(1) Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended as herein provided; whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this chapter, shall have been canceled or terminated; or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon the request of the department shall immediately return his or her license and registrations to the department. If any person shall fail to return to the department the license or registrations as provided herein, the department shall issue a complaint to a court of competent jurisdiction which shall issue a warrant charging such person with a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Such person shall surrender to the court his or her driver license, registration, and plates for delivery to the department. For the service and execution of such warrant the sheriff shall receive the arrest and other fees authorized by law.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person whose license has been suspended to operate any motor vehicle or for any person whose registrations have been suspended to obtain another motor vehicle for the purpose of circumventing this chapter.
(3) If a law enforcement officer determines that a person operating a motor vehicle is also the owner or registrant, or the co-owner or coregistrant, of the motor vehicle and is operating the motor vehicle with a driver license or vehicle registration that has been under suspension pursuant to a violation of this chapter for a period of at least 30 days, the police officer shall immediately seize the license plate of the motor vehicle.
(4) All information obtained by the department regarding compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be made available to all law enforcement agencies for the purpose of enforcing this chapter. Law enforcement agencies may utilize that information to seize the license plate of any motor vehicle which has a suspended registration as a result of noncompliance by the operator or owner of the motor vehicle under the provisions of this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 29963, 1955; s. 7, ch. 57-147; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 220, ch. 71-136; s. 96, ch. 73-333; s. 6, ch. 86-36; s. 10, ch. 88-370; s. 440, ch. 95-148; s. 3, ch. 95-202; s. 1, ch. 95-262; s. 47, ch. 99-248; s. 8, ch. 2003-2.
Note.—Former s. 324.16.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 324 - Financial Responsibility
324.021 - Definitions; Minimum Insurance Required.
324.022 - Financial Responsibility for Property Damage.
324.023 - Financial Responsibility for Bodily Injury or Death.
324.031 - Manner of Proving Financial Responsibility.
324.032 - Manner of Proving Financial Responsibility; For-Hire Passenger Transportation Vehicles.
324.051 - Reports of Crashes; Suspensions of Licenses and Registrations.
324.061 - Security Deposited With Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Release.
324.071 - Reinstatement; Renewal of License; Reinstatement Fee.
324.072 - Proof Required Upon Certain Convictions.
324.081 - Nonresident Owner or Operator.
324.091 - Notice to Department; Notice to Insurer.
324.101 - Compliance Before License or Registration Allowed.
324.111 - Failure to Satisfy Judgment; Copy to Department.
324.121 - Suspension of License and Registration.
324.131 - Period of Suspension.
324.141 - Installment Payments.
324.151 - Motor Vehicle Liability Policies; Required Provisions.
324.161 - Proof of Financial Responsibility; Deposit.
324.181 - Cancellation of Liability Policies; Plan for Apportionment of Certain Applicants.
324.191 - Consent to Cancellation; Direction to Return Money or Securities.
324.201 - Return of License or Registration to Department.
324.211 - Sale by Owner During Suspension; Rights of Conditional Vendors, Mortgagees, and Lessors.