Florida Statute 627.734 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS

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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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 627.734

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S627.734 2a - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - GIVE FALSE VEHICLE INSURNACE REPORT - M: F

S627.734 2b - FORGERY OF - SIGN W/O AUTHORITY VEHICLE PROOF OF SECURITY - M: F

S627.734 2c - FORGERY - OFFER FILE FORGED W/O AUTH VEH PROOF SECURITY - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 627.734

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State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Chapman, 415 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20028

...ct. The term "motor vehicle" is defined in the act in section 627.732(1). The statutory definition does not exclude government vehicles. The section of the act dealing with proof of security excludes government vehicles from all sections of the act. § 627.734(3), Fla....

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Russ v. Iswarin, 429 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...[2] Packer also suggests that the directed verdict against Russ can be sustained because he failed to meet the no-fault threshold under section 627.737, Florida Statutes (1979). We reject this argument because the provisions of the Florida Automobile Reparations Reform Act are not applicable to municipally owned vehicles. § 627.734(3), Fla....

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Ward v. Hillsborough Cnty. Sch. Bd., 447 So. 2d 397 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 16 Educ. L. Rep. 1432, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12363

...xcluded from jury consideration. See Florida Standard Jury Instructions (Civil) 61.3 (1980 ed.) They also argue that the damages awarded were inadequate as a matter of law. Appellants contend that the trial court incorrectly failed to give effect to section 627.734(3), Florida Statutes (1979), when it allowed the foregoing evidence, gave the foregoing jury instruction regarding collateral source payments as provided in section 627.7372, Florida Statutes (1979), and declined the foregoing standard jury instruction. Section 627.734(3) provides: Sections 627.730-627.741 do not apply to any motor vehicle owned by the state, a political subdivision of the state, or the Federal Government. We agree with appellants’ argument and thus reverse. Section 627.734 provides that sections 627.730-627.741, i.e., the entire Florida Automobile Reparations Reform Act, does not apply to a motor vehicle of the type involved here....

...The collateral source indemnity statute (section 627.7372) was within that act. If the legislature had intended for section 627.7372 to apply in a case like the one before us, the legislature could, and presumably would, have excepted section 627.7372 from the specific language of section 627.734(3)....

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Lewis v. Allstate Ins., 425 So. 2d 100 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21991

in the circumstances of the present case. Section 627.734, Florida Statutes, relating to “Security Requirements

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Maglio v. Neca-Ibew Welfare Trust Fund, 506 So. 2d 447 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 40 Educ. L. Rep. 560, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 951, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7615

...There is no dispute that the bus involved in this accident would be excluded from the definition of a motor vehicle under this statute. Furthermore, there can be no question but that the definitions of section 627.732 apply to section 627.7372. Cf Ward v. Hillsborough County School Bd., 447 So.2d 397 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984) (section 627.734, excluding government owned vehicles from sections 627.730-627.-741, was applicable to 627.7372)....

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