Florida Statute 318.13 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 318
DISPOSITION OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS

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F.S. 318.13

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 otherwise requires:

(1) “Department” means Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in s. 20.24, or the appropriate division thereof.

(2) “Suspension” means that a licensee’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle is temporarily withdrawn.

(3) “Infraction” means a noncriminal violation that may require community service hours under s. 316.027(4), but is not punishable by incarceration and for which there is no right to a trial by jury or a right to court-appointed counsel.

(4) “Official” means any judge authorized by law to preside over a court or hearing adjudicating traffic infractions.

(5) “Officer” means any law enforcement officer charged with and acting under his or her authority to arrest persons suspected of, or known to be, violating statutes or ordinances regulating traffic or the operation or equipment of vehicles. “Officer” includes any individual employed by a sheriff’s department or the police department of a chartered municipality who is acting as a traffic infraction enforcement officer as provided in s. 316.640.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-377; s. 1, ch. 76-183; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 12, ch. 94-306; s. 907, ch. 95-148; s. 93, ch. 99-13; s. 248, ch. 99-248.

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Amendments to 318.13

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 318.13

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 318.13.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 318.13

Total Results: 20

Jordan Cayne Hutchinson v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-09-18T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: on the imposition of the $3 cost under section 318.13(11)(b)(2), Florida Statutes, and the $2 cost under…therefore REVERSED as to the $3 cost under section 318.13(11)(b)(2), Florida Statutes, and the $2 cost under

JAMES NELSON OBO MINOR CHILD, N.N. v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-08-04T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: or hearing adjudicating traffic infractions.” § 318.13(4), Fla. Stat. (2021) (emphasis added). Thus, section

LEROY ROEBUCK v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-03-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 19), Florida Statutes (2019); $30 under section 318.13(13)(a), Florida Statutes (2019); and $65 under

In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Traffic Court

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-12-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 105 So. 3d 1267, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 2685, 2012 WL 6619336

Snippet: violations and cannot be punished by incarceration. § 318.13(3), Fla. Stat. (2012). A defendant charged with

City of Orlando v. Udowychenko

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-07-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 98 So. 3d 589, 2012 WL 2600293, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10875

Snippet: or hearing adjudicating traffic infractions. § 318.13(4), Fla. Stat. (2011). Section 318.14(6), Florida

Santa Rosa County v. Gulf Power Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-03-29T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 635 So. 2d 96

Snippet: however, relies upon Martin v. Townsend, 32 Fla. 318, 13 So. 887 (1893), for the position that the counties

State v. Knowles

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-10-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 625 So. 2d 88

Snippet: court-appointed counsel or a jury trial. Rule 6.040(l); § 318.13(3), Fla. Stat. (1991); 4 Fla.Jur.2d § 130 at 470

Thomas v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1993-01-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 614 So. 2d 468

Snippet: or a right to court appointed counsel." § 318.13(3), Fla. Stat. (1989). Bicycles are regulated in

The Hartford v. Munson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-11-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 533 So. 2d 318, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2478, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4919, 1988 WL 118078

Snippet: Cobb, Cowart, Sharp 10 November 1988 533 So. 2d 318, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2478, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4919,

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1988-11-02T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: 828.27(2), F.S. 3 Section 828.27(4), F.S. 4 Cf., s. 318.13(3), F.S., which defines "[i]nfraction"

Tollefson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 525 So. 2d 957

Snippet: quot; Section 316.130, Fla. Stat. (1987); Section 318.13(3), Fla. Stat. (1987). Florida Rule of Criminal

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1987-02-16T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: provisions of ss. 316.535 and316.545." Section 318.13(5), F.S., in part, defines "officer" …disposition of traffic infractions. See, ss. 316.640(2), 318.13(5), and318.18(5), F.S., vesting the sheriff'

DIV. OF ADMIN., STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Jirik

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-05-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 471 So. 2d 549

Snippet: Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co., 29 Minn. 318, 13 N.W. 134 (1882) ("[respondent's] land

Olsen v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-06-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 452 So. 2d 147, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 13783

Snippet: portion of the sentence. §§ 316.1925, 316.655, 318.13(3), Fla.Stat. (1983). Accordingly, we hereby strike

Whirley v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1984-05-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 450 So. 2d 836

Snippet: shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in § 318.13(3). (4) Any person convicted of a violation of

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1984-01-25T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in s. 318.13(3). (2) Infractions of this chapter which

Miller v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 442 So. 2d 419, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 25261

Snippet: shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in s. 318.13(3). [[Image here]] (4) Any person convicted of …misdemeanor.’ ” The court also looked to section 318.13(3), which states, “ ‘[infraction’ means a noncriminal

Myers v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-01-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 426 So. 2d 986

Snippet: offense as an infraction as defined in Section 318.13(3). An infraction is "a noncriminal violation

Cheatem v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-06-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 416 So. 2d 35

Snippet: . In turn, an infraction was defined in section 318.13(3), Florida Statutes (1977), as: a noncriminal… or a right to court appointed counsel. Section 318.13, Florida Statutes (1974), was part of the Florida

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1981-11-23T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: concluding that a traffic infraction as defined in s. 318.13(3), F.S., is a `violation' for purposes of