Florida

Florida Statutes — Title XXIII, Motor Vehicles

401 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 316.271 — Horns and warning devices
• § 316.272 — Exhaust systems, prevention of noise
• § 316.293 — Motor vehicle noise
• § 316.2935 — Air pollution control equipment; tampering prohibited; penalty
• § 316.2937 — Motor vehicle emissions standards
• § 316.294 — Mirrors
• § 316.2951 — Motor vehicle windows; definitions
• § 316.2952 — Windshields; requirements; restrictions
• § 316.2953 — Side windows; restrictions on sunscreening material
• § 316.2954 — Windows behind the driver; restrictions on sunscreening material
• § 316.29545 — Window sunscreening exclusions; medical exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles, process server vehicles, and private investigative service vehicles exempt
• § 316.2955 — Window sunscreening material; compliance labeling; tolerances
• § 316.2956 — Violation of provisions relating to windshields, windows, and sunscreening material; penalties
• § 316.2957 — Exemption for motor vehicle manufacturers
• § 316.299 — Rough surfaced wheels prohibited
• § 316.300 — Certain vehicles to carry flares or other devices
• § 316.301 — Display of warning lights and devices when vehicle is stopped or disabled
• § 316.302 — Commercial motor vehicles; safety regulations; transporters and shippers of hazardous materials; enforcement
• § 316.3025 — Penalties
• § 316.3026 — Unlawful operation of motor carriers
• § 316.303 — Television receivers
• § 316.304 — Wearing of headsets
• § 316.3045 — Operation of radios or other mechanical or electronic soundmaking devices or instruments in vehicles; exemptions
• § 316.305 — Wireless communications devices; prohibition
• § 316.306 — School and work zones; prohibition on the use of a wireless communications device in a handheld manner
• § 316.400 — Headlamps
• § 316.405 — Motorcycle headlights to be turned on
• § 316.410 — Taillamps
• § 316.415 — Reflectors
• § 316.420 — Stop lamps
• § 316.425 — Lamps on parked motorcycles
• § 316.430 — Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
• § 316.435 — Lighting equipment for motor-driven cycles
• § 316.440 — Brake equipment required
• § 316.445 — Performance ability of motorcycle brakes
• § 316.450 — Brakes on motor-driven cycles
• § 316.455 — Other equipment
• § 316.46 — Equipment regulations for mopeds
• § 316.500 — Exceeding weight and length; penalties
• § 316.510 — Projecting loads on passenger vehicles
• § 316.515 — Maximum width, height, length
• § 316.516 — Width, height, and length; inspection; penalties
• § 316.520 — Loads on vehicles
• § 316.525 — Requirements for vehicles hauling loads
• § 316.530 — Towing requirements
• § 316.535 — Maximum weights
• § 316.545 — Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review
• § 316.550 — Operations not in conformity with law; special permits
• § 316.5501 — Permitting program for combination truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination coupled as a single unit subject to certain requirements
• § 316.555 — Weight, load, speed limits may be lowered; condition precedent
• § 316.560 — Damage to highways; liability of driver and owner
• § 316.565 — Emergency transportation, agricultural products; establishment of weight loads, etc
• § 316.600 — Health and sanitation hazards
• § 316.605 — Licensing of vehicles
• § 316.610 — Safety of vehicle; inspection
• § 316.6105 — Violations involving operation of motor vehicle in unsafe condition or without required equipment; procedure for disposition
• § 316.613 — Child restraint requirements
• § 316.6131 — Educational expenditures
• § 316.6135 — Leaving children unattended or unsupervised in motor vehicles; penalty; authority of law enforcement officer
• § 316.614 — Safety belt usage
• § 316.6145 — School buses; safety belts or other restraint systems required
• § 316.6146 — Transportation of private school students on public school buses and public school students on private school buses; agreement
• § 316.615 — School buses; physical requirements of drivers
• § 316.622 — Farm labor vehicles
• § 316.635 — Courts having jurisdiction over traffic violations; powers relating to custody and detention of minors
• § 316.640 — Enforcement
• § 316.645 — Arrest authority of officer at scene of a traffic crash
• § 316.646 — Security required; proof of security and display thereof
• § 316.650 — Traffic citations
• § 316.655 — Penalties
• § 316.656 — Mandatory adjudication; prohibition against accepting plea to lesser included offense
• § 316.660 — Disposition of fines and forfeitures collected for violations; reporting requirement
• § 316.70 — Nonpublic sector buses; safety rules
• § 316.72 — Buses simulating school buses in color and insignia; conditions of use
• § 316.75 — School crossing guards
• § 316.80 — Unlawful conveyance of fuel; obtaining fuel fraudulently
• § 316.83 — Autonomous vehicle grading standards for roads on State Highway System
• § 316.85 — Autonomous vehicles; operation; compliance with traffic and motor vehicle laws; testing
• § 316.86 — Exemption from liability for manufacturer when third party converts vehicle
• § 316.87 — Nonemergency medical transportation services
• § 316.88 — Sale of appointments prohibited
• § 316.89 — Creation of a wake on streets or highways
• § 322.01 — Definitions
• § 322.015 — Exemption
• § 322.02 — Legislative intent; administration
• § 322.025 — Driver improvement
• § 322.0255 — Florida Motorcycle Safety Education Program
• § 322.0261 — Driver improvement course; requirement to maintain driving privileges; failure to complete; department approval of course
• § 322.03 — Drivers must be licensed; penalties
• § 322.031 — Nonresident; when license required
• § 322.032 — Digital proof of driver license or identification card
• § 322.033 — Unauthorized aliens and undocumented immigrants; invalid out-of-state driver licenses
• § 322.04 — Persons exempt from obtaining driver license
• § 322.05 — Persons not to be licensed
• § 322.051 — Identification cards
• § 322.0515 — Department to forward certain information to federal Selective Service System; notification to applicant for certain license; application statement required
• § 322.055 — Revocation or suspension of, or delay of eligibility for, driver license for persons 18 years of age or older convicted of certain drug offenses
• § 322.056 — Mandatory revocation or suspension of, or delay of eligibility for, driver license for persons under age 18 found guilty of drug offenses; prohibition
• § 322.058 — Suspension of driving privilege due to support delinquency; reinstatement
• § 322.059 — Mandatory surrender of suspended driver license and registration
• § 322.0602 — Youthful Drunk Driver Visitation Program
• § 322.065 — Driver license expired for 6 months or less; penalties
• § 322.07 — Instruction permits and temporary licenses
• § 322.08 — Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms
• § 322.081 — Requests to establish voluntary checkoff on driver license application
• § 322.09 — Application of minors; responsibility for negligence or misconduct of minor
• § 322.091 — Attendance requirements
• § 322.095 — Traffic law and substance abuse education program for driver license applicants
• § 322.10 — Release from liability
• § 322.11 — Revocation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application
• § 322.12 — Examination of applicants
• § 322.121 — Periodic reexamination of all drivers
• § 322.125 — Medical Advisory Board
• § 322.126 — Report of disability to department; content; use
• § 322.13 — Driver license examiners
• § 322.135 — Driver license agents
• § 322.14 — Licenses issued to drivers
• § 322.141 — Color or markings of certain licenses or identification cards
• § 322.142 — Color photographic or digital imaged licenses
• § 322.143 — Use of a driver license or identification card
• § 322.15 — License to be carried and exhibited on demand; fingerprint to be imprinted upon a citation
• § 322.16 — License restrictions
• § 322.161 — High-risk drivers; restricted licenses
• § 322.1615 — Learner’s driver license
• § 322.17 — Replacement licenses and permits
• § 322.18 — Original applications, licenses, and renewals; expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses
• § 322.19 — Change of address, name, or citizenship status
• § 322.20 — Records of the department; fees; destruction of records
• § 322.201 — Records as evidence
• § 322.202 — Admission of evidence obtained from the Division of Motorist Services
• § 322.21 — License fees; procedure for handling and collecting fees
• § 322.212 — Unauthorized possession of, and other unlawful acts in relation to, driver license or identification card
• § 322.22 — Authority of department to cancel or refuse to issue or renew license
• § 322.221 — Department may require reexamination
• § 322.222 — Right to review
• § 322.23 — Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions
• § 322.24 — Suspending resident’s license upon conviction in another state
• § 322.245 — Suspension of license upon failure of person charged with specified offense under chapter 316, chapter 320, or this chapter to comply with directives ordered by traffic court or upon failure to pay child support in non-IV-D cases as provided in chapter 61 or failure to pay any financial obligation in any other criminal case
• § 322.25 — When court to forward license to department and report convictions
• § 322.2505 — Court to forward license of person adjudicated incapacitated to department
• § 322.251 — Notice of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification of license
• § 322.26 — Mandatory revocation of license by department
• § 322.2615 — Suspension of license; right to review
• § 322.26151 — Review of materials submitted by law enforcement officer
• § 322.2616 — Suspension of license; persons under 21 years of age; right to review
• § 322.263 — Legislative intent
• § 322.264 — “Habitual traffic offender” defined
• § 322.27 — Authority of department to suspend or revoke driver license or identification card
• § 322.271 — Authority to modify revocation, cancellation, or suspension order
• § 322.2715 — Ignition interlock device
• § 322.272 — Supersedeas
• § 322.273 — Penalty
• § 322.274 — Automatic revocation of driver license
• § 322.276 — Out-of-state sanctions; issuance of license
• § 322.28 — Period of suspension or revocation
• § 322.282 — Procedure when court revokes or suspends license or driving privilege and orders reinstatement
• § 322.283 — Commencement of period of suspension or revocation for incarcerated offenders
• § 322.29 — Surrender and return of license
• § 322.291 — Driver improvement schools or DUI programs; required in certain suspension and revocation cases
• § 322.292 — DUI programs supervision; powers and duties of the department
• § 322.293 — DUI programs; assessment; disposition
• § 322.30 — No operation under foreign license during suspension, revocation, or disqualification in this state
• § 322.31 — Right of review
• § 322.32 — Unlawful use of license
• § 322.33 — Making false affidavit perjury
• § 322.34 — Driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualified
• § 322.341 — Driving while license permanently revoked
• § 322.35 — Permitting unauthorized minor to drive
• § 322.36 — Permitting unauthorized operator to drive
• § 322.37 — Employing unlicensed driver
• § 322.38 — Renting motor vehicle to another
• § 322.39 — Penalties
• § 322.391 — Failure of person charged with misdemeanor under this chapter to comply with court-ordered directives; suspension of license
• § 322.41 — Local issuance of driver licenses prohibited
• § 322.42 — Construction of chapter
• § 322.43 — Short title
• § 322.44 — Driver License Compact
• § 322.45 — Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; duty
• § 322.46 — Compact administrator
• § 322.47 — Executive head defined
• § 322.48 — Review of employee’s acts
• § 322.49 — Short title
• § 322.50 — Nonresident Violator Compact
• § 322.51 — Short title
• § 322.52 — Conflict with other laws
• § 322.53 — License required; exemptions
• § 322.54 — Classification
• § 322.56 — Contracts for administration of driver license examination
• § 322.57 — Tests of knowledge concerning specified vehicles; endorsement; nonresidents; violations
• § 322.59 — Possession of medical examiner’s certificate
• § 322.591 — Commercial driver license and temporary commercial instruction permit; Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse; prohibition on issuance of commercial driver licenses; downgrades
• § 322.61 — Disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle
• § 322.62 — Driving under the influence; commercial motor vehicle operators
• § 322.63 — Alcohol or drug testing; commercial motor vehicle operators
• § 322.64 — Holder of commercial driver license; persons operating a commercial motor vehicle; driving with unlawful blood-alcohol level; refusal to submit to breath, urine, or blood test
• § 322.65 — Driver license record exchange
• § 322.66 — Vehicles permitted to be driven during driving skills tests
• § 322.70 — Transactions by electronic or telephonic means
• § 322.71 — Investigations; examinations; proceedings; subpoenas and other process; witnesses; oaths; rules
• § 322.75 — Driver License Reinstatement Days