Florida Statute 320.0605 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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320.0605 Certificate of registration; possession required; exception.—

(1)(a) The registration certificate or an official copy thereof, a true copy or an electronic copy of rental or lease documentation issued for a motor vehicle or issued for a replacement vehicle in the same registration period, a temporary receipt printed upon self-initiated electronic renewal of a registration via the Internet, or a cab card issued for a vehicle registered under the International Registration Plan shall, at all times while the vehicle is being used or operated on the roads of this state, be in the possession of the operator thereof or be carried in the vehicle for which issued and shall be exhibited upon demand of any authorized law enforcement officer or any agent of the department, except for a vehicle registered under s. 320.0657. This section does not apply during the first 30 days after purchase of a replacement vehicle. A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

(b)1. The act of presenting to a law enforcement officer or agent of the department an electronic device displaying an electronic copy of rental or lease documentation does not constitute consent for the officer or agent to access any information on the device other than the displayed rental or lease documentation.

2. The person who presents the device to the officer or agent assumes the liability for any resulting damage to the device.

(2) Rental or lease documentation that is sufficient to satisfy the requirement in subsection (1) includes the following:

(a) Date and time of rental;

(b) Rental agreement number;

(d) Rental vehicle license plate number and state of registration;

(e) Vehicle’s make, model, and color;

(f) Vehicle’s mileage; and

(g) Authorized renter’s name.

History.—s. 12, ch. 83-318; s. 5, ch. 86-185; s. 14, ch. 86-243; s. 48, ch. 94-306; s. 913, ch. 95-148; s. 50, ch. 96-350; s. 265, ch. 99-248; s. 28, ch. 2000-313; s. 62, ch. 2005-164; s. 31, ch. 2012-181; s. 6, ch. 2019-169.

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Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S320.0605

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S320.0605 REGISTRATION/TEMPORARY INTERNET RECEIPT-Failure to Provide (F.S 320.37 for OOS) - Points on Drivers License: 0

Cases Citing Statute 320.0605

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Williams v. State, 640 So. 2d 1206 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994).

Cited 11 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 397620

...According to the deputy, he had stopped cars in the past for the same reason. After the stop, the deputy was joined by a backup officer. During the course of his investigation, the deputy discovered that the driver was not the owner of the car and could not produce the car's registration certificate as required by law. See § 320.0605(1), Fla....

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Braman Cadillac, Inc. v. Dept. of Hwy. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 584 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 138127

legislature has set forth in Section 320.605 the purpose of the Act. Section 320.605 states: It is the intent

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Action Nissan, Inc. v. Hyundai Motor Am., 617 F. Supp. 2d 1177 (M.D. Fla. 2008).

Cited 6 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66618, 2008 WL 4093702

full participation as motor vehicle dealers. § 320.605, Fla. Stat. The Florida legislature, however,

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Bayview Buick-GMC Truck, Inc. v. GMC, 597 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

320.643 is grounded in public policy. See section 320.605, Florida Statutes (1991). Any contract that

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Brandon Chrysler Plymouth Jeep Eagle, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp., 898 F. Supp. 858 (M.D. Fla. 1995).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13358, 1995 WL 544743

participation as ... dealers.” Id (quoting Fla. Stat. § 320.605). Balancing all of these considerations as well

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Gmc v. Dept. of Hwy. Saf. & Motor Veh., 625 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1993 WL 366884

full participation as motor vehicle dealers. § 320.605, Fla. Stat. (1989). As to chapter 320 generally

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Mike Smith Pontiac, GMC, Inc. v. Mercedes-Benz of North Am., Inc., 32 F.3d 528 (11th Cir. 1994).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1994 WL 478594

full participation as ... dealers.” Fla. Stat. § 320.605. This legislation is directed toward eliminating

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All. of Auto. Mfrs., Inc. v. Jones, 897 F. Supp. 2d 1241 (N.D. Fla. 2012).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2012 WL 4841734, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136660

participation as motor vehicle dealers.” Fla. Stat. § 320.605. The Alliance does not dispute that the State

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Recovery Racing, LLC d/b/a Maserati of Ft. Lauderdale v. Maserati North Am., Inc., 261 So. 3d 600 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

participation as motor vehicle dealers. § 320.605, Fla. Stat. (2017). 2 As it applies to this

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Recovery Racing, LLC d/b/a Maserati of Fort Lauderdale v. State of Florida Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., Maserati North Am., Inc., 192 So. 3d 665 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2016 WL 3065645, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 8326

full participation as motor vehicle dealers.” § 320.605, Fla. Stat. (2014). To *667 that

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Willis v. State, 762 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 8527, 2000 WL 904907

Statutes (1997), failure to display a tag, section 320.0605 for not having the registration on his person

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Superior Imports of Tampa, Inc. v. Stacy David, Inc., 617 So. 2d 795 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 4686, 1993 WL 132637

arrangements with the manufacturer would violate § 320.605, Fla.Stat., which states in pertinent part: It

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