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Florida Statute 322.274 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 322.274 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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322.274 Automatic revocation of driver license.—
(1) The driver license of any person convicted hereunder of theft of any motor vehicle or parts or components of a motor vehicle shall be revoked. If such revocation shall not be ordered by the court, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall forthwith revoke the same. The department shall not consider the convicted person’s application for reinstatement of such revoked license until the expiration of the full term of the sentence imposed, whether served during actual imprisonment, probation, parole, or suspension.
(2) It shall be grounds for the revocation of any person’s parole or probation if he or she operates a motor vehicle while his or her license is revoked pursuant to this chapter. However, it shall be within the discretion of the trial judge who imposes sentence upon the person convicted hereunder to direct the reinstatement of the person’s driver license on a limited basis after a reasonable time.
History.—s. 1, ch. 70-19; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 4, ch. 71-342; s. 65, ch. 74-383; s. 415, ch. 95-148.
Note.—Former s. 814.05.

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·Lite v. State, 617 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 1993).

Cited 23 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1993 WL 113519

...(1989) (committing perjury related to the ownership of a motor vehicle); §§ 318.15 and 322.245, Fla. Stat. (1989) (failure to comply with traffic court's directives and civil penalties); § 322.0601, Fla. Stat. (1989) (failure to attend high school); § 322.274, Fla....
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