Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 320.061 (2025)

Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty.

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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.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 320.061

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd

§320.061FORGERY OFREPEALED 2010-162M · 2nd

§320.061NON-MOVING VIOLALTER OBSCURE VEHICLE REGISTR/LICENSE PLATEM · 2nd

Civil Citations under F.S. 320.061

Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension

§320.061TAG - unlawful alteration Note 163 pts

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1989–2012 · leading case: Jenkins v. State, 102 So. 3d 739 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).

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Jenkins v. State, 102 So. 3d 739 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). · cites it 3× “See § 320.061, Fla. Stat. (2009). Incident to arrest, they searched him and the car.”

Johnson v. State, 537 So. 2d 655 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). · cites it 2× “This appeal challenges the constitutional validity of a traffic stop based on section 320.061, Florida Statutes (1987), which proscribes alteration of a license plate.”

Vickers v. State, 677 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). · cites it 2× “1994), alteration of license plates (count III), in violation of section 320.061, Florida Statutes (1993), and false proof of insurance (count IV), in violation of section 316.”

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