The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 324
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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F.S. 324.121

324.121 Suspension of license and registration.—

(1) The department, upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, as provided in s. 324.111, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this section, and in s. 324.141.

(2)(a) If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the department may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident’s operating privilege, the same may be allowed by the department, in its discretion, for 6 months from the date of such consent and thereafter until such consent is revoked in writing notwithstanding default in the payment of such judgment, or any installments thereof prescribed in s. 324.141, provided the judgment debtor furnished proof of financial responsibility as provided in s. 324.031, such proof to be maintained for 3 years.

(b) If the department determines that an insurer was obligated to pay the judgment but failed to do so through no fault of the judgment debtor, the judgment debtor’s license and registration and any nonresident’s operating privilege shall not be suspended.

History.—s. 1, ch. 29963, 1955; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 71-59; s. 29, ch. 90-119.

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Amendments to 324.121

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 324.121

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 324.121.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

D. GARCIA, v. VANGUARD CAR RENTAL USA, INC. a US a f. k. a. L. P. a A- a a, 540 F.3d 1242 (11th Cir. 2008)

. . . . § 324.121 (suspension of license or registration upon notice of an unsatisfied judgment). . . .

LITE, v. STATE, 617 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 1993)

. . . See, e.g„ §§ 324.051 and 324.121, Fla.Stat. (1989) (failure of automobile owner to have liability insurance . . .

KRAEMER, Jr. v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, 613 So. 2d 483 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . $50,000 property damage coverage was held by the Fourth District Court of Appeal to render section 324.121 . . .

NEWTON v. WILLIAMS,, 32 Fla. Supp. 10 (Orange Cty. Cir. Ct. 1969)

. . . uninsured” motorist is exempt from the provision of the Act (unless or until a court decides otherwise — §324.121 . . .

WILLIAMS, D. v. J. FERRENTINO, 199 So. 2d 504 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

. . . Section 324.121 et seq., F.S.A., where a judgment debtor fails to satisfy a Court judgment, but only . . . Section 324.121, F. S.A. . . .

W. HOWARD, v. AMERICAN SERVICE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,, 151 So. 2d 682 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1963)

. . . Further, § 324.121, Fla.Stat, F.S.A. provides for suspension of license and registration if a person . . .

J. LARSON, v. HARRISON,, 142 So. 2d 727 (Fla. 1962)

. . . said order of suspension inadvertently referred to § 324.081, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., instead of § 324.121 . . . August 31, 1960, as authorized by § 324.121, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., petitioner issued a nunc pro tunc . . .

HARRISON, v. J. LARSON,, 133 So. 2d 446 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961)

. . . statute is merely permissive and cumulative of the suspension powers otherwise granted him under § 324.121 . . . Such construction of Sec. 324.121 of the statutes under which the Commissioner assumed to act in this . . .