Did you know? – Changing Drivers Licenses for TEMPORARY Address
Florida Sex Offender Laws
By now we all know (hopefully) that when visiting Florida, or staying at a temporary location for five (5) or more days, a sex offender is required to register where they are staying as a “temporary address”. But did you know that in addition to going to the local sheriff and registering, you are also required to go to the DMV and get a new driver’s license/ID?
Who would have thought, right?
It was just brought to our attention that even registering a temporary address triggers the requirement that you go down to the DMV drivers license office also.
Florida Statutes 943.0435 states:
(4)(a)âEach time a sexual offenderâs driverâs license or identification card is subject to renewal, and, without regard to the status of the offenderâs driverâs license or identification card, within 48 hours after any change in the offenderâs permanent, temporary, or transient residence or change in the offenderâs name by reason of marriage or other legal process, the offender shall report in person to a driverâs license office, and shall be subject to the requirements specified in subsection (3).
So say you live in another state and plan to take a family trip to Florida for winter break, plan to spend half a day at the sheriff’s office to register and another half day at the driver’s license office getting your license or ID card. Say you live in North Florida and plan on visiting your parents in Boca Raton for 5 days, you’ll need to BOTH go to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to register your temporary location AND go to the DHSMV to change your driver’s license, even though you have a Florida license with the designation on it!
Who are the idiots in FL government who came up with this winner?? FL statute 943.0435
Seems like vindictiveness. Or stupidity. Or both.
Just donât stay in a county more than 48 hours
It’s not a requirement, just another punishment.
WHEN IS “ENOUGH,,, ENOUGH” ????????. Florida as well as Many other States (because of their constant changing and ADDING of Laws and Restrictions) is gonna cause 1 of 3 things to happen !!! #1, Gonna cause a Mass SUICIDE on a Global Scale, Or #2. Gonna cause people to REVOLT AND FIGHT BACK !!!!! Or #3. BOTH !! Some will just “Give Up and End it all”, Or Most will say, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, And Start fighting back with VIOLENCE !!. You can only push any Animal (what we are considered !!) Or Human(which we are NOT considered) so far before we SNAP !!! AND Fight to get out of the corner we are forced into !!. . 99% of us are just TRYING TO LIVE a descent life, And all the “Government” is trying (and doing!!!) Is CONTINUE to apply MORE AND MORE PUNISHMENT onto us !!!! IT’S TIME FOR IT TO CHANGE !!! In our Country’s past it’s taken ALOT of Blood being spilt to get things changed, I believe it’s time to Fight for change again !! It only takes 1 GENERATION for people to FORGET how many lives were lost for the Freedom we (supposed to) have today !!!. I truly believe people have FORGOTTEN about The CONSTITUTION and what it (supposed to) represent !!!. Added punishment AFTER someone has COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE is WRONG, ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, EVIL, NASTY, And just plain out DIRTY !!. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !!!. We are NOT the ones commiting new Sex Crimes !! It’s people that are NOT ON THE REGISTERY !!! Wake Up
Sounds like you’d want to spend a few days at one temp residence and the remaining days at another (maybe use two different hotels?). Does the DHSMV put the temporary addresses somewhere on your license or do they just keep it on record? They don’t issue you a whole new license with this temporary address on it (thus, invalidating your existing license), do they?
That’s a good plan.
If you have family to stay with for 4 nights and a hotel to stay at for the remainder of your trip, you should be OK.
DHSMV issues you a new license (or ID) and charges you for it. When you get back to your permanent location, you have to get your license updated again.
One of our members just inquired and we had to look into it for the first time. It was so inconceivably absurd a process that we never knew it was even a requirement!
Since your temp residence is not legally TEMPORARY until you’ve been there for five days, if you decided to leave on the sixth day (and you are still within your 48 hour window to report), you wouldn’t be able to honestly report the temporary address because you are leaving it today. So, would you only be potentially busted for it if you remained at the temp address for a full seven days (address became legally temporary and then you neglected within the next 48 hours to report)?
It is absurd indeed.
These frequent in person requirements is one of the very same thing Snyder was won upon by the aclu in Michigan.
Ray, no they dont they is a place for them to enter a temp address on the computer that does not physically change or alter the physical lic.
I have suffered through the hassle and EXPENSE of having to change my temporary address on my Florida License. This is a ridiculous requirement!!