The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 318
DISPOSITION OF TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS

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F.S. 318.13

318.13 Definitions.—The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Department” means Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, defined in s. 20.24, or the appropriate division thereof.

(2) “Suspension” means that a licensee’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle is temporarily withdrawn.

(3) “Infraction” means a noncriminal violation that may require community service hours under s. 316.027(4), but is not punishable by incarceration and for which there is no right to a trial by jury or a right to court-appointed counsel.

(4) “Official” means any judge authorized by law to preside over a court or hearing adjudicating traffic infractions.

(5) “Officer” means any law enforcement officer charged with and acting under his or her authority to arrest persons suspected of, or known to be, violating statutes or ordinances regulating traffic or the operation or equipment of vehicles. “Officer” includes any individual employed by a sheriff’s department or the police department of a chartered municipality who is acting as a traffic infraction enforcement officer as provided in s. 316.640.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-377; s. 1, ch. 76-183; s. 1, ch. 77-119; s. 12, ch. 94-306; s. 907, ch. 95-148; s. 93, ch. 99-13; s. 248, ch. 99-248.

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Amendments to 318.13

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 318.13

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 318.13.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES OF TRAFFIC COURT, 105 So. 3d 1267 (Fla. 2012)

. . . . § 318.13(3), Fla. Stat. (2012). . . .

CITY OF ORLANDO v. UDOWYCHENKO,, 98 So. 3d 589 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . . § 318.13(4), Fla. Stat. (2011). . . .

UNITED STATES v. QUINTANA, 594 F. Supp. 2d 1291 (M.D. Fla. 2009)

. . . . § § 322.34(1) and 318.13(3); see Thomas v. State, 614 So.2d 468, 470 (Fla.1993). . . .

BISCHOFF, v. FLORIDA, C., 242 F. Supp. 2d 1226 (M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 318.13(3); Fla. Stat. § 318.18(1)(a); Fla. Stat. § 775.082(5). . . . Stat. § 318.13(3); Fla. Stat. § 318.18(1)(a); Fla. Stat. § 775.082(5). . . . Stat. § 318.13(3). . . . .

STATE v. KNOWLES,, 625 So. 2d 88 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Rule 6.040(0; § 318.13(3), Fla.Stat. (1991); 4 Fla.Jur.2d § 130 at 470. . . .

L. THOMAS, v. STATE, 614 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 1993)

. . . .” § 318.13(3), Fla.Stat. (1989). . . .

RUSIN v. STATE OF FLORIDA, 49 Fla. Supp. 2d 33 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1991)

. . . F.S. 318.13(3). . . .

TOLLEFSON, v. STATE, 525 So. 2d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . Section 316.130, Fla.Stat. (1987); Section 318.13(3), Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA v. SCHELL, 11 Fla. Supp. 2d 68 (Lee Cty. Ct. 1985)

. . . except criminal offenses enumerated in subsection (4), shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in s. 318.13 . . .

M. OLSEN, v. STATE, 452 So. 2d 147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . . §§ 316.1925, 316.655, 318.13(3), Fla.Stat. (1983). . . .

WHIRLEY, v. STATE, 450 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 1984)

. . . except criminal offenses enumerated in section (4), shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in § 318.13 . . .

MILLER, v. STATE, 442 So. 2d 419 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . except criminal offenses enumerated in subsection (4), shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in s. 318.13 . . . states that the ‘term “crime” shall mean a felony or misdemeanor.’ ” The court also looked to section 318.13 . . .

STATE OF FLORIDA v. RAHN, 5 Fla. Supp. 2d 11 (Lee Cty. Ct. 1983)

. . . criminal offenses enumerated in subsection (4) shall be deemed an infraction as defined in Section 318.13 . . .

MYERS, v. STATE, 426 So. 2d 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . provided in Section 316.655, which clearly identifies the offense as an infraction as defined in Section 318.13 . . .

R. BARUSCH, v. M. CALVO, D., 685 F.2d 1199 (9th Cir. 1982)

. . . . § 318.13. . . .

CHEATEM a k a v. STATE, 416 So. 2d 35 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . In turn, an infraction was defined in section 318.13(3), Florida Statutes (1977), as: a noncriminal violation . . . Section 318.13, Florida Statutes (1974), was part of the Florida Uniform Disposition of Traffic Infractions . . .

R. THOMPSON, Jr. v. OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER OF NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY,, 387 So. 2d 541 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . except criminal offenses enumerated in subsection (4), shall be deemed an infraction, as defined in § 318.13 . . . Section 318.13(3) reads: 318.13(3) ‘Infraction’ means a noncriminal violation which is not punishable . . .

NETTLETON, v. C. DOUGHTIE,, 373 So. 2d 667 (Fla. 1979)

. . . See section 318.13(3), Florida Statutes. . . . Pursuant to section 318.13(4), Florida Statutes (1977), only a “judge” may be a hearing official. . . .

STATE v. CHAMPE, 373 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 1978)

. . . . §§ 318.13(3) and 318.14, Fla.Stat. (1977). . See, e.g., Heredia v. Allstate Ins. . . .

STATE v. WATERS, 47 Fla. Supp. 5 (Dade Cty. Ct. 1977)

. . . Under F.S. 318.13, such a case is specifically defined as a “. . . non-criminal violation which is not . . .

STATE v. LANE, 45 Fla. Supp. 145 (Fla. Cty. Ct. 1977)

. . . Florida Statute 318.13(4) explicitly defines an official to mean “any state or municipal judge authorized . . .

STATE v. WEBB,, 335 So. 2d 826 (Fla. 1976)

. . . . § 318.13(3), F.S.A., defines “infractions” as follows: “[A] noncriminal violation which is not punishable . . .

W. WIRTZ, v. COMPANIA DE SERVICIOS ELECTRICOS, S. A. P. W. De S. A., 304 F. Supp. 697 (D.C.Z. 1967)

. . . Eric 60.00 Barrera, Silverio C. 39.38 Barría, Andres 274.03 Barría, Cipriano 238.79 Bazan, Victor M. 318.13 . . .