Florida Appeals Court Clarifies Reporting Requirements After a Move
On August 18, the 1st District Court of Appeals in Florida ordered the acquittal of a registered citizen who was charged with failing to report to the sheriff’s office within 48 hours of moving.
The appellate court pointed out that the relevant statute, 943.0435(4), provides that registered citizens are required to report to the drivers’ license office within 48 hours after a move, but requires they report to the Sheriff’s office ONLY when one “vacates a permanent, temporary, or transient residence and fails to establish or maintain another permanent, temporary, or transient residence shall, within 48 hours after vacating the permanent, temporary, or transient residence.”
This is an interesting finding and, unfortunately, it took someone having to appeal a conviction to interpret what’s written in statute, but if you know anyone that was convicted for failing to report to the Sheriff’s office within 48 hours of a move, please share the following case with them.
https://edca.1dca.org/DCADocs/2015/1298/151298_DC13_08182016_021339_i.pdf
Also, for those of you contemplating a move within Florida to a new residence, know that the current statute only requires you to go to the Drivers’ License office, not the Sheriff’s office also.
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Does this over ride county ordinances that require individuals to report to the sheriffs office within a certain time frame upon entering the county: Such as Seminole Co.Ordinance : That requires Registrants to report in person if they are in the county more than 48 hrs and to carry a Seminole county SO Id issued at the SPOT
That wasn’t very clear – my point being that they do not really know the law and they just arbitrarily enforce things on people that are incorrect! in this case a man was convicted and I wonder if the 1st judge even read the dang statute???