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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 322
DRIVER LICENSES
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F.S. 322.031
322.031 Nonresident; when license required.
(1) In each case in which a nonresident, except a nonresident migrant or seasonal farm worker as defined in s. 316.003, accepts employment or engages in a trade, profession, or occupation in this state or enters his or her children to be educated in the public schools of this state, such nonresident shall, within 30 days after beginning such employment or education, be required to obtain a Florida driver license if such nonresident operates a motor vehicle on the highways of this state. The spouse or dependent child of such nonresident shall also be required to obtain a Florida driver license within that 30-day period before operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state.
(2) A member of the United States Armed Forces on active duty in this state, his or her spouse, or a dependent residing with him or her, is not required to obtain or display a Florida driver license if he or she is in possession of a valid military identification card and either a valid driver license or learner’s permit issued by another state, or a valid military driving permit. Such a person is not required to obtain or display a Florida driver license because he or she enters his or her children to be educated in the public schools of this state or because he or she accepts employment or engages in a trade, profession, or occupation in this state.
(3) A nonresident who is domiciled in another state and who commutes into this state in order to work is not required to obtain a Florida driver license under this section solely because he or she has accepted employment or engages in a trade, profession, or occupation in this state if he or she has a valid driver license issued by another state. Further, a person who is enrolled as a student in a college or university and who is a nonresident but is in this state for a period of up to 6 months engaged in a work-study program for which academic credits are earned from a college whose credits or degrees are accepted for credit by at least three accredited institutions of higher learning, as defined in s. 1005.02, is not required to obtain a Florida driver license for the duration of the work-study program if such person has a valid driver license issued by another state. A nonresident who is enrolled as a full-time student in such institution of higher learning is also exempt from the requirement of obtaining a Florida driver license for the duration of such enrollment.
(4) A nonresident who is at least 21 years of age and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid commercial driver license issued in substantial compliance with the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 may operate a motor vehicle of the type permitted by his or her license to be operated in this state.
History.s. 1, ch. 73-238; s. 6, ch. 75-228; s. 4, ch. 78-394; s. 1, ch. 79-117; s. 3, ch. 82-112; s. 18, ch. 83-218; s. 35, ch. 89-282; s. 29, ch. 91-221; s. 394, ch. 95-148; s. 7, ch. 97-218; s. 967, ch. 2002-387; s. 6, ch. 2006-81; s. 24, ch. 2014-1; s. 76, ch. 2016-239.

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Amendments to 322.031


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 322.031
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S322.031 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - VIOL NONRESIDENT EXEMPTION DRIVERS LIC - M: S


Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S322.031
R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S322.031 (1) Violation of NONRESIDENT REQUIREMENTS for a DL - Points on Drivers License: 0


Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

WILLIAMS, III, v. STATE, 244 So. 3d 356 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . never had a Florida driver's license and who is not exempt from the licensing requirement under section 322.031 . . . Sections 322.031 and 322.04 set forth exceptions to the Florida driver's license requirement, which include . . . nonresidents who possess a valid driver's license issued by their home state. §§ 322.031, 322.04, Fla . . . never had a Florida driver's license and who is not exempt from the licensing requirement under section 322.031 . . . See §§ 322.031, 322.04, Fla. Stat. . . .

VTS TRANSPORTATION, INC. a d b a a d b a a d b a LLC, a d b a a v. PALM BEACH COUNTY, a, 239 F. Supp. 3d 1350 (S.D. Fla. 2017)

. . . valid driver’s license or to be “otherwise authorized to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 322.031 . . .

CRAIN, v. STATE, 79 So. 3d 118 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . that one can obtain the privilege to drive in Florida via a statutory exemption pursuant to section 322.031 . . .

CHUZE, v. STATE, 330 So. 2d 166 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . . §§ 320.38 and 322.031 (1973), and further, that appellant’s Pennsylvania inspection sticker had expired . . .