Florida Statute 320.51 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.51

320.51 Farm tractors and farm trailers exempt.—The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter which require the registration of motor vehicles, the payment of license taxes, and the display of license plates:

(1) A motor vehicle which is operated principally on a farm, grove, or orchard in agricultural or horticultural pursuits and which is operated on the roads of this state only incidentally in going from the owner’s or operator’s headquarters to such farm, grove, or orchard and returning therefrom or in going from one farm, grove, or orchard to another.

(2) A vehicle without motive power which is used principally for the purpose of transporting plows, harrows, fertilizer distributors, spray machines, and other farm or grove equipment and which uses the roads of this state only incidentally.

(3) A vehicle as described in subsection (1) or subsection (2) that is operated on the roads of this state for up to 3 days while moving from an auction site or other place of purchase to the purchaser’s property if the operator has in his or her possession a bill of sale.

This section does not exempt such farm tractors and farm trailers from laws relating to the tires to be used when operating on the roads of this state.

History.—s. 2, ch. 20911, 1941; s. 53, ch. 83-318; s. 2, ch. 2016-88.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.51

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 320.51.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 320.51

Total Results: 4

Rippy v. Shepard

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-08-06

Citation: 15 So. 3d 921, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 11042, 2009 WL 2396316

Snippet: have lights, reflectors, and slow moving emblems); 320.51, Fla. Stat. (2008) (a farm tractor shall have proper

Ryan v. Manera Independent Insurance Agency, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-10-05

Citation: 532 So. 2d 49, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2264, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4351, 1988 WL 101058

Snippet: *50supported by the evidence is an award of $14,320.51 plus prejudgment interest computed on this amount

State Ex Rel. Wedgworth Farms, Inc. v. Thompson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1958-03-07

Citation: 101 So. 2d 381

Snippet: described." We are then told that under Section 320.51, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., farm tractors and farm

Goldsmith v. Atlantic Nat. Bank of West Palm Beach

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1951-12-21

Citation: 55 So. 2d 804, 1951 Fla. LEXIS 987

Snippet: Weiner v. Pennsylvania Co., 1947, 160 Pa.Super. 320, 51 A.2d 385. "It will be found that the case at bar