Florida Statute 328.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIV
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Chapter 328
VESSELS: TITLE CERTIFICATES; LIENS; REGISTRATION

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328.21 Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.—A person who:

(1) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports to sell or transfer a vessel for which a certificate of title is required without delivering to the purchaser or transferee thereof a certificate of title thereto which is duly assigned to the purchaser as provided in this chapter or who operates or uses in this state a vessel for which a certificate of title is required, without the certificate having been obtained in accordance with this chapter, or upon which the certificate of title has been canceled;

(2) Fails to surrender any certificate of title, certificate of registration, or sticker upon cancellation of the same by the department and notice thereof as prescribed in this chapter;

(3) Fails to surrender the certificate of title to the department as provided in this chapter when the vessel has been destroyed, dismantled, or changed so that it is not the vessel described in the certificate of title; or

(4) Violates any of the other provisions of this chapter, or any lawful rule adopted under this chapter,

is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for each offense.

History.—s. 67, ch. 96-413.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 328.21

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S328.21 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - OPERATE OR USE VESSEL W/O CERTIFICATE OF TITLE - M: S

S328.21 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - SELL TRANSFER VESSEL W/O DELIVERY CERTIF TITLE - M: S

S328.21 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - FAIL TO SURRENDER CANC TITLE OR REGIST STICKER - M: S

S328.21 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - FAIL TO SURRENDER TITLE OF DESTROYED VESSEL - M: S

S328.21 4 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - VIOL VESSEL TITLE CERTIF OR LIEN REGULATIONS - M: S

Cases Citing Statute 328.21

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Soca v. State, 673 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 1996).

Cited 17 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1996 WL 196588

...ut a warrant as long as his supervisor approved and as long as there were "reasonable grounds" to believe contraband was presentincluding any item that the probationer was not allowed to possess under the probation conditions. Wis.Admin.Code HSS §§ 328.21(4), 328.16(1) (Dec....

...ty of the informant (including whether the informant had any incentive to supply inaccurate information), the officer's own experience with the probationer, and the "need to verify compliance with rules of supervision and state and federal law." Id. § 328.21(7). Another regulation made it "a violation of the terms of probation to refuse to consent to a home search." Griffin, 483 U.S. at 870-71, 107 S.Ct. at 3167. Unlike Wisconsin's statutory scheme, see Wis.Admin.Code HSS §§ 328.21(4), 328.16(1) *28 (Dec....

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