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Florida Statute 320.51 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES
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F.S. 320.51
320.51 Farm tractors and farm trailers exempt.The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter which require the registration of motor vehicles, the payment of license taxes, and the display of license plates:
(1) A motor vehicle which is operated principally on a farm, grove, or orchard in agricultural or horticultural pursuits and which is operated on the roads of this state only incidentally in going from the owner’s or operator’s headquarters to such farm, grove, or orchard and returning therefrom or in going from one farm, grove, or orchard to another.
(2) A vehicle without motive power which is used principally for the purpose of transporting plows, harrows, fertilizer distributors, spray machines, and other farm or grove equipment and which uses the roads of this state only incidentally.
(3) A vehicle as described in subsection (1) or subsection (2) that is operated on the roads of this state for up to 3 days while moving from an auction site or other place of purchase to the purchaser’s property if the operator has in his or her possession a bill of sale.

This section does not exempt such farm tractors and farm trailers from laws relating to the tires to be used when operating on the roads of this state.

History.s. 2, ch. 20911, 1941; s. 53, ch. 83-318; s. 2, ch. 2016-88.

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Amendments to 320.51


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.51
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 320.51.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

RIPPY, v. SHEPARD,, 15 So. 3d 921 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . farm tractor operating on a public roadway shall have lights, reflectors, and slow moving emblems); 320.51 . . . See 320.51, Fla. . . .

RYAN, v. MANERA INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., 532 So. 2d 49 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . trial court is instructed to enter an amended final judgment to reflect a treble award of the $14,-320.51 . . .

SEMINOLE FRUIT LAND CO. v. PYLES, 13 F.2d 878 (S.D. Fla. 1926)

. . . 1912 survey and plat; that in May, 1919, the trustees conveyed part of lot 1 and lot 2, consisting of 320.51 . . .