Camera Notices — the § 316.0083 lane
MAILED NOTICE ≠ CITATIONA mailed camera notice of violation is not a uniform traffic citation: no officer stopped you, the addressee is the registered owner, the amount is the statute's $158, and the response window is 60 days from the mailed notification. If the window closes unanswered a uniform traffic citation issues, and from there the § 318.14 framework — the main decoder's territory — takes over.
Everything on this page is the statute's own text, quoted with its citation. Which response fits a particular notice is a decision for the owner — or one to make with a licensed attorney.
The 60-day window, in the statute's words
“the violator must pay the penalty of $158 to the department, county, or municipality, or furnish an affidavit in accordance with paragraph (d), or request a hearing within 60 days following the date of the notification in order to avoid the issuance of a traffic citation. The notification must be sent by first-class mail. The mailing of the notice of violation constitutes notification.”
— § 316.0083(1)(b)1.a., Fla. Stat., verbatim
The 60-day window is what stands between the mailed notice and a uniform traffic citation: the statute's own words put the three responses 'within 60 days following the date of the notification in order to avoid the issuance of a traffic citation.' Once a citation issues, the § 318.14 track applies — different amounts, different clocks, the War Room's main decoder.
Compute your own 60-day window — free in the War RoomThe statute's three responses
Pay the $158 penalty
Paying within the 60-day window closes the notice of violation before any uniform traffic citation issues. The amount is the statute's own figure; the notice's printed instructions control where it goes.
“the violator must pay the penalty of $158 to the department, county, or municipality, or furnish an affidavit in accordance with paragraph (d), or request a hearing within 60 days following the date of the notification in order to avoid the issuance of a traffic citation. The notification must be sent by first-class mail. The mailing of the notice of violation constitutes notification.”
— § 316.0083(1)(b)1.a., Fla. Stat., verbatim
▸ The § 322.27(3)(d) camera carve-outs — quoted on the points panels — say points may not be imposed for these camera-enforced violations, and they may not be used to set insurance rates.
Furnish the paragraph (d) affidavit
The statutory path when someone else had the vehicle: the affidavit names who had care, custody, or control (or documents a theft with the police report, or the other grounds the paragraph states). On a qualifying affidavit the notice can be reissued to the person named.
“An affidavit supporting an exemption under sub-subparagraph 1.c. must include the name, address, date of birth, and, if known, the driver license number of the person who leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody, or control of the motor vehicle at the time of the alleged violation. If the vehicle was stolen at the time of the alleged offense, the affidavit must include the police report indicating that the vehicle was stolen.”
— § 316.0083(1)(d), Fla. Stat., verbatim
▸ The affidavit is sworn — the program's own form and instructions govern its execution, and knowingly false statements carry their own consequences. What the paragraph requires is shown here; whether its grounds fit your facts is yours to answer, or an attorney's.
Request the hearing
A written hearing request within the 60 days puts the notice before a local hearing officer. The statute bars any prepayment as a condition of the hearing, grants one reschedule on 5 days' written notice, and lets you cancel by paying the penalty plus $50 before it starts.
“a person who receives a notice of violation under this section may request a hearing within 60 days following the notification of violation or pay the penalty pursuant to the notice of violation, but a payment or fee may not be required before the hearing requested by the person.”
— § 316.0083(1)(b)1.c., Fla. Stat., verbatim
“The petitioner may cancel his or her appearance before the local hearing officer by paying the penalty assessed under paragraph (1)(b), plus $50 in administrative costs, before the start of the hearing.”
— § 316.0083(5)(c), Fla. Stat., verbatim
“if the notice of violation is upheld, require the petitioner to pay the penalty previously assessed under paragraph (1)(b), and may also require the petitioner to pay county or municipal costs, not to exceed $250.”
— § 316.0083(5)(e), Fla. Stat., verbatim
▸ If the notice is upheld, the hearing officer may add county or municipal costs up to $250 on top of the $158 — the statute's own range, shown before you choose.
▸ You have the right to review the images or streaming video first — the notice must say where (§ 316.0083(1)(b)1.b.).
The evidence-review right
“the owner has the right to review the photographic or electronic images or the streaming video evidence that constitutes a rebuttable presumption against the owner of the vehicle. The notice must state the time and place or Internet location where the evidence may be examined and observed.”
— § 316.0083(1)(b)1.b., Fla. Stat.
The program's own records are also requestable — the Records Suite has a camera-program template.
What may not be ticketed by camera
“A notice of violation and a traffic citation may not be issued for failure to stop at a red light if the driver is making a right-hand turn in a careful and prudent manner at an intersection where right-hand turns are permissible.”
— § 316.0083(1)(a), Fla. Stat.
“A notice of violation and a traffic citation may not be issued under this section if the driver of the vehicle came to a complete stop after crossing the stop line and before turning right if permissible at a red light, but failed to stop before crossing over the stop line or other point at which a stop is required.”
— § 316.0083(1)(a), Fla. Stat.
The affidavit path, in the statute's words
“An affidavit supporting an exemption under sub-subparagraph 1.c. must include the name, address, date of birth, and, if known, the driver license number of the person who leased, rented, or otherwise had care, custody, or control of the motor vehicle at the time of the alleged violation. If the vehicle was stolen at the time of the alleged offense, the affidavit must include the police report indicating that the vehicle was stolen.”
— § 316.0083(1)(d), Fla. Stat., verbatim
The paragraph also covers stolen vehicles (with the police report), notices where an officer already issued a citation at the scene, and deceased-owner cases — read the full section for the complete machinery. The program's own affidavit form governs execution; it is sworn, and whether its grounds fit your facts is yours to answer, or an attorney's.
The points posture — the carve-outs, verbatim
§ 322.27(3)(d)'s own rows carry the camera exceptions:
- “Points may not be imposed for a violation of passing a stopped school bus as provided in s. 316.172(1)(a) or (b) when enforced by a school bus infraction detection system pursuant to s. 316.173.” — § 322.27(3)(d) row 4.a
- “Points may not be imposed for a violation of unlawful speed as provided in s. 316.1895 or s. 316.183 when enforced by a traffic infraction enforcement officer pursuant to s. 316.1896.” — § 322.27(3)(d) row 5.a
- “Points may not be imposed for a violation of unlawful speed as provided in s. 316.1895 or s. 316.183 when enforced by a traffic infraction enforcement officer pursuant to s. 316.1896.” — § 322.27(3)(d) row 5.b
- “However, points may not be imposed for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when a driver has failed to stop at a traffic signal and when enforced by a traffic infraction enforcement officer.” — § 322.27(3)(d) row 6
The three camera programs
Red-light cameras (the Mark Wandall program)
detailed on this pageThe program this lane details in full: § 316.0083 enforcement of §§ 316.074(1) and 316.075(1)(c)1., with the mailed notice, the $158 penalty, the 60-day window, the affidavit path, and the local hearing.
School-zone speed detection systems
honest pointerA sibling mailed-notice program under its own section — § 316.1896 — with its own thresholds and process. This lane does not restate it; read it verbatim, and the § 322.27(3)(d) carve-outs cover its points posture.
School-bus infraction detection systems
honest pointerThe stop-arm camera program under § 316.173 — again its own mailed-notice machinery under its own section, pointed to honestly rather than paraphrased.
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