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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. 320.58
320.58 License inspectors; powers, appointment.
(1)(a) The department shall appoint as many license inspectors and supervisors as it deems necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter and chapters 319, 322, and 324. In order to enforce the provisions of these laws, the inspectors are empowered to enter on both publicly owned and privately owned property and to issue uniform traffic citations to persons found in violation thereof. The department is further empowered to delegate the power to issue uniform traffic citations to persons acting as its agents for the purpose of enforcing the registration provisions of this chapter, which may include, but not be limited to, personnel employed by district school boards as agreed to by the school board and the county tax collector.
(b) License inspectors appointed pursuant to this section and agents delegated by the department are not to be considered for membership in the state high-risk retirement program.
(2) Any person who fails or refuses to surrender his or her driver license, registration certificate, and license plate upon lawful demand of an inspector, supervisor, or authorized agent of the department is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 7, ch. 10182, 1925; CGL 1305; s. 46, ch. 26869, 1951; s. 19, ch. 63-400; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 73-305; s. 27, ch. 77-357; s. 55, ch. 83-318; s. 3, ch. 88-253; s. 39, ch. 91-224; s. 367, ch. 95-148; ss. 50, 51, ch. 2000-171.

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Amendments to 320.58


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 320.58
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S320.58 2 - NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOL - REFUSE SURRENDER DL REG CERT LIC UPON DEMAND - M: S


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S320.58
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S320.58 REFUSAL TO SURRENDER license plate/DL/registration certificate - Points on Drivers License: 0


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FLEETWOOD HOMES OF FLORIDA, INC. v. REEVES,, 833 So. 2d 857 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . The guest passenger statute, ยง 320.58, Fla. Stat. (1971), was repealed in 1972. . . .

WORLD PUB. CO. v. UNITED STATES, 72 F. Supp. 886 (N.D. Okla. 1947)

. . . Deducting therefrom the federal income tax, exclusive of surtax on undistributed earnings, of $46,-320.58 . . .