Fla. Stat. § 316.067
criminal — excepted from ch. 318verifiedFalse reports
How Florida classifies this section
Making false crash reports
“Making false crash reports, in violation of s. 316.067;”
— § 318.17, Fla. Stat., verbatim
Section 318.17 removes this charge from the civil-infraction framework — the pay/school/hearing election in § 318.14 is not available for it, and it proceeds as a criminal traffic case. The statute's own text, shown below when it is in the corpus, states the offense level. A criminal traffic charge is a lane where speaking with a licensed attorney is how most people proceed.
The statute, verbatim
316.067 False reports. — Any person who gives information in oral, electronic, or written reports as required in this chapter, knowing or having reason to believe that such information is false, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. History. — s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 4, ch. 74-377; s. 10, ch. 96-350; s. 89, ch. 99-248.
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Which text, as of when
2025 Florida Statuteslast amended 1999Decoded against the 2025 Florida Statutes as ingested — dual fetch-path verified, hash-pinned. Session laws amend sections on their own effective dates; the 2026 Laws of Florida are indexed as the corpus's overlay.
History. — s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 4, ch. 74-377; s. 10, ch. 96-350; s. 89, ch. 99-248.
License points — the scale, shown
Point values attach on conviction, under § 322.27(3)(d)'s graduated scale. Which row a case lands on can turn on facts the citation and the disposition determine — the rows that could reach this section are shown with their own words and conditions. The scale is shown, not applied.
“All other moving violations (including parking on a highway outside the limits of a municipality)—3 points.”
“Any moving violation covered in this paragraph, excluding unlawful speed and unlawful use of a wireless communications device, resulting in a crash—4 points.”
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Is a section 316.067 charge criminal in Florida?
Yes — § 318.17 excepts it from the civil-infraction system: "Making false crash reports, in violation of s. 316.067;" (§ 318.17, Fla. Stat.). It proceeds as a criminal traffic case, and the § 318.14 pay/school/hearing menu does not attach. Criminal traffic is the lane where speaking with a licensed attorney is how most people proceed; the connection through the platform is free to request.
Does the 30-day election window apply to section 316.067?
No — the § 318.14(4)(a) window belongs to the civil-infraction framework, and § 318.17 removes this charge from it. Criminal traffic charges run on their own procedures and their own clocks; the citation and the court's notices control, and a licensed attorney is the right reader for them.
How many license points can section 316.067 carry?
Points attach on conviction under § 322.27(3)(d)'s graduated scale. The rows that could reach this section carry 3, 4 points, with conditions the statute itself states (crash involvement, speed over the limit, school-zone factors). The scale is shown, not applied — which row fits a case depends on facts the citation and the disposition determine.
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