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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES
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F.S. 320.26
320.26 Counterfeiting license plates, validation stickers, mobile home stickers, cab cards, trip permits, or special temporary operational permits prohibited; penalty.
(1)(a) No person shall counterfeit registration license plates, validation stickers, or mobile home stickers, or have in his or her possession any such plates or stickers; nor shall any person manufacture, sell, or dispose of registration license plates, validation stickers, or mobile home stickers in the state without first having obtained the permission and authority of the department in writing.
(b) No person shall counterfeit, alter, or manufacture International Registration Plan cab cards, trip permits, special temporary permits, or temporary operational permits; nor shall any person sell or dispose of International Registration Plan cab cards, trip permits, special temporary permits, or temporary operational permits without first having obtained the permission and authority of the department in writing.
(2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
(a) If the violator is a natural person, he or she is punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(b) If the violator is an association or corporation, it is punishable as provided in s. 775.083, and the official of the association or corporation under whose direction or with whose knowledge, consent, or acquiescence such violation occurred may be punished as provided in s. 775.082, in addition to the fine which may be imposed upon such association or corporation.
History.ss. 1, 2, ch. 16086, 1933; CGL 1936 Supp. 7792(5); s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 69-178; s. 198, ch. 71-136; s. 6, ch. 72-79; s. 5, ch. 78-412; s. 46, ch. 83-318; s. 6, ch. 84-155; s. 21, ch. 86-243; s. 360, ch. 95-148.

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F.S. 320.26 on Casetext

Amendments to 320.26


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.26
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S320.26 1a - COUNTERFEITING OF - LIC PLATES VALIDATION STICKERS MOBILE HOME - F: T
S320.26 1a - POSSESS COUNTERFEITED - LICENSE PLATES ETC - F: T
S320.26 1a - FRAUD - MFG SELL DISPOSE WO AUTH LIC PLATE STICKER ETC - F: T
S320.26 1b - FORGERY OF - ALTER INTERNATIONAL REGIST PLAN CAB CARD ETC - F: T
S320.26 1b - COUNTERFEITING OF - INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION PLAN CAB CARDS ETC - F: T
S320.26 1b - FRAUD - MFG SELL DISPOSE INTERNAT REGIST CARD WO AUTH - F: T



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. TAYLOR,, 16 So. 3d 997 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . Section 320.26, Florida Statutes (2007) states that no person shall counterfeit registration license . . .

HERRERA- LARA, v. STATE, 932 So. 2d 1138 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . imposing a fine and costs for possession of a counterfeit registration license plate pursuant to section 320.26 . . . He asserted that because possession of a counterfeit temporary tag is not a violation of section 320.26 . . . Section 320.26(l)(a) states in pertinent part that “[n]o person shall counterfeit registration license . . . Section 320.26(2) punishes a violation of subsection (l)(a) as a third-degree felony. . . . , we must assume the legislature did not intend for section 320.26 to apply to those items. . . .

UNITED STATES v. MILEY, 513 F.2d 1191 (2d Cir. 1975)

. . . COUNT FIVE: Brandt, Lang, and Wenzler (4070 dosage units of LSD — approximately 320.26 milligrams). . . .

UNITED STATES v. GLOBE REMODELING CO. S. B. A. A. Jr., 196 F. Supp. 652 (D. Vt. 1960)

. . . 106.04 5 099.94 5 880.26 1 760.52 120.00 3 640.52 6 1 258.56 2 517.12 800.23 3 716.89 7 1 160.13 2 320.26 . . .