Florida Statute 320.061 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
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 knowingly violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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; s. 2, ch. 2025-36.

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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

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.061

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

S320.061 - FORGERY OF - REPEALED 2010-162 - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 320.061

Total Results: 8

Hawkins v. Ford Motor Co.

748 So. 2d 993, 1999 WL 820573

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 14, 1999 | Docket: 2517638

Cited 33 times | Published

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

State v. British Leyland Motors, Inc.

290 So. 2d 576

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 14, 1974 | Docket: 450882

Cited 4 times | Published

because "licensees" are only those licensed under Section 320.61 and dealers, as such, are not licensed under

Jenkins v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 14, 2012 | Docket: 60226774

Cited 1 times | Published

license tag, a second-degree misdemeanor. See § 320.061, Fla. Stat. (2009). Incident to arrest, they searched

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. v. Jones

897 F. Supp. 2d 1241, 2012 WL 4841734, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136660

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 20, 2012 | Docket: 65985495

Cited 1 times | Published

*1247Members must secure a license. See Fla. Stat. § 320.61, Fla. Stat. To maintain the license, the Members

Brandon Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.

898 F. Supp. 858, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13358, 1995 WL 544743

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 8, 1995 | Docket: 65999262

Cited 1 times | Published

manufacturer and a licensee under § 320.61 of the Florida Statutes. Fla.Stat. § 320.61 (1993). A franchise agreement

Vickers v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 7, 1996 | Docket: 64766497

Published

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

Johnson v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 12, 1989 | Docket: 64640044

Published

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

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

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 1982 | Docket: 64592075

Published

about April 3, 1978, CHRYSLER, a licensee under Section 320.61, Florida Statutes, notified its franchise dealer