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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.57

320.57 Penalties for violations of this chapter.—

(1) Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter is, unless otherwise provided herein, guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) The owner of a truck tractor and semitrailer combination or commercial truck and trailer combination, the actual gross vehicle weight of which exceeds the declared weight for registration purposes, is required to pay to the department the difference between the license tax amount paid and the required license tax due for the proper gross vehicle weight prescribed by s. 320.08(4), plus a civil penalty of $50.

History.—s. 26, ch. 7275, 1917; RGS 5605; s. 14, ch. 8410, 1921; s. 7, ch. 10186, 1925; CGL 7792, 7793; s. 202, ch. 71-136; s. 54, ch. 83-318; s. 44, ch. 87-198.

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Amendments to 320.57

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.57

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 320.57

Total Results: 7

Vaughn v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-09-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 176 So. 3d 354, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13617, 2015 WL 5306180

Snippet: of address within 20 days of such change.”); § 320.57(1), Fla. Stat. (2014) (“Any person convicted of

Riggins v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-11-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 67 So. 3d 244, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 17177, 2010 WL 4484629

Snippet: roads of this state” register the vehicle. Section 320.57(1) provides that any person convicted of violating

Ellis v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-06-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 935 So. 2d 29, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 10622, 2006 WL 1752252

Snippet: a second-degree misdemeanor pursuant to section 320.57(1), Florida Statutes (1997). When an owner registers

Willis v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-07-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 762 So. 2d 1005, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 8527, 2000 WL 904907

Snippet: 1997). . §§ 320.02(1) and 320.57, Fla. Stat. (1997). . Section 320.57(1) provides that any person …classification of section 320.57. Hence, it is a criminal misdemeanor. . .,§ 320.57, Fla. Stat. (1997). Law…offenses; section 320.02 is *1007a misdemeanor. § 320.57(1),, Fla. Stat. (1997).3 The trial court found …[sic], a misdemeanor of the second degree. F.S. 320.57(1).” The order concluded that because the arrest

State v. James

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-04-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 543 So. 2d 288, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1043, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 2221, 1989 WL 39497

Snippet: violations of its provisions. See §§ 320.02(6), 320.57, Fla.Stat. (1987). To the extent the State has

State v. Copher

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-03-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 395 So. 2d 635

Snippet: , s. 775.083, or s. 775.084." [2] Section 320.57 provides: "Any person convicted of violating

Orme v. Burr Burch v. Burr

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1946-05-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 25 So. 2d 870, 157 Fla. 378, 1946 Fla. LEXIS 751

Snippet: jail sentence not exceeding three months. (Section 320.57 F.S. 1941) The trial court mentioned this statute