Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 877.18 (2025)
Identification card or document purporting to contain applicant’s age or date of birth; penalties for failure to comply with requirements for sale or issuance.
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877.18 Identification card or document purporting to contain applicant’s age or date of birth; penalties for failure to comply with requirements for sale or issuance.—
(1) It is unlawful for any person, except a governmental agency or instrumentality, to sell or issue, or to offer to sell or issue, in this state any identification card or document purporting to contain the age or date of birth of the person in whose name it was issued, unless:
(a) Prior to selling or issuing such card or document, the person has first obtained from the applicant and retains for a period of 3 years from the date of sale:
1. An authenticated or certified copy of proof of age as provided in s. 1003.21(4); and
2. A notarized affidavit from the applicant attesting to the applicant’s age and that the proof-of-age document required by subparagraph 1. is for such applicant.
(b) Prior to offering to sell such cards in this state, the person has included in any offer for sale of identification cards or documents that such cards cannot be sold or issued without the applicants’ first submitting the documents required by paragraph (a).
(c) The identification card or document contains the business name and street address of the person selling or issuing such card or document.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term “offer to sell” includes every inducement, solicitation, attempt, or printed or media advertisement to encourage a person to purchase an identification card.
(3) All records required to be maintained by this section shall be available for inspection without warrant upon reasonable demand by any law enforcement officer, including, but not limited to, a state attorney investigator or an investigator for the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.
(4) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The failure to produce the documents required by subsection (1), upon lawful request therefor, is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(5) The state attorney for any county in which a violation of this section occurs or the Attorney General may enjoin any sale or offer for sale in violation of this section by temporary and permanent injunction by application to any court of competent jurisdiction.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 877.18
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§877.18FRAUDSELL OR ISSUE ID CARD DOCUMENT UNLAWFULLY
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1996–1999 · leading case: State v. Mitro, 700 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1997).
State v. Mitro, 700 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1997). “On August 11, 1994, Ronald Mitro was charged with sixteen counts of violating section 877.18, Florida Statutes (1993). [1] This section makes it a third-degree felony for a person except a governmental agency or instrumentality to sell, issue, or offer to sell or issue any…”
St. Surin v. State, 745 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). “03, Florida Statutes (1993), and had set out in section 877.18, Florida Statutes (1993), what evidence of proof of age was required.”
Mitro v. State, 681 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). “The question presented by this appeal is whether section 877.18, Florida Statutes (1993), which regulates the issuance of identification cards by private vendors, is constitutional.”
— 877.18(1)(a) — 1 case
State v. Mitro, 700 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1997). “On August 11, 1994, Ronald Mitro was charged with sixteen counts of violating section 877.18, Florida Statutes (1993). [1] This section makes it a third-degree felony for a person except a governmental agency or instrumentality to sell, issue, or offer to sell or issue any…”
— 877.18(l)(a) — 1 case
Mitro v. State, 681 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). “The question presented by this appeal is whether section 877.18, Florida Statutes (1993), which regulates the issuance of identification cards by private vendors, is constitutional.”
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