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Fla. Stat. § 322.201 (2025)
Records as evidence.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases, 1985–2010 · leading case: Arthur v. State, 818 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
Arthur v. State, 818 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). “1; § 322.201, Fla. Stat. [1] Since the Sylvester opinion spoke of prior convictions as an element of the felony DWLS offense, it would seem obvious that it was section 322.”
Card v. State, 927 So. 2d 200 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “§ 322.201, Fla. Stat. (2004). [2] The Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause guarantees that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right .”
Rodgers v. State, 804 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). “[3] § 322.201, Fla. Stat. (2000). [4] The DWLS conviction dates were March 10, 1992 in Duval County; May 2, 1992 in Indian River County; and January 14, 1997 in Indian River County.”
Sproule v. State, 927 So. 2d 46 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). “" § 322.201, Fla. Stat. (2006). See also Rodgers v.”
Sorrell v. State, 855 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). “A copy of his driving record was properly admitted pursuant to section 322.201, Florida Statutes (2001).”
State v. Perkins, 977 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008). “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…”
State v. Troehler, 546 So. 2d 109 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989). “" At his sentencing, the state produced a certified print-out of his driving record, admissible under section 322.201, Florida Statutes (1987).”
Kohler v. State, 534 So. 2d 1213 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). “Computerized driving records are admissible as evidence under section 322.201, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986).”
State v. Byrd, 969 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). “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.”
Gray v. State, 803 So. 2d 755 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). “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.”
Arino v. State, 944 So. 2d 1120 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006). “A bifurcated proceeding would have wrongly forced the state to try to prove a crime which it had not charged nor which was a lesser included offense of the crime charged. Additionally, bifurcation would have provided little benefit for appellant.”
Gowins v. State, 745 So. 2d 1156 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). “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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