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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

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MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.061

320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty.—A person may not alter the original appearance of a vehicle registration certificate, license plate, temporary license plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker issued for and assigned to a motor vehicle or mobile home, whether by mutilation, alteration, defacement, or change of color or in any other manner. A person may not apply or attach a substance, reflective matter, illuminated device, spray, coating, covering, or other material onto or around any license plate which interferes with the legibility, angular visibility, or detectability of any feature or detail on the license plate or interferes with the ability to record any feature or detail on the license plate. A person who violates this section commits a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.—s. 9, ch. 28186, 1953; s. 3, ch. 69-178; s. 192, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 72-79; s. 7, ch. 77-357; s. 15, ch. 83-318; s. 33, ch. 96-413; s. 23, ch. 2007-196; s. 25, ch. 2010-162; s. 32, ch. 2012-181.

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Amendments to 320.061

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.061

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

S320.061 - FORGERY OF - REPEALED 2010-162 - M: S

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S320.061

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S320.061 TAG - unlawful alteration Note 16 - Points on Drivers License: 3

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 320.061

Total Results: 10

Van Teamer v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-02-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 108 So. 3d 664, 2013 WL 500384, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 2107

Snippet: registration, a violation of sections 820.06 and 320.061, Florida Statutes. Thus, the State argues this …registration in violation of sections 320.06 and 320.061, Florida Statutes. There is nothing in the record

Jenkins v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 102 So. 3d 739, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21517

Snippet: license tag, a second-degree misdemeanor. See § 320.061, Fla. Stat. (2009). Incident to arrest, they searched…officers arrested Mr. Jenkins for violating section 320.061, which provides as follows: No person shall alter

Hawkins v. Ford Motor Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1999-10-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 748 So. 2d 993

Snippet: person required to be licensed under section 320.61); § 320.61(1), Fla. Stat. (1993) (requiring manufacturers

Vickers v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-08-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 677 So. 2d 974, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 8221, 1996 WL 441695

Snippet: license plates (count III), in violation of section 320.061, Florida Statutes (1993), and false proof of insurance

Aero Products Corp. v. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-06-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 675 So. 2d 661, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 6303, 1996 WL 324665

Snippet: whenever the term motor vehicle is used in Secs. 320.61-320.70, including Sec. 320.641. See, See. 320.60

MERCEDES-BENZ OF NA v. Mike Smith Pontiac GMC, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 561 So. 2d 620

Snippet: vehicles sold in this state. See §§ 320.60(8) and 320.61, Fla. Stat. (1985). MBNA is included within this

Johnson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-01-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 537 So. 2d 655, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 174, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 93, 1989 WL 1037

Snippet: constitutional validity of a traffic stop based on section 320.061, Florida Statutes (1987), which proscribes alteration

J. R. Furlong, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-09-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 419 So. 2d 385, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21166

Snippet: April 3, 1978, CHRYSLER, a licensee under Section 320.61, Florida Statutes, notified its franchise dealer…factory branches, distributors or importers, §§ 320.-61 — 320.70, Fla.Stat. (1981), and the entire statutory

McCulley Ford, Inc. v. Calvin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-12-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 308 So. 2d 189

Snippet: "320.60. Definitions for 320.61-320.70. Whenever used in 320.61-320.70, unless the context otherwise

State v. British Leyland Motors, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1974-02-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 290 So. 2d 576

Snippet: licensees" are only those licensed under Section 320.61 and dealers, as such, are not licensed under that