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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 322
DRIVER LICENSES
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322.201 Records as evidence.A copy, computer copy, or transcript of all abstracts of crash reports and all abstracts of court records of convictions received by the department and the complete driving record of any individual certified by the department or by the clerk of a court shall be received as evidence in all courts of this state without further authentication, if the same is otherwise admissible in evidence. Further, any court or the office of the clerk of any court of this state which is electronically connected by a terminal device to the computer data center of the department may use as evidence in any case the information obtained by this device from the records of the department without need of such certification; however, if a genuine issue as to the authenticity of such information is raised by a party or by the court, the court may require that a record certified by the department be submitted for admission into evidence. For computer copies generated by a terminal device of a court or clerk of court, entry in a driver’s record that the notice required by s. 322.251 was given constitutes sufficient evidence that such notice was given.
History.s. 2, ch. 63-371; s. 1, ch. 67-305; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-34; s. 20, ch. 83-218; s. 30, ch. 91-221; s. 288, ch. 99-248; s. 35, ch. 2009-71.

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Cases Citing Statute 322.201

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Arthur v. State, 818 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).

Cited 15 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2002 WL 727008

...Since the definition of one of the elements, habitual traffic offender, incorporates the Department's records, it is essential that such records, or at least the relevant portions thereof showing such designation and revocation, be proved to the jury. These records are admissible under section 322.201, Florida Statutes....
..., and one appellate court has agreed with the holding of Sylvester. By virtue of the majority's disavowance of Sylvester, conflict jurisdiction appears to exist for the supreme court to tell us what the correct answer is. NOTES [1] Arthur urges that section 322.201 merely removes the necessity for authentication and does not address the hearsay problem....
...unity to confront these records by challenging any entry therein. [3] State v. Fields, 809 So.2d 99 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2002). [4] The dissent suggests that while the defendant's driving record is sufficiently linked to defendant by its introduction under section 322.201, it does not adequately link the convictions listed therein to defendant....
...n evidence, was insufficient to prove the prior convictions beyond a reasonable doubt but also insufficient to link Sylvester to the prior convictions. Sylvester relied on State v. Harbaugh, 754 So.2d 691 (Fla.2000), but this reliance was misplaced. Section 322.201, Fla....
...Harbaugh was primarily concerned with whether a bifurcated process would be required in establishing felony DUI if the defendant elected a jury trial. Although the court discussed submitting certified copies of each judgment in order to evidence the prior convictions, it did not discuss the effect of section 322.201, Fla....
...a defendant could be sentenced as a habitual offender based on a driving record that reflected the requisite prior felony convictions, rather than through the introduction of the certified prior convictions. [4] See Sylvester, 770 So.2d at 250 n. 1; § 322.201, Fla....
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Rodgers v. State, 804 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).

Cited 14 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 2886

...such license is revoked is guilty of a felony...." [1] As evidence of the offense, the state presented a certified copy of a computer printout of defendant's driving record maintained by its Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DMV). [2] Section 322.201 provides: *482 "A copy, computer copy, or transcript of......
...AFFIRMED. STEVENSON and GROSS, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 322.34(5), Fla. Stat. (2000). [2] An officer also testified to the fact that defendant drove a motor vehicle while the revocation was in effect and that he arrested defendant for the offense. [3] § 322.201, Fla....
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State v. Perkins, 977 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 397415

...The amended order dismissing the felony information is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings. REVERSED AND REMANDED. PALMER, C.J., and MONACO, J., concur. NOTES [1] The driving record contained the following certification: In compliance with section 322.201, F.S., I Lydia Gardner, Clerk of the Circuit Court County of Orange, State of Florida, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct machine imprint transcript of the above named subject's driving record as taken from the official...
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Card v. State, 927 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 1144356

...5th DCA 2002); see also Kirschner v. State, 915 So.2d 624, 625 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005). The State may prove revocation as an habitual traffic offender by presenting a certified copy of the defendant's driving record maintained by DHSMV. Kirschner, 915 So.2d at 625. Section 322.201, Florida Statutes (2004), makes driving records issued by DHSMV self-authenticating and admissible in evidence....
..., here, we have no difficulty in concluding that Card's driving record was not testimonial hearsay. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. AFFIRMED. PLEUS, C.J., and SAWAYA, J., concur. NOTES [1] Specifically, that statute provides: 322.201 Records as evidence....
...mission into evidence. For such computer copies generated by a terminal device of a court or clerk of court, entry in a driver's record that the notice required by s. 322.251 was given shall constitute sufficient evidence that such notice was given. § 322.201, Fla....
...[2] The Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause guarantees that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him." U.S. Const. amend. VI. [3] Florida has dealt with the hearsay issue in this case in sections 322.201 (driving records), 90.803(6) (business records), and 90.803(8) (public records)....
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Sproule v. State, 927 So. 2d 46 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 782483

...Based on the foregoing, the judgment and sentence are affirmed. SHAHOOD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur. ON MOTION FOR REHEARING POLEN, J. We deny appellant's motion for rehearing but certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court: *49 WHETHER A DRIVING RECORD AS CONTEMPLATED IN SECTION 322.201, FLORIDA STATUTES, IS TESTIMONIAL IN NATURE, AND THEREFORE A DEFENDANT HAS A SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT UNDER CRAWFORD V....
...idual duly certified by machine imprint of the department or by machine imprint of the clerk of a court shall be received as evidence in all courts of this state without further authentication, provided the same is otherwise admissible in evidence." § 322.201, Fla....
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Sorrell v. State, 855 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 22339170

...icles v. Critchfield, 842 So.2d 782 (Fla.2003). Contrary to appellant's argument, at the non-jury trial, the state proved by competent evidence that appellant's license had been revoked. A copy of his driving record was properly admitted pursuant to section 322.201, Florida Statutes (2001)....
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State v. Troehler, 546 So. 2d 109 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1989 WL 73858

...Troehler was charged by an information with felony driving under the influence offense, which charged in part that he "has been convicted of Driving Under the Influence on three previous occasions." At his sentencing, the state produced a certified print-out of his driving record, admissible under section 322.201, Florida Statutes (1987)....
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Kohler v. State, 534 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 126191

...that the record was not accurate. see, Pritchard v. State, 528 So.2d 1272 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). Defense counsel only objected that the driving record was not best evidence or was hearsay. Computerized driving records are admissible as evidence under section 322.201, Florida Statutes (Supp....
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State v. Byrd, 969 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 4245388

...State, 909 So.2d 544, 545 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (same). Affirmed. SHAHOOD, C.J., and STEVENSON, J., concur. NOTES [1] Although the state sought to substitute the redacted version with another redacted version, both were deficient and failed to support the charge. Section 322.201, Florida Statutes, authorizes the admission of "the complete driving record" maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles with the machine imprint of the DMV or the court clerk....
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Arino v. State, 944 So. 2d 1120 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3452529

...charged nor which was a lesser included offense of the crime charged. Additionally, bifurcation would have provided little benefit for appellant. The state would still have been permitted to introduce a certified copy of appellant's driving record. § 322.201, Fla....
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Gray v. State, 803 So. 2d 755 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 19106, 2001 WL 1744167

...by an aggrieved party or by a person who has a legal duty to represent an aggrieved party and who is himself not a party to the offense, but in no case shall this provision extend the period of limitation otherwise applicable by more than 3 years. . Section 322.201, Florida Statutes (1999), provides that certified copies of driving records will be received as evidence in any court of Florida without further authentication.
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Francis v. State, 47 So. 3d 366 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 17149, 2010 WL 4483415

...The officer proceeded to testify that based on the driving record, Francis had been an habitual traffic offender in 1995, in 2000, and in 2004. Furthermore, Francis had never reinstated his license and did not have a valid license on the date of his arrest. Section 322.201, Florida Statutes, provides in pertinent part: A copy, computer copy, or transcript of all abstracts of crash reports and all abstracts of court records of convictions received by the department and the complete driving record of any...
...ithout need of such certification; however, if a genuine issue as to the authenticity of such information is raised by a party or by the court, the court may require that a record certified by the department be submitted for admission into evidence. § 322.201, Fla....
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Gowins v. State, 745 So. 2d 1156 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 17094, 1999 WL 1243369

PER CURIAM. Pursuant to section 322.201, Florida Statutes (1997), driving records certified by machine imprint are to be accepted as evidence where no genuine issue of authenticity is raised....

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