DUI & Driving Offenses

Florida Statute 316.027 — leaving the scene of a crash, what police call hit and run — requires a driver in a crash involving injury or death to stop immediately, remain at the scene, and fulfill the duties in § 316.062 (give information, render reasonable aid). Leaving turns a crash into a felony. The felony […]

Florida Statute 318.14 governs noncriminal traffic infractions — ordinary tickets. Civil, not criminal. But the statute has criminal tripwires in it, and the choice you make in the first 30 days decides what lands on your record. Your options within 30 days Pay the civil penalty — but paying means you are deemed to have

Florida Statute 322.03 makes it a crime to drive a motor vehicle on a Florida highway without ever having been issued a valid driver’s license. On citations and court paperwork it appears as 322.03 or NVDL (“no valid DL”). It is different from driving while your license is suspended — that charge is § 322.34.

Handing your keys to a friend, a teenager, or a roommate seems harmless. Florida law can make the loan itself a crime, impound your car after the borrower’s DUI, and in the worst case take it for good.

Florida Statute 316.1922 — the “super speeder” law, effective July 1, 2025 (ch. 2025-77) — makes dangerous excessive speeding a crime, not a ticket. You can be charged if you drive 50 mph or more over the posted limit, or 100 mph or more in a manner that threatens the safety of other people or

Florida Statute 322.264 defines the habitual traffic offender (HTO) — a designation that brings a 5-year license revocation imposed by the DHSMV, usually by mail, often to someone who had no idea it was coming. How you become an HTO Three convictions within 5 years of any combination of: DUI (§ 316.193), driving while license

A December 2025 state memo told drivers their license plate frames are fine. It only covered one of Florida’s three plate laws — and the one it skipped can mean 60 days in jail. All three statutes, explained.

Florida’s dangerous excessive speeding law took effect July 1, 2025. Here is what Fla. Stat. § 316.1922 means for your commute, your rental car, and your teenage driver.

Florida law sets exact numbers for window tint — and police use tint stops to open bigger cases. Here is how the limits work, why “35 percent” film is usually illegal, and what to do if you are pulled over.

Every year the Polk County Clerk’s office runs an amnesty event for drivers whose licenses were suspended over unpaid court obligations. The events are useful, but they obscure something more important: Florida law already gives you a route back to a valid license, and it does not depend on a special Saturday in February. A