Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 322.22 (2025)
Authority of department to cancel or refuse to issue or renew license.
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322.22 Authority of department to cancel or refuse to issue or renew license.—
(1) The department may cancel or withhold issuance or renewal of any driver license, upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof, or that the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in his or her application or committed any fraud in making such application, or that the licensee has two or more licenses on file with the department, each in a different name but bearing the photograph of the licensee, unless the licensee has complied with the requirements of this chapter in obtaining the licenses. The department may cancel or withhold issuance or renewal of any driver license, identification card, vehicle or vessel registration, or fuel-use decal if the licensee fails to pay the correct fee or pays for any driver license, identification card, vehicle or vessel registration, or fuel-use decal; pays any tax liability, penalty, or interest specified in chapter 207; or pays any administrative, delinquency, or reinstatement fee by a dishonored check.
(2) Upon such cancellation, the licensee must surrender to the department the license so canceled.
History.—s. 34, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 4151(648); s. 34, ch. 20451, 1941; s. 20, ch. 78-394; s. 42, ch. 89-282; s. 81, ch. 94-306; s. 936, ch. 95-148; s. 83, ch. 2005-164; s. 54, ch. 2013-160.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1952–2025 · leading case: Cantrall v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 828 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).
Cantrall v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 828 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). “The Department subsequently revoked his driver's license pursuant to section 322.22, Florida Statutes (1999), which states that the Department is authorized "to cancel any license, upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof.”
Carnegie v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 60 So. 2d 728 (Fla. 1952). “In fact, the only authority to cancel a license held by the Department is that contained in Section 322.22, Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Failure to take an examination, as directed by the Department, is not one of the grounds for cancellation therein stated.”
State, Dept. of High. v. Davis, 775 So. 2d 989 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). “NOTES [1] Section 322.22, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Department to cancel any driver's license "upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof.”
Michael Crist v. State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2025). “(surrender of license required for delinquent support obligation); § 322.22, Fla. Stat. (authorizing cancelation or withholding of issuance or renewal of license and requiring surrender of canceled license).”
Michael Crist v. State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2025). “(surrender of license required for delinquent support obligation); § 322.22, Fla. Stat. (authorizing cancelation or 23 withholding of issuance or renewal of license and requiring surrender of canceled license).”
Cassese v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 24 Fla. Supp. 54 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Miami-Dade Cty. 1964). “The authority for cancellation of a driver’s license by the department is contained in F. S. 322.22 which section does not include authority to cancel for an accumulation of points.”
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