Florida Statute 320.261 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.261

320.261 Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawful; penalty.—Any person who knowingly attaches to any motor vehicle or mobile home any registration license plate, or who knowingly attaches any validation sticker or mobile home sticker to a registration license plate, which plate or sticker was not issued and assigned or lawfully transferred to such vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 59-478; s. 199, ch. 71-136; s. 7, ch. 72-79; s. 47, ch. 83-318.

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Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S320.261

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S320.261 Attaching TAG (license plate) not assigned - Points on Drivers License: 0

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.261

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

S320.261 - NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOL - ATTACH REGISTRATION LICENSE PLATE NOT ASSIGNED - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 320.261

Total Results: 9

State v. Rodriguez

575 So. 2d 1262, 1991 WL 36398

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 3, 1991 | Docket: 1731302

Cited 30 times | Published

a registration license plate not assigned, section 320.261 of the Florida Statutes (1987); and driving

Indialantic Police Dept. v. Zimmerman

677 So. 2d 1307, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 7855, 1996 WL 417613

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 26, 1996 | Docket: 1689978

Cited 7 times | Published

he had grounds to detain and arrest Zimmerman. § 320.261, Fla. Stat. (1993). See generally, State v. Carmody

State v. Carmody

553 So. 2d 1366, 1989 WL 153606

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 1989 | Docket: 1675563

Cited 5 times | Published

DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 320.261, Fla. Stat. (1987). [2] §§ 316.123(2)(a), 322

State v. Marrero

890 So. 2d 1278, 2005 WL 120363

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 2005 | Docket: 1291787

Cited 4 times | Published

vehicle. This would have been a violation of section 320.261, Florida Statutes (1997), a second-degree misdemeanor

Aders v. State

67 So. 3d 368, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 11780, 2011 WL 3111876

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 27, 2011 | Docket: 2356661

Cited 3 times | Published

which is a second-degree misdemeanor under section 320.261, Florida Statutes (2010).[5] A color discrepancy

ANTHONY MAURICE BROWN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 6, 2021 | Docket: 29084947

Published

4th DCA 1988). “Since [a] violation of . . . section 320.261 is only a misdemeanor, a police officer may

State of Florida v. Kerrick Van Teamer

151 So. 3d 421, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 478, 2014 WL 2979378, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 2149, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 10282

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2014 | Docket: 58939

Published

guilty of a misdemeanor of the second de-gree_”); § 320.261 (making it illegal to "knowingly attachf ] to

Phillips v. State

531 So. 2d 1044, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2265, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4394, 1988 WL 101066

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 5, 1988 | Docket: 64637386

Published

for an improper license tag in violation of section 320.261, Florida Statutes (1987). This statute makes

Parrish v. State

402 So. 2d 530, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20891

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 18, 1981 | Docket: 64584657

Published

unlawful automobile license plate contrary to Section 320.261, Florida Statutes (1979). The revocation of