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Florida Statute 322.36 - Full Text and Legal Analysis
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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 322
DRIVER LICENSES
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322.36 Permitting unauthorized operator to drive.—A person may not authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her dominion or control to be operated upon any highway or public street except by a person who is duly authorized to operate a motor vehicle under this chapter. Any person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. If a person violates this section by knowingly loaning a vehicle to a person whose driver license is suspended and if that vehicle is involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury or death, the driver license of the person violating this section shall be suspended for 1 year.
History.—s. 48, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(659); s. 48, ch. 20451, 1941; s. 1, ch. 65-497; s. 215, ch. 71-136; s. 421, ch. 95-148; s. 38, ch. 2008-176.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S322.36
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S322.36 ANY person PERMITTING UNAUTHORIZED person to drive - Points on Drivers License: 0
Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 322.36
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S322.36 - MOVING TRAFFIC VIOL - PERMIT UNAUTHORIZED PERSON TO DRIVE - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 322.36

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Kirby v. State, 217 So. 2d 619 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1969).

Cited 17 times | Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida

...an arrest which he had *621 lawful authority to make without a warrant. Licata v. State, 1945, 156 Fla. 692, 24 So.2d 98. Allowing an unauthorized person to operate a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway is made a misdemeanor by F.S. 1967, Section 322.36, F.S.A....
...only if it was committed in the officer's presence. F.S. 1967, Section 901.15, F.S.A. Consequently, the question in this case resolves itself into a determination of whether under the facts as outlined above, the misdemeanor proscribed by F.S. 1967, Section 322.36, F.S.A., was committed in the presence of Deputy Bowling....
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Faulkner v. State, 834 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).

Cited 14 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 131626

...cion that the passenger has engaged in criminal activity or poses a threat to the officer's safety. The circuit court rejected this argument, as follows: The Defendant was determined to be the registered owner of the car. Pursuant to Florida Statute 322.36, a vehicle owner commits a second degree misdemeanor when he allows someone to drive his vehicle if he is aware that the person has a suspended license....
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Cox v. Dep't of High. Saf., 881 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1799771

...Here, according to the affidavit, Villanti had admitted to the seizing officer shortly after the crash that Cox knew that her license had been suspended for DUI "a long time ago," but Cox still "gives her the keys." Allowing Villanti to drive his truck knowing she had no license is a misdemeanor of the second degree. See § 322.36, Fla....
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Woodson v. Ivey, 917 So. 2d 993 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 3555572

...Section 322.12(5)(a) requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to formulate a separate examination and licensure requirement for motorcycle operation. Neither of these statutes place any duty on someone in Woodson's position. Though not cited by the parties, we note that section 322.36, Florida Statutes (2002), provides: No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her dominion or control to be operated upon any highway or public street except by persons duly authorized to operate motor vehicles under the provisions of this chapter....
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State v. Warren, 329 So. 2d 383 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 14061

operate a motor vehicle upon a public street (Section 322.36, F.S.1967). That Court held that a clear verbal

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