Florida Statute 320.0607 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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 and legibility as prescribed by chapter 316. A damaged or defaced plate or decal may be required to be replaced.

(2) When a license plate, mobile home sticker, or validation decal has been lost, stolen, or destroyed, the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home for which the plate, sticker, or decal was issued shall make application to the department for a replacement. The application shall contain the plate, sticker, or decal number being replaced and a statement that the item was lost, stolen, or destroyed. If the application includes a copy of the police report prepared in response to a report of a stolen plate, sticker, or decal, such plate, sticker, or decal must be replaced at no charge.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), upon filing of an application accompanied by a fee of $28 plus applicable service charges, the department shall issue a replacement plate, sticker, or decal, as applicable, if it is satisfied that the information reported in the application is true. The replacement fee shall be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.

(4) Any license plate, sticker, or decal lost in the mail may be replaced at no charge. Neither the service charge nor the replacement fee shall be applied to this replacement. However, the application for a replacement shall contain a statement of such fact, the audit number of the lost item, and the date issued.

(5) Upon the issuance of an original license plate, the applicant shall pay a fee of $28 to be deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.

(6) All funds derived from the sale of temporary tags under the provisions of s. 320.131 shall be deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund.

History.—s. 13, ch. 83-318; s. 3, ch. 86-88; s. 51, ch. 90-132; s. 64, ch. 93-120; s. 49, ch. 94-306; s. 14, ch. 2009-71.

Cases Citing F.S. 320.0607

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·Powell v. State, 649 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).
Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1995 WL 25328
...2d DCA 1988) (no founded suspicion when officers observed defendant with clenched fists in a high-crime area with known drug dealer). Cumbess testified that he could not observe a tag on the truck. He, therefore, had a valid reason to stop the truck. See § 320.0607(1), Fla....
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·McKally v. Perez, 87 F. Supp. 3d 1310 (S.D. Fla. 2015).
Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23737, 2015 WL 758283
...No license plates other than those furnished by the state shall be used.” Fla. Stat. § 316.605 (1) (alterations added). Florida law also strictly regulates use of temporary license plates, see Fla. Stat. § 320.131 , has specific instructions for replacement license plates, see id. § 320.0607, and provides that “[a]ny law enforcement officer ... may at any time inspect a license plate ... for proper display and legibility,” id. § 320.0607(1) (alterations added)....
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State v. Corvin, 677 So. 2d 947 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 425051
...t 4 a.m. for a tag with a corner "curled". The court notes that no tag is readable at night. So the officers' observation that the defendant's decal was illegible is unpersuasive. The State relies on two statutory provisions to authorize the stop: F.S. 320.0607(1) authorizes inspections of decals but does not abrogate the Florida or U.S....

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Cases Citing F.S. 320.0607

·Powell v. State, 649 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

·McKally v. Perez, 87 F. Supp. 3d 1310 (S.D. Fla. 2015).

State v. Corvin, 677 So. 2d 947 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996).