No motor vehicle liability policy which is obtained to effect the return of any driver license or registration shall be canceled by an insurer issuing the same unless 10 days’ notice of such cancellation shall be given to the department on a form prescribed by it and to the insured, except that when evidence has been furnished of the holding of a motor vehicle liability policy, and subsequently evidence is furnished of the holding of such a policy subsequently procured, the later policy shall, on the date evidence is furnished, terminate the policy as to which evidence was previously furnished with respect to any vehicle designated in both policies.
Fla. Stat. § 324.181
Cancellation of liability policies; plan for apportionment of certain applicants
Known as the Financial Responsibility Law
The act spans §§ 324–324 (30 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Bertucci v. Red Top Sedan Service, Inc. (1975)
Most recently applied in Bertucci v. Red Top Sedan Service, Inc. (May 1975)
History.--s. 1, ch. 29963, 1955; s. 1, ch. 61-69; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 12, ch. 77-468; s. 55, ch. 89-282
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.