The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.261

320.261 Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawful; penalty.—Any person who knowingly attaches to any motor vehicle or mobile home any registration license plate, or who knowingly attaches any validation sticker or mobile home sticker to a registration license plate, which plate or sticker was not issued and assigned or lawfully transferred to such vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 59-478; s. 199, ch. 71-136; s. 7, ch. 72-79; s. 47, ch. 83-318.

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Amendments to 320.261

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.261

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S320.261 - NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOL - ATTACH REGISTRATION LICENSE PLATE NOT ASSIGNED - M: S

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S320.261

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S320.261 Attaching TAG (license plate) not assigned - Points on Drivers License: 0

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

WEAVER, v. STATE, 233 So. 3d 501 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . Stat. (2015), rather than attaching a license plate not assigned, § 320.261! Ms. . . . unlawfully attaching a license plate not assigned to the vehicle she was driving, in violation of section 320.261 . . . Pursuant to section 320.261, Any person who knowingly attaches to any motor vehicle or mobile home any . . . Several cases have clearly stated that a warrantless arrest for a violation of section 320.261 is proper . . . See § 320.261; Carmody, 553 So.2d at 1367 (noting that the act forbidden by the statute is the illegal . . .

STATE v. TEAMER,, 151 So. 3d 421 (Fla. 2014)

. . . representations made in any application for registration is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second de-gree_”); § 320.261 . . .

ADERS, v. STATE, 67 So. 3d 368 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . Aders of improperly transferring a license plate, which is a second-degree misdemeanor under section 320.261 . . . assigned or lawfully transferred to such vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.... § 320.261 . . .

UNITED STATES v. HERNANDEZ- GUIDO,, 277 F. App'x 420 (5th Cir. 2008)

. . . . § 320.261. . . . Ann. §§ 320.261 and 322.34(2)(a). . . . Ann. § 320.261. . . .

STATE v. MARRERO,, 890 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . This would have been a violation of section 320.261, Florida Statutes (1997), a second-degree misdemeanor . . .

INDIALANTIC POLICE DEPARTMENT, v. ZIMMERMAN,, 677 So. 2d 1307 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . . § 320.261, Fla. Stat. (1993). See generally, State v. . . .

STATE v. RODRIGUEZ,, 575 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 1991)

. . . other charges were misdemeanor offenses of attaching a registration license plate not assigned, section 320.261 . . .

STATE v. CARMODY,, 553 So. 2d 1366 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . . § 320.261, Fla.Stat. (1987). . §§ 316.123(2)(a), 322.15(1), Fla.Stat. (1987). . 901.15(1) and (5), . . .

PHILLIPS, v. STATE, 531 So. 2d 1044 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Officer Hartman pulled the vehicle over for an improper license tag in violation of section 320.261, . . . Since violation of statutory section 320.261 is only a misdemeanor, a police officer may arrest without . . .

PARRISH, a k a Jr. v. STATE, 402 So. 2d 530 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . demonstrate that the defendant knowingly possessed the unlawful automobile license plate contrary to Section 320.261 . . .