Florida Statute 627.734 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS

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F.S. 627.734

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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Amendments to 627.734

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 627.734

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

S627.734 2a - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - INFORMATION REPORT RE VEHICLE AND INSURANCE - M: F

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

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

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 627.734

Total Results: 8

Anderson v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 87 So. 3d 774, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 227, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 553, 2012 WL 851040

Snippet: chapter, chapter 318, chapter 324, or ss. 627.732-627.734 shall be given either by [1] personal delivery

Fields v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-04-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 731 So. 2d 753

Snippet: , chapter 318, chapter 324, or ss *754 627.732-627.734 shall be given either by personal delivery thereof

Maglio v. Neca-Ibew Welfare Trust Fund

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-04-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 506 So. 2d 447, 40 Educ. L. Rep. 560, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 951, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 7615

Snippet: Bd., 447 So.2d 397 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984) (section 627.734, excluding government owned vehicles from sections

Ward v. Hillsborough County School Board

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-03-21T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 447 So. 2d 397, 16 Educ. L. Rep. 1432, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 12363

Snippet: court incorrectly failed to give effect to section 627.734(3), Florida Statutes (1979), when it allowed the…the foregoing standard jury instruction. Section 627.734(3) provides: Sections 627.730-627.741 do not apply…appellants’ argument and thus reverse. Section 627.734 provides that sections 627.730-627.741, i.e., the…627.7372 from the specific language of section 627.734(3). As this court said in Russ v. Iswarin, 429

Russ v. Iswarin

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-03-22T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 429 So. 2d 1237

Snippet: not applicable to municipally owned vehicles. § 627.734(3), Fla. Stat. (1979). 82-1536 District

Lewis v. Allstate Insurance

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-12-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 425 So. 2d 100, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21991

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

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Chapman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-05-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 415 So. 2d 47

Snippet: government vehicles from all sections of the act. § 627.734(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). This statute was intended

Heredia v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1978-03-08T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 358 So. 2d 1353

Snippet: .738(4), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] See, e.g., §§ 627.734(1), and 627.735(1), Fla. Stat. (1975).