The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 322
DRIVER LICENSES

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F.S. 322.19

322.19 Change of address or name.—

(1) Except as provided in ss. 775.21, 775.261, 943.0435, 944.607, and 985.4815, whenever any person, after applying for or receiving a driver license or identification card, changes his or her legal name, that person must within 30 days thereafter obtain a replacement license or card that reflects the change.

(2) If a person, after applying for or receiving a driver license or identification card, changes the legal residence or mailing address in the application, license, or card, the person must, within 30 calendar days after making the change, obtain a replacement license or card that reflects the change. A written request to the department must include the old and new addresses and the driver license or identification card number. Any person who has a valid, current student identification card issued by an educational institution in this state is presumed not to have changed his or her legal residence or mailing address. This subsection does not affect any person required to register a permanent or temporary address change pursuant to s. 775.13, s. 775.21, s. 775.25, or s. 943.0435.

(3) A violation of this section is a nonmoving violation with a penalty as provided in s. 318.18(2).

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a licensee established his or her identity for a driver license using an identification document authorized under s. 322.08(2)(c)7. or 8., the licensee may not change his or her name or address except in person and upon submission of an identification document authorized under s. 322.08(2)(c)7. or 8.

History.—s. 31, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(645); s. 31, ch. 20451, 1941; s. 18, ch. 84-359; s. 41, ch. 89-282; s. 409, ch. 95-148; s. 8, ch. 95-326; s. 40, ch. 95-333; s. 5, ch. 2002-259; s. 80, ch. 2005-164; s. 34, ch. 2008-176; s. 55, ch. 2012-181; s. 60, ch. 2016-239; s. 8, ch. 2021-156.

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Amendments to 322.19

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 322.19

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 322.19.

Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S322.19

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S322.19 DRIVER LICENSE - Fail to obtain REPLACEMENT DL within 10 days reflecting a change in NAME/ADDRESS - Points on Drivers License: 0

S322.19 (1) Fail to change name on DL - Points on Drivers License: 0

S322.19 (2) Fail to change address on DL - Points on Drivers License: 0

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

RALEIGH, v. STATE, 46 So. 3d 1018 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . an adult, § 322.16(2), (3); and failing to timely update a license after a name or address change, § 322.19 . . .

VIDAL v. PEREZ, 720 So. 2d 605 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . See §§ 320.02(4), 322.19, Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .

RICKMAN, v. STATE, 714 So. 2d 538 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . Sec. 322.19(2), F.S. (1997). AFFIRMED. W. . . .

WALKER, v. W. HARRIS,, 398 So. 2d 955 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . questioning by the Court the de-' fendant Walker admitted that she had not complied with the provisions of § 322.19 . . .

In B. ROGERS, L., 6 B.R. 472 (Bankr. S.D. Iowa 1980)

. . . .-3(6)(b), 322.19, and 322.33, Code of Iowa (1979). . . . Section 322.19, Code of Iowa (1979). A discount rate of 13% would be reasonable in this case. . . .

KNAP v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, 46 Fla. Supp. 116 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1977)

. . . had moved from Gainesville to North Miami without notifying respondent pursuant to Florida Statute 322.19 . . .

v., 30 T.C. 539 (T.C. 1958)

. . . change in the total amount of obsolescence claimed in these two returns for the 1918-1919 period ($640,-322.19 . . .

Co. v., 5 B.T.A. 186 (B.T.A. 1926)

. . . Laundry_ 1,144. 48 Furnishings_ 2, 878.15 Advertising_ 52.50 Postage_ 54.69 Stationery and printing. 322.19 . . .