Florida Statute 321.23 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 321
HIGHWAY PATROL

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F.S. 321.23

321.23 Public records; fees for copies; destruction of obsolete records; photographing records; effect as evidence.—

(1) The purpose of this section is to make available for the use of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles sufficient floor space to enable it to efficiently administer the affairs of the department and to provide fees for copies of public records.

(2) Fees for copies of public records shall be charged and collected as follows:

(a) For a crash report, a copy..........$10

(b) For a homicide report, a copy..........$25

(d) Photographs (accidents, etc.):

	Enlargement Proof	Color	Black & White
1.	5″ x 7″	$1.00	$0.75
2.	8″ x 10″	$1.50	$1.00
3.	11″ x 14″	Not Available	$1.75
4.	16″ x 20″	Not Available	$2.75
5.	20″ x 24″	Not Available	$3.75

The department shall furnish such information without charge to any local, state, or federal law enforcement agency upon proof satisfactory to the department as to the purpose of the investigation.

(3) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, unless the department provides the crash report online, in which case the department may distribute up to $5 of the amount collected per copy to the investigating agency.

(4) The department may destroy reports, records, documents, papers, and correspondence which are considered obsolete.

(5) The department may scan, photograph, microphotograph, or reproduce on film such documents, records, and reports as it may select. The photographs or microphotographs in the form of film or print of any records made in compliance with the provisions of this section shall have the same force and effect as the originals and shall be treated as originals for the purpose of their admissibility in evidence. Duly certified or authenticated reproductions of such photographs or microphotographs shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original photographs or microphotographs.

History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 26978, 1951; s. 1, ch. 63-371; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 82-130; s. 70, ch. 93-120; s. 278, ch. 99-248; s. 29, ch. 2009-71; s. 21, ch. 2011-66.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 321.23

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 321.23.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 321.23

Total Results: 15

Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC v. Alan Kavoll and Renay Kavoll

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-01-17T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: Mortg. Loan Tr. Inc. v. Scialabba, 238 So. 3d 317, 321–23 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018); Caraccia v. U.S. Bank, Nat

LUIS ANGEL SERRANO, CENTRAL FLORIDA EQUIPMENT RENTALS, INC., and TARA LYNN CLARK v. ADDISON GRACE DICKINSON, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, and BIOMET 31, LLC d/b/a ZIMMER BIOMET DENTAL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-06-14T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: Anglin. In Zwinge v. Hettinger, 530 So. 2d 318, 321–23 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988), the Second District held that

Handi-Van, Inc. v. Broward County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 116 So. 3d 530, 2013 WL 3014121, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 9636

Snippet: United States v. Corliss Steam-Engine Co., 91 U.S. 321, 23 L.Ed. 397 (1875), the Supreme Court conferred upon

In Re Estate of O'Keefe

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-08-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 833 So. 2d 157

Snippet: So.2d at 264; Lefler v. Lefler, 776 So.2d 319, 321-23 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Lamb v. Leiter, 603 So.2d

O'Keefe v. Burchett

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-08-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 833 So. 2d 162, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 11310, 2002 WL 1815902

Snippet: So.2d at 264; Lefler v. Lefler, 776 So.2d 319, 321-23 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001); Lamb v. Leiter, 603 So.2d

Dimick v. Ray

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-12-27T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 774 So. 2d 830

Snippet: instance, in McCullough v. McCullough, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139 (1945), Frenz Enterprises, Inc. v. Port

Perlman v. Prudential Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-01-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 686 So. 2d 1378

Snippet: Accident Insurance, 34 A.L.R.3d 245, at 312-19, 321-23 (1970), we think it is erroneously in conflict

DESIGNERS TILE INTERN. v. Capitol C Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-01-12T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 499 So. 2d 4

Snippet: favor. See McCullough v. McCullough, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139, 140 (1945); Dean Co. v. U.S. Home Corp

Strickland v. St. Petersburg Auto Auction, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1971-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 243 So. 2d 603, 1971 Fla. App. LEXIS 5439

Snippet: 877; McCullough v. McCullough, 1945, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139; Gables Racing Ass’n v. Perslcy, 1939

Petterson v. Concrete Construction, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-08-29T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 202 So. 2d 191

Snippet: 278; McCullough v. McCullough, 1945, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139. Granting leave to amend rests in the

United States v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1965-11-08T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 179 So. 2d 890

Snippet: opinion in McCullough v. McCullough, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139, 140, and further quoted from the opinion

Dunn v. Campbell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-07-01T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 166 So. 2d 217

Snippet: opinion in McCullough v. McCullough, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139, 140, and further quoted from the opinion

Wilensky v. Perell

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1954-04-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 72 So. 2d 278

Snippet: technicality". McCullough v. McCullough, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139, 140. Chary as we are to interfere with

Warfield v. Drawdy

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1949-07-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 41 So. 2d 877

Snippet: opinion in McCullough v. McCullough, 156 Fla. 321, 23 So.2d 139, 140, and further quoted from the opinion

State Ex Rel. Cheney v. Rowe

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1943-01-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 11 So. 2d 585, 152 Fla. 316, 1943 Fla. LEXIS 902

Snippet: 179 A. 130, 100 A.L.R. 313, and annotations pp. 321-23; State ex. rel. Marr v. Superior Court, 163 Wn.