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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
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F.S. 316.065
316.065 Crashes; reports; penalties.
(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of any persons or damage to any vehicle or other property in an apparent amount of at least $500 shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of the crash to the local police department, if such crash occurs within a municipality; otherwise, to the office of the county sheriff or the nearest office or station of the Florida Highway Patrol. A violation of this subsection is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
(2) Every coroner or other official performing like functions, upon learning of the death of a person in his or her jurisdiction as the result of a traffic crash, shall immediately notify the nearest office or station of the department.
(3) Any person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been struck by a bullet, or any other person to whom is brought for the purpose of repair a motor vehicle showing such evidence, shall make a report, or cause a report to be made, to the nearest local police station or Florida Highway Patrol office within 24 hours after the motor vehicle is received and before any repairs are made to the vehicle. The report shall contain the year, license number, make, model, and color of the vehicle and the name and address of the owner or person in possession of the vehicle.
(4) Any person who knowingly repairs a motor vehicle without having made a report as required by subsection (3) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. The owner and driver of a vehicle involved in a crash who makes a report thereof in accordance with subsection (1) is not liable under this section.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to a fully autonomous vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged in the event of a crash involving the vehicle if the vehicle owner, or a person on behalf of the vehicle owner, promptly contacts a law enforcement agency to report the crash or if the fully autonomous vehicle has the capability of alerting a law enforcement agency to the crash.
History.s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 72-164; s. 1, ch. 73-25; s. 11, ch. 76-31; s. 1, ch. 89-271; s. 299, ch. 95-148; s. 8, ch. 96-350; s. 87, ch. 99-248; s. 14, ch. 2012-197; s. 4, ch. 2019-101.

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Amendments to 316.065


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.065
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S316.065 4 - NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOL - REPAIR VEHICLE W BULLET DAMAGE WO REPORT - M: F


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.065
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.065 CRASH - Failure of DRIVER to report crash resulting in injury/death/property damage of at least $500 to law enforcement agency - Points on Drivers License: 0
S316.065 (1) CRASH - Failure of DRIVER to report crash resulting in injury/death/property damage of at least $500 to law enforcement agency to law enforcement agency - Points on Drivers License: 0


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SOTTILARO v. FIGUEROA,, 86 So. 3d 505 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . injury or death); § 316.064(2) (requiring the occupant of a vehicle to make a report under sections 316.065 . . . the owner of a vehicle to make a report under chapter 316 when the driver is physically incapable); § 316.065 . . .

SOWERBY, v. STATE, 73 So. 3d 329 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . more than 24 inches to the left or right of the centerline of the vehicle,” as required by section 316.065 . . .

TENGBERGEN, v. STATE, 9 So. 3d 729 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . See §§ 316.065(1); 316.066, Fla. Stat. . . .

McTEVIA v. SCHRAG, 446 So. 2d 1183 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . From those cases and Sections 316.064, 316.065, and 316.066 of the statutes we learn that certain persons . . .

STATE v. FERGUSON,, 405 So. 2d 294 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Section 316.065, Florida Statutes, (1979) provides that the drivers of all vehicles involved in traffic . . .