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The 2025 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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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.57
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S320.57 1 - NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOL - VIOL OF MOTOR VEH LIC REG NOT SPECIFIED - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 320.57

Total Results: 7

Orme v. Burr Burch v. Burr

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

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 3, 1946 | Docket: 3264990

Cited 50 times | Published

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

State v. Copher

395 So. 2d 635

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 1981 | Docket: 1693039

Cited 3 times | Published

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

Vaughn v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 11, 2015 | Docket: 60250919

Cited 1 times | Published

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

Riggins v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 10, 2010 | Docket: 60302078

Cited 1 times | Published

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

United States v. Reginald Graham

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 2, 2024 | Docket: 66744898

Published

Argued: Jan 19, 2023

an unregistered vehicle); Fla. Stat. § 320.57(1) (making a violation of § 320.02 a second-de-

Ellis v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 28, 2006 | Docket: 64845921

Published

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

Willis v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 7, 2000 | Docket: 64798840

Published

offenses; section 320.02 is *1007a misdemeanor. § 320.57(1),, Fla. Stat. (1997).3 The trial court found