627.734
Proof of security; security requirements; penalties.
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627.734 Proof of security; security requirements; penalties.—
(1) The provisions of chapter 324 which pertain to the method of giving and maintaining proof of financial responsibility and which govern and define a motor vehicle liability policy shall apply to filing and maintaining proof of security required by ss. 627.730-627.7405.
(2) Any person who:
(a) Gives information required in a report or otherwise as provided for in ss. 627.730-627.7405, knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false;
(b) Forges or, without authority, signs any evidence of proof of security; or
(c) Files, or offers for filing, any such evidence of proof, knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority,
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—ss. 5, 5A, ch. 71-252; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 553, 563, ch. 82-243; s. 155, ch. 91-224; s. 19, ch. 2003-411; s. 12, ch. 2007-324.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1978–1987 · leading case: State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Chapman
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Chapman (1982)
“§ 627.734(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). This statute was intended to exempt governmental bodies from having to obtain no-fault coverage on vehicles that they own and was not intended to take government vehicles out of the definition of *49 "motor vehicles.”
Heredia v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1978)
“, §§ 627.734(1), and 627.735(1), Fla. Stat.”
Russ v. Iswarin (1983)
“…the provisions of the Florida Automobile Reparations Reform Act are not applicable to municipally owned vehicles. § 627.734(3), Fla. Stat. (1979).”
Ward v. Hillsborough County School Board (1984)
“Section 627.734 provides that sections 627.”
Maglio v. Neca-Ibew Welfare Trust Fund (1987)
“2d DCA 1984) (section 627.734, excluding government owned vehicles from sections 627.”
Lewis v. Allstate Insurance (1982)
“Section 627.734, Florida Statutes, relating to “Security Requirements,” merely exempts governmental entities from the required provisions of such benefits, and does not affect the obligations of private parties as are involved in the present case.”
— 627.734(1) — 1 case
Heredia v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1978)
“, §§ 627.734(1), and 627.735(1), Fla. Stat.”
— 627.734(3) — 3 cases
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Chapman (1982)
“§ 627.734(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). This statute was intended to exempt governmental bodies from having to obtain no-fault coverage on vehicles that they own and was not intended to take government vehicles out of the definition of *49 "motor vehicles.”
Russ v. Iswarin (1983)
“…the provisions of the Florida Automobile Reparations Reform Act are not applicable to municipally owned vehicles. § 627.734(3), Fla. Stat. (1979).”
Ward v. Hillsborough County School Board (1984)
“Section 627.734 provides that sections 627.”
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