The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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F.S. 320.30

320.30 Penalty for violating s. 320.28.—No action or right of action to recover any such motor vehicle, or any part of the selling price thereof, shall be maintained in the courts of this state by any such dealer or vendor or his or her successors or assigns in any case wherein such vendor or dealer shall have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of s. 320.28, and in addition thereto, such vendor or dealer, upon conviction for the violation of any of the provisions of said sections, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083 and by confiscation of the vehicle or vehicles offered for sale. Any municipal or county law enforcement agency that enforces, or assists the department in enforcing, the provisions of this section which enforcement results in a forfeiture of property as provided in this section is entitled to receive all or a share of any such property based upon its participation in such enforcement. Any property seized by any municipal or county law enforcement agency may be retained or sold by the law enforcement agency in accordance with the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act. Any funds received by a municipal or county law enforcement agency pursuant to this section constitute supplemental funds and may not be used as replacement funds by the municipality or county. However, this section shall not apply to:

(1) The holder of a note or notes representing a portion of the purchase price of such motor vehicle when the owner thereof was and is a bona fide purchaser of said note or notes, before maturity, for value and without knowledge that the vendor of such vehicle had not complied with said sections; or

(2) The bona fide purchaser of such motor vehicle for value and without knowledge that the vendor or dealer of such vehicle had not complied with said sections.

History.—s. 3, ch. 17113, 1935; s. 3, ch. 18032, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 1317(3), (8), 8132(1), (2); s. 201, ch. 71-136; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 25, ch. 77-357; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 15, 17, ch. 80-217; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 21, ch. 88-395; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 361, ch. 95-148; s. 36, ch. 99-248.

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Amendments to 320.30

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.30

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 320.30.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, v. MULLIGAN,, 934 So. 2d 1238 (Fla. 2006)

. . . aircraft for various violations); §§ 206.205, 316.80, 212.16, 316.191, 319.35, 317.0017, 316.1935, 320.30 . . .

MAIDEN LANE TRADING CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES, 343 F. Supp. 1366 (Cust. Ct. 1972)

. . . Yugoslavia between December, 1964, and November, 1965, and classified in liquidation under TSUS items 320.30 . . .

v., 68 Cust. Ct. 183 (Cust. Ct. 1972)

. . . Yugoslavia between December, 1964, and November, 1965, and classified in liquidation under TSUS items 320.30 . . .

W. N. H. G. J. K. E. G. J. L. v. E. R. St., 141 Fla. 597 (Fla. 1940)

. . . received the sum of $290.00 from the district for the year 1939, leaving a balance due him in the sum of $320.30 . . . payment h> the relator the sum of $1,805.35 for commissions due for the year 1936, and the sum of $320.30 . . .

BRILL v. W. B. FOSHAY CO., 65 F.2d 420 (8th Cir. 1933)

. . . debts of the Minnesota company which had become due up to that time, except debts aggregating $20,-320.30 . . .