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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXV
AVIATION
Chapter 329
AIRCRAFT: TITLE; REGISTRATION; LIENS
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F.S. 329.10
329.10 Aircraft registration.
(1) It is unlawful for any person in this state to knowingly have in his or her possession an aircraft that is not registered in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration contained in Title 14, chapter 1, parts 47-49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) Any aircraft in or operated in this state that is found to be registered to a nonexistent person, firm, or corporation or to a firm, business, or corporation which is no longer a legal entity is in violation of this section. Any firm, business, or corporation that has no physical location or corporate officers or that has lapsed into an inactive state or been dissolved by order of the Secretary of State for a period of at least 90 days with no documented attempt to reinstate the firm, business, or corporation or to register its aircraft in the name of a real person or legal entity in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations is in violation of this section.
(3) A person who knowingly supplies false information to a governmental entity in regard to the name, address, business name, or business address of the owner of an aircraft in or operated in the state is in violation of this section.
(4) It is a violation of this section for any person or corporate entity to knowingly supply false information to any governmental entity in regard to ownership by it or another firm, business, or corporation of an aircraft in or operated in this state if it is determined that such corporate entity or other firm, business, or corporation:
(a) Is not, or has never been, a legal entity in this state;
(b) Is not, or has never been, a legal entity in any other state; or
(c) Has lapsed into a state of no longer being a legal entity in this state as defined in part I of chapter 607 or s. 865.09, and no documented attempt has been made to correct such information with the governmental entity for a period of 90 days after the date on which such lapse took effect with the Secretary of State.
(5) This section does not apply to any aircraft registration or information supplied by a governmental entity in the course and scope of performing its lawful duties.
(6)(a) A violation of this section shall be deemed a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(b) Any violation of this section shall constitute the aircraft to which it relates as contraband, and said aircraft may be seized as contraband by a law enforcement agency and shall be subject to forfeiture pursuant to ss. 932.701-932.704.
History.s. 5, ch. 83-272; s. 2, ch. 84-259; s. 21, ch. 87-243; s. 471, ch. 95-148; s. 41, ch. 2014-209.

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Amendments to 329.10


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 329.10
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S329.10 1 - PROPERTY CRIMES - POSSESS UNREGISTERED AIRCRAFT - F: T
S329.10 2 - PROPERTY CRIMES - POSS OPR AIRCRAFT BY NON LEGAL ENTITY PERSON - F: T
S329.10 3 - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - GIVE FALSE INFO REGARDING AIRCRAFT OWNER - F: T
S329.10 4 - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - RE AIRCRAFT OWNER BY NON LEGAL ENTITY PERSON - F: T



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Cases from cite.case.law:

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, v. MULLIGAN,, 934 So. 2d 1238 (Fla. 2006)

. . . Stat. (2005) (concerning seizure and forfeiture of marine vessels for various violations); §§ 329.10, . . .

ATLANTA SCHOOL OF KAYAKING, INC. v. DOUGLASVILLE- DOUGLAS COUNTY WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY,, 981 F. Supp. 1469 (N.D. Ga. 1997)

. . . . § 329.10. . . .

FIRST COAST RESTAURANTS, INC. v. L. VOGEL, Jr., 592 So. 2d 1258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . been dissolved for failure to file its annual report, can be seized and forfeited pursuant to section 329.10 . . . Section 329.10, Florida Statutes (1989), provides in pertinent part that: (2) Any aircraft in or operated . . . First Coast contends that section 329.10 only permits seizure if the corporation is dissolved at the . . . The plain language of section 329.10 permits a law enforcement agency to seize an airplane found registered . . . Specifically, we do not address First Coast’s contention that section 329.10, as applied, violated its . . .

In FORFEITURE OF ONE CESSNA T A, SERIAL NUMBER, 587 So. 2d 553 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . appeal from the forfeiture of a 1980 Cessna T-207 aircraft that had been seized pursuant to sections 329.10 . . . Both sections 329.10 and 329.11 require a “knowing” violation of the registration requirement. . . . Section 329.10(6)(b) provides the following: Any violation of this section shall constitute the aircraft . . . The amended complaint made reference to sections 329.10 and 329.11, Florida Statutes (1987), but failed . . . Section 329.10(1), Florida Statutes (1987), provides: It is unlawful for any person in this state to . . .

IN RE FORFEITURE OF ONE CESSNA G AIRCRAFT, 39 Fla. Supp. 2d 121 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1989)

. . . commission of, or in the aiding or abetting in the commission Of any felony, in violation of Sections 329.10 . . . aircraft was provided to the Federal Aviation Administration, a government agency, in violation of Section 329.10 . . . Department for felony aircraft registration and identification violations, in violation of Sections 329.10 . . . commission of, or in the aiding or abetting in the commission of, any felony, contrary to Sections 329.10 . . .

B. ELLIOTT, v. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, INC. S. E. a H. E., 532 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . seized by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department on October 14,1986, as being in violation of section 329.10 . . .

CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG BEACH, v. JEWELL,, 489 So. 2d 78 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Possession of an improperly registered aircraft under the circumstances and conditions set forth in section 329.10 . . .

In FORFEITURE OF MERCEDES, DOOR, VIN TAG WHJ In, 484 So. 2d 642 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Possession of an improperly registered aircraft under the circumstances and conditions set forth in section 329.10 . . .

In FORFEITURE OF ONE CESSNA AIRCRAFT. CITY OF POMPANO BEACH, a III, v. ENROUTE LTD. INC. a, 475 So. 2d 1269 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . The premise of both complaints is that the possession or use of an aircraft in violation of section 329.10 . . . Both trial courts rejected this premise and found that section 329.10 — which provides (in part) that . . . The two courts struck section 329.10 on the grounds that (A) the statute runs afoul of the Supremacy . . . Alluding to an aircraft used in violation of section 329.10, the court said: The aircraft, however, is . . . Section 329.10, Florida Statutes (Supp.1984), provides, in part, as follows: (1) It is unlawful for any . . .

CITY OF INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, a v. E. DAMRON d b a G, 465 So. 2d 1382 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . The City seized the plane, claiming Damron’s possession of the unregistered aircraft violated section 329.10 . . . Possession of an improperly registered aircraft under the circumstances and conditions set forth in section 329.10 . . . The parties conceded that section 329.10 had been violated, so we do not address that issue. . . .

V. DAVIDSON, v. CICUTO, SIMONS, Jr. v. CICUTO, MILLER, a V. V. v. CICUTO,, 203 F. Supp. 833 (W.D. Pa. 1962)

. . . Lutton 159.00 (g) Butler County Memoiúal Hospital 329.10 39. . . .

HENDY v. SOULE, 11 F. Cas. 1097 (C.C.D. Cal. 1868)

. . . The object of the action is to recover from the defendant the sum of $329.10, paid to him for a manufacturer . . .