Florida Statute 318.33 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 318
DISPOSITION OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS

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318.33 Appeals.—Decisions of the hearing officer are appealable, under the rules of court, to the circuit court. Appeals shall be based upon the record of the hearing before the hearing officer and shall not be hearings de novo. Appellants are responsible for producing the record of the hearing beyond that which normally results from the civil traffic infraction hearing process.

History.—s. 4, ch. 89-337; s. 5, ch. 94-202.

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Reginald Byron Colley Vs State of Florida (Fla. 5th DCA 2023).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...aring officer’s determination that he exceeded the posted speed limit in violation of section 316.187(1), Florida Statutes (2022). The State correctly responds that Colley should have appealed this determination to the circuit court pursuant to section 318.33, Florida Statutes (2022), which provides that “[d]ecisions of the hearing officer are appealable, under the rules of court, to the circuit court,” and Florida Rule of Traffic Court 6.630(d), which provides that “[a]ppeals from...

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James Nelson Obo Minor Child, N.N. v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...to adjudicate or withhold adjudication of guilt in the same manner as a county court judge . . . .” § 318.32(1), Fla. Stat. (2021). The circuit court also has appellate jurisdiction over civil traffic determinations made by hearing officers. See § 318.33, Fla. Stat....