Florida · Florida Statutes — Title XXIII, Motor Vehicles

Fla. Stat. (Motor Vehicles) § 316.545: Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Florida law authorizes highway patrol officers to weigh vehicles suspected of being overloaded. Refusing to submit to weighing is a first-degree misdemeanor; violently resisting a weight officer is a third-degree felony.

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