Florida Statute 322.22 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 322
DRIVER LICENSES

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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.

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Carnegie v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 60 So. 2d 728 (Fla. 1952).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1952 Fla. LEXIS 1431

...ity to require the appellant to take a re-examination under the circumstances here existing and no authority to cancel his license upon his failure to do so. 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....

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Cantrall v. Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 828 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 15487, 2002 WL 31373750

...guage that would have allowed a four-time DUI offender to obtain a driver's license. Ch. 98-223, Laws of Fla. *1063 In 1999, Cantrall applied for, and received, a driver's license. 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." Cantrall sought certiorari review of the Department's order, which the circuit court, sitting in its appellate capacity, denied....

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State, Dept. of High. v. Davis, 775 So. 2d 989 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 1742046

...The Department is required to hold such a hearing within 30 days of its receipt of the request. See § 322.271(1)(a), Fla. Stat. Accordingly, we grant the Department's petition and quash the lower court's order. ERVIN, MINER and KAHN, JJ., CONCUR. 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." Section 322.251 prescribes the notice requirements for such orders.

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Michael Crist v. State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...See § 322.14(1)(a), Fla. Stat. And Florida law grants to the department the right to require the surrender of the driver license upon certain occurrences. See, e.g., § 322.059, Fla. Stat. (surrender of license required for delinquent support obligation); § 322.22, Fla....

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Michael Crist v. State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2025).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...Safety and Motor Vehicles must include on licenses); id. § 322.15(1) (requiring that driver licenses not be “faded, altered, mutilated, or defaced”); id. § 322.16 (authorizing the State to impose license restrictions); id. § 322.059 (requiring surrender of a driver license); id. § 322.22 (authorizing the department to cancel or withhold renewal of a license); State v....

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