The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.17

320.17 Classification of vehicles and mobile homes and assessment of license tax by department.—The department may, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, determine the classification of, and the amount of license tax due on, any motor vehicle or mobile home required to be registered under the laws of this state and may, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, fix, determine, and assess the amount of license tax and fees to be paid for registration or renewal of registration. A determination of the department, when certified in writing, is prima facie evidence of the validity, regularity, and propriety thereof and of the liability of the vehicle involved therein to the classification and tax so determined, fixed, and assessed. No such determination when made by the department may be disregarded or set aside in any court, except when clearly shown to be unwarranted in law or in fact.

History.—s. 6, ch. 7275, 1917; s. 1, ch. 7737, 1918; RGS 1011; s. 5, ch. 8410, 1921; s. 3, ch. 10182, 1925; CGL 1285; s. 3, ch. 15625, 1931; s. 3, ch. 16085, 1933; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 41, ch. 83-318.

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Amendments to 320.17

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.17

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 320.17.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. HOWELL, 36 Fla. Supp. 190 (Dade Cty. Metropolitan Ct. 1972)

. . . of the department of highway safety and motor vehicles to deny such applications is set forth in §§320.17 . . .

LIVINGSTON, E. O. Jr. v. MAHORNER,, 201 So. 2d 77 (Fla. 1967)

. . . the decree dealing with the power of the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles under Section 320.17 . . .

MAHORNER v. LIVINGSTON,, 26 Fla. Supp. 196 (Leon Cty. Cir. Ct. 1966)

. . . . §320.17, Florida Statutes 1965, which in almost identical form has been in effect for some forty years . . . The defendants urge that §320.17 authorizes and the director of the department of motor vehicles has . . . broad discretion in classifying vehicles and determining the tax upon each purporting to act under §320.17 . . .