 supra. The admission of the "report"

Hancock v. McDonald

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1963-01-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 148 So. 2d 56

Snippet: were privileged under the provisions of Section 317.17, Florida Statutes, as statements made to an investigating…officer. This section reads in pertinent part: "317.17 Accident reports confidential. All accident reports…in accidents" within the meaning of Section 317.17. The plaintiff-appellant contends that William …the ground that it was privileged under Section 317.17. This error, however, did not constitute reversible…inconsistent statements were privileged under Section 317.17, Florida Statutes, which ground we held above to

Ellsworth v. Nash Miami Motors, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1962-05-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 142 So. 2d 733, 1962 Fla. LEXIS 2694

Snippet: statements by defendant were, under F.S. §§ 317.13-317.17, F.S.A.,2 erroneously admitted into evidence. The…investigating officers to file written reports. Sec. 317.17 states “All accident reports * * * shall he without

Lobree v. Caporossi

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1962-03-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 139 So. 2d 510

Snippet: such accident to the department." Section 317.17, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., is as follows: "…city department and subject to the provisions of § 317.17." Pursuant to the latter, the City of St. …the privilege accorded to such reports by Section 317.17, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., is expressly limited

Nash Miami Motors, Inc. v. Ellsworth

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1961-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 129 So. 2d 704

Snippet: reports to the department." Further, section 317.17, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., provides in part as follows

Ratner v. Arrington

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1959-04-09T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 111 So. 2d 82

Snippet: Duke, Fla. 1949, 42 So.2d 361, which held that § 317.17, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., requiring motor vehicle accident

Ippolito v. Brener

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1956-09-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 89 So. 2d 650

Snippet: appears to be within the privilege of F.S.A. § 317.17. This privilege was interpreted fully in Stevens

Kaplan v. Roth

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1956-01-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 84 So. 2d 559

Snippet: the interpretation of these cases, including Sec. 317.17, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. We are of the view however…Herbert v. Garner, Fla.1955, 78 So.2d 727. Section 317.17, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., forbids the use in evidence

St. Germain v. Carpenter

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1956-01-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 84 So. 2d 556

Snippet: properly excluded from evidence under F.S. Sec. 317.17, F.S.A., Stevens v. Duke, Fla., 42 So.2d 361. It

Herbert v. Garner

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1955-02-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 78 So. 2d 727

Snippet: v. Stewart, 227 Iowa 1273, 290 N.W. 700. F.S. § 317.17, F.S.A., forbids the use in evidence at any trial…this Court alluded to the inhibitions of Section 317.17, it did not pass upon the application of the statute

Stevens v. Duke

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1949-10-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 42 So. 2d 361

Snippet: by the driver to be forwarded to Purtle. Section 317.17, Florida Statutes, 1941, F.S.A. provides that &

Sea Crest Corporation v. Burley

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1949-01-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 38 So. 2d 434

Snippet: for adjudication the question viz: Does section 317.17, F.S.A., render a statement or admission made by…circumstances may fall within the inhibitions of Section 317.17, F.S.A., and when squarely presented can be pronounced