(1) Except as provided in ss. 775.21, 775.261, 943.0435, 944.607, and 985.4815, whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver license or identification card, changes his or her legal name, that person must within 30 days thereafter obtain a replacement license or card that reflects the change.
(2) If a person, after applying for or receiving a driver license or identification card, changes the legal residence or mailing address in the application, license, or card, the person must, within 30 calendar days after making the change, obtain a replacement license or card that reflects the change. A written request to the department must include the old and new addresses and the driver license or identification card number. Any person who has a valid, current student identification card issued by an educational institution in this state is presumed not to have changed his or her legal residence or mailing address. This subsection does not affect any person required to register a permanent or temporary address change pursuant to s. 775.13, s. 775.21, s. 775.25, or s. 943.0435.
(3) A violation of this section is a nonmoving violation with a penalty as provided in s. 318.18(2).
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a licensee established his or her identity for a driver license using an identification document authorized under s. 322.08(2)(c)7. or 8., the licensee may not change his or her name or address except in person and upon submission of an identification document authorized under s. 322.08(2)(c)7. or 8.
History.—s. 31, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(645); s. 31, ch. 20451, 1941; s. 18, ch. 84-359; s. 41, ch. 89-282; s. 409, ch. 95-148; s. 8, ch. 95-326; s. 40, ch. 95-333; s. 5, ch. 2002-259; s. 80, ch. 2005-164; s. 34, ch. 2008-176; s. 55, ch. 2012-181; s. 60, ch. 2016-239; s. 8, ch. 2021-156.
Structure Florida Statutes
322.02 - Legislative Intent; Administration.
322.0255 - Florida Motorcycle Safety Education Program.
322.03 - Drivers Must Be Licensed; Penalties.
322.031 - Nonresident; When License Required.
322.032 - Digital Proof of Driver License or Identification Card.
322.04 - Persons Exempt From Obtaining Driver License.
322.05 - Persons Not to Be Licensed.
322.051 - Identification Cards.
322.058 - Suspension of Driving Privilege Due to Support Delinquency; Reinstatement.
322.059 - Mandatory Surrender of Suspended Driver License and Registration.
322.0602 - Youthful Drunk Driver Visitation Program.
322.065 - Driver License Expired for 6 Months or Less; Penalties.
322.07 - Instruction Permits and Temporary Licenses.
322.08 - Application for License; Requirements for License and Identification Card Forms.
322.081 - Requests to Establish Voluntary Checkoff on Driver License Application.
322.09 - Application of Minors; Responsibility for Negligence or Misconduct of Minor.
322.091 - Attendance Requirements.
322.095 - Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education Program for Driver License Applicants.
322.10 - Release From Liability.
322.11 - Revocation of License Upon Death of Person Signing Minor’s Application.
322.12 - Examination of Applicants.
322.121 - Periodic Reexamination of All Drivers.
322.125 - Medical Advisory Board.
322.126 - Report of Disability to Department; Content; Use.
322.13 - Driver License Examiners.
322.135 - Driver License Agents.
322.14 - Licenses Issued to Drivers.
322.141 - Color or Markings of Certain Licenses or Identification Cards.
322.142 - Color Photographic or Digital Imaged Licenses.
322.143 - Use of a Driver License or Identification Card.
322.15 - License to Be Carried and Exhibited on Demand; Fingerprint to Be Imprinted Upon a Citation.
322.16 - License Restrictions.
322.161 - High-Risk Drivers; Restricted Licenses.
322.1615 - Learner’s Driver License.
322.17 - Replacement Licenses and Permits.
322.18 - Original Applications, Licenses, and Renewals; Expiration of Licenses; Delinquent Licenses.
322.19 - Change of Address or Name.
322.20 - Records of the Department; Fees; Destruction of Records.
322.201 - Records as Evidence.
322.202 - Admission of Evidence Obtained From the Division of Motorist Services.
322.21 - License Fees; Procedure for Handling and Collecting Fees.
322.22 - Authority of Department to Cancel or Refuse to Issue or Renew License.
322.221 - Department May Require Reexamination.
322.23 - Suspending Privileges of Nonresidents and Reporting Convictions.
322.24 - Suspending Resident’s License Upon Conviction in Another State.
322.25 - When Court to Forward License to Department and Report Convictions.
322.2505 - Court to Forward License of Person Adjudicated Incapacitated to Department.
322.251 - Notice of Cancellation, Suspension, Revocation, or Disqualification of License.
322.26 - Mandatory Revocation of License by Department.
322.2615 - Suspension of License; Right to Review.
322.26151 - Review of Materials Submitted by Law Enforcement Officer.
322.2616 - Suspension of License; Persons Under 21 Years of Age; Right to Review.
322.264 - “Habitual Traffic Offender” Defined.
322.27 - Authority of Department to Suspend or Revoke Driver License or Identification Card.
322.271 - Authority to Modify Revocation, Cancellation, or Suspension Order.
322.2715 - Ignition Interlock Device.
322.274 - Automatic Revocation of Driver License.
322.276 - Out-of-State Sanctions; Issuance of License.
322.28 - Period of Suspension or Revocation.
322.283 - Commencement of Period of Suspension or Revocation for Incarcerated Offenders.
322.29 - Surrender and Return of License.
322.292 - Dui Programs Supervision; Powers and Duties of the Department.
322.293 - Dui Programs; Assessment; Disposition.
322.32 - Unlawful Use of License.
322.33 - Making False Affidavit Perjury.
322.34 - Driving While License Suspended, Revoked, Canceled, or Disqualified.
322.341 - Driving While License Permanently Revoked.
322.35 - Permitting Unauthorized Minor to Drive.
322.36 - Permitting Unauthorized Operator to Drive.
322.37 - Employing Unlicensed Driver.
322.38 - Renting Motor Vehicle to Another.
322.41 - Local Issuance of Driver Licenses Prohibited.
322.42 - Construction of Chapter.
322.44 - Driver License Compact.
322.45 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Duty.
322.46 - Compact Administrator.
322.47 - Executive Head Defined.
322.48 - Review of Employee’s Acts.
322.50 - Nonresident Violator Compact.
322.52 - Conflict With Other Laws.
322.53 - License Required; Exemptions.
322.56 - Contracts for Administration of Driver License Examination.
322.57 - Tests of Knowledge Concerning Specified Vehicles; Endorsement; Nonresidents; Violations.
322.59 - Possession of Medical Examiner’s Certificate.
322.61 - Disqualification From Operating a Commercial Motor Vehicle.
322.62 - Driving Under the Influence; Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators.
322.63 - Alcohol or Drug Testing; Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators.
322.65 - Driver License Record Exchange.
322.66 - Vehicles Permitted to Be Driven During Driving Skills Tests.