The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.073

316.073 Applicability to animals and animal-drawn vehicles.—Every person driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway is subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of this chapter which by their nature can have no application. The provisions of this chapter applicable to pedestrians, with the exception of s. 316.130(3), apply to any person riding or leading an animal upon a roadway or the shoulder thereof.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 1, ch. 83-88.

Note.—Former s. 316.052.

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Amendments to 316.073

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.073

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 316.073.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

UNITED STATES v. SMITH,, 772 F.3d 680 (11th Cir. 2014)

. . . . § 316.073 (noting regulations for animals and animal-drawn vehicles); id. § 316.075(l)(c)(2)(b) (“Unless . . .

JONES, v. STATE, 842 So. 2d 889 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . Under section 316.073, Florida Statutes (2001), a person on horseback is not subject to the provisions . . .