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Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawfulFla. Stat. § 320.261

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 26,327 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 320.261 covers

Chapter 320 of the Florida Statutes — Motor Vehicle Licenses. A single statute can span several offences at different degrees, and the figures on this page pool every degree. No single rate here is the rate for any one degree.

How often did this charge end in state prison, by county?

Sorted alphabetically, never worst-first. Every rate below has one denominator and it is stated in the column heading: all charges recorded, not convictions. A rate computed on convictions would be higher, and mixing the two is why the same statute can appear to have different “worst counties” on different pages. Across the 63 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 0.0%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County1220.0%
Baker County620.0%
Bay County6860.0%
Bradford County560.0%
Broward County1,2240.0%
Calhoun County270.0%
Charlotte County1100.0%
Citrus County2900.0%
Clay County2040.0%
Collier County1790.0%
Columbia County1390.0%
Desoto County560.0%
Dixie County270.0%
Duval County1,7600.0%
Escambia County1,1600.0%
Franklin County220.0%
Gilchrist County140.0%
Glades County340.0%
Gulf County440.0%
Hamilton County420.0%
Hardee County490.0%
Hendry County1370.0%
Hernando County530.0%
Highlands County1770.0%
Hillsborough County1,8440.0%
Holmes County500.0%
Indian River County1560.0%
Jackson County720.0%
Jefferson County110.0%
Lafayette County260.0%
Lake County3450.0%
Lee County2670.0%
Leon County1450.0%
Levy County450.0%
Madison County460.0%
Manatee County7030.0%
Marion County2870.0%
Martin County1070.0%
Miami-Dade County1329.1%
Monroe County600.0%
Nassau County1310.0%
Okaloosa County4400.0%
Okeechobee County750.0%
Orange County2,2340.0%
Osceola County1560.0%
Palm Beach County6,5940.0%
Pasco County5931.0%
Pinellas County1,3700.0%
Polk County9330.0%
Putnam County1400.0%
Santa Rosa County4220.0%
Sarasota County6440.0%
Seminole County3210.0%
St. Johns County3760.0%
St. Lucie County600.0%
Sumter County530.0%
Suwannee County1000.0%
Taylor County120.0%
Union County210.0%
Volusia County4330.0%
Wakulla County260.0%
Walton County1770.0%
Washington County290.0%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (3)

Fewer than 10 records each. The count is published; the rate is not.

Source, window and the n≥10 floor

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. A sentencing rate is published for a county only where that county has at least 10 records for this charge. Percentages are weighted by case count. Where the categories on a county page sum to less than 100%, the remainder is a sentence not recorded in the public extract, and that county page names it.

The statute

Read Fla. Stat. § 320.261 at the source →

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Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.

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