Palm Coast, FL

Palm Coast lets residents run outdoor fireplaces and cooking fires without a Fire Marshal permit under City Code § 25-52(1)(d), as long as the fire is conducted safely and does not…

Palm Coast's Property Maintenance Code requires smoke alarms in every dwelling under City Code Section 15-136(b). Alarms must sit outside each sleeping area, inside every bedroom, and…

Palm Coast bans open burning of trash, garbage, lawn debris and commercial waste citywide under City Code § 25-52(1)(a). Ceremonial fires, land clearing, prescribed burns, emergency…

Any public fireworks display in unincorporated Flagler County needs a permit from the Department of Emergency Services before it happens. Applicants file plans, licenses and fees with…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

Palm Coast's nuisance-abatement ordinance defines acceptable yard landscaping and expressly lists artificial turf as an allowed material. Sec. 35-76(d)(2)d. says landscape may include…

Palm Coast code enforcement treats excessive, untended grass, weeds and brush on any improved lot as a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 35-76. There's no fixed inch limit; the…

Unincorporated Flagler County limits sprinkler irrigation to two assigned days a week under Sec. 20-273, tied to an address's odd or even number, with a 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows a residential compost pile as an exception to its Litter Control article, but only if it is screened or blocked from public view and smell under…

Unincorporated Flagler County bars trees and plants on private property from overhanging a road right-of-way in a way that screens traffic sight distances at intersections, under Sec…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires a permit before removing or clearing any protected tree, defined as a listed species with a trunk six inches or greater in diameter. The rule…

Florida Statute 373.185 declares Florida-friendly landscaping a matter of state policy and prohibits any deed restriction, covenant, or local ordinance from preventing property owners…

Palm Coast allows recreational vehicles, motor homes, travel trailers, campers, boats and boat trailers on residential driveways, but not in front or side yard setbacks. Vehicles may…

Palm Coast requires vehicles to be parked on a paved driveway, not on grass, dirt, or gravel. City Code Section 44-34(f) bans parking "except upon paved driveways of improved lots or…

Palm Coast prohibits parking or storing any motor vehicle overnight in a residential zone unless it is a passenger vehicle kept in a garage, carport, driveway or designated residential…

Palm Coast bans parking on the paved right-of-way of any City road outright, and bans parking on unpaved rights-of-way, including swales, between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. City Code…

Palm Coast treats an abandoned vehicle differently depending on where it sits. On public roads, Section 44-35(e) lets officers order a vehicle towed after 48 hours if it's within 30…

Palm Coast bans parking or storing a commercial vehicle anywhere in the City, including residential driveways, except at a residence for an active service call. A narrow exception lets…

Along the unincorporated stretch of State Road A1A between Beverly Beach and Marineland, Flagler County's A1A Scenic Corridor Overlay requires loading docks on nonresidential buildings…

Florida law protects condominium unit owners' rights to install electric vehicle charging stations in their designated parking areas under Fla. Stat. 718.113(8), while commercial…

Florida caps the drop fee a tower can charge at half the posted rate if the owner shows up mid-tow, requires a signed itemized receipt, and forces storage lots within 10 to 15 highway…

Since March 3, 2025, Palm Coast has required every short-term vacation rental to register with the city and pay the applicable fee before renting. Sec. 17-68(a) bars renting or leasing…

Palm Coast caps how many guests can stay in a short-term vacation rental. Sec. 17-71(2) limits occupancy to two transient occupants per sleeping room or habitable space, with an…

Registering a short-term vacation rental in Palm Coast costs a City Council-set application fee on top of proving compliance with county and state lodging taxes. Sec. 17-68(a)(4)…

Every short-term vacation rental in unincorporated Flagler County must post a required quiet-hours notice inside the unit, telling guests that quiet hours run from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires one off-street parking space for every three transient occupants permitted in a short-term vacation rental, and bans on-street parking outright…

Flagler County runs short-term vacation rental enforcement as a graduated strike program: a first violation of Sec. 3.06.14 draws only a written warning, and each further offense…

Palm Coast bars noisy construction equipment between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Sec. 35-52(7), and Sec. 35-60 pushes the Sunday start time back to 9:00 a.m. Work covered by an…

Palm Coast's public nuisance animal definition makes it unlawful for a pet to bark, howl or make other disturbing noise for more than 20 minutes in a way that interferes with a…

Palm Coast sets hard numeric noise caps in Sec. 35-53's Table I: 60 dBA by day and 55 dBA at night for residential property, 65/60 dBA for commercial and tourist uses, and a flat 75…

Playing a radio, amplifier or musical instrument loudly enough to disturb neighbors is a Sec. 35-52(2) violation in Palm Coast, measured against the 'loud and raucous noise' standard…

Driving a motor vehicle without a functioning muffler that causes loud and raucous noise is a straight violation of Sec. 35-52(5) in Palm Coast. Vehicles that meet Florida's own…

Yelling, shouting or singing loudly enough to disturb others between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is banned outright under Sec. 35-52(4), and the City's own decibel table tightens at the…

Palm Coast makes it unlawful to possess any wild animal, bird, freshwater organism, marine life, fur-bearing animal or reptile without first complying with Florida's wildlife statute…

Palm Coast sets no flat cap on how many dogs or cats a household may own, but Sec. 8-28 classifies keeping more than four dogs six months or older on residential property as a…

Palm Coast has no breed-specific ban; instead Sec. 8-28 classifies a dog as 'dangerous' only for what it has done, such as biting or menacingly chasing someone, and Sec. 8-40 through…

Palm Coast makes it unlawful to feed any animal, wild or domestic, in a City Park unless a City rule or permit specifically allows it. City Code Section 42-168(c) closes off the…

Palm Coast requires every animal off its owner's property to stay under restraint at all times, and Sec. 8-31(f) caps any leash used off the property at eight feet. Letting an animal…

Palm Coast doesn't ban pet-shop sales of dogs and cats, but Sec. 8-38(d) sets sanitation and crating standards for any nonoutdoor market selling animals: crates meeting USDA minimums…

Palm Coast allows backyard chickens only as an accessory use at an occupied single-family home in a residential zone, and only with a City permit. Sec. 8-100 caps permits citywide at…

Flagler County has no cat licensing program or feral-colony ordinance. Two rules cover cats in unincorporated Flagler County: the general animal at-large restraint duty in Sec. 5-26…

Flagler County bans hunting, harming, trapping or killing any wildlife, reptile or bird, and disturbing their eggs or nests, inside county parks and recreation areas under Sec…

Flagler County treats veterinary clinics differently by zoning district. In the AC Agriculture district a clinic needs special exception approval alongside animal hospitals and…

Florida law requires every beekeeper to register their honeybee colonies with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, obtain inspection certificates, and renew annually…

Palm Coast requires public swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs deeper than 24 inches to be completely enclosed by a fence or barrier at least 48 inches high, with self-closing…

In unincorporated Flagler County, a spa, hot tub or swimming pool deeper than twenty-four inches falls outside the general finished-product installation exemption, so it must be built…

In unincorporated Flagler County, an accessory dwelling unit only gets its county impact fees waived if it is part of a qualifying affordable-housing project under Code Sec. 16-79, not…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, a detached shed or accessory building is capped at 12 feet in height, must sit at least 10 feet from the rear lot line and 10 feet from any…

Unincorporated Flagler County does not allow a general accessory dwelling unit; it permits 'guest/servant quarters' only as a special exception in the AC Agriculture district, and only…

Florida Statute 553.73 makes the Florida Building Code the single, uniform construction standard for all permanent dwellings statewide, including tiny homes, preempting cities from…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, a building permit is required before erecting any fence or wall valued over $100 in residential, commercial or industrial districts. All…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, residential fences cannot exceed four feet in a required front yard setback or six feet in side and rear yards, with posts allowed to reach…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, barbed wire and electrically charged fences are banned in every district except R-1 rural residential and MH-1 rural mobile home, and only…

Florida's one statewide fence statute, §588.011, defines a legal fence as at least 3 feet high with three strands of wire on posts no more than 20 feet apart. Residential height…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows a home-based business as an accessory use in every residential district, provided the business stays secondary to the home's residential character…

Florida's Cottage Food Operations Act preempts local regulation, allowing home production of non-potentially hazardous foods up to a statewide gross sales limit.

Florida regulates family and large family child care homes uniformly under Chapter 402, setting capacity limits, training, and inspection requirements applicable statewide.

Palm Coast requires carbon monoxide detectors in residential occupancies built after July 1, 2008, whenever the home has a fossil-fuel-burning appliance or an attached garage. City…

Palm Coast adopts the Florida Building Code by reference under City Code § 15-1, and City Council sets building and permit fees by resolution. Skipping a required permit is a specific…

In unincorporated Flagler County, the Chief Building Official and Code Official enforce building inspections under Chapter 8 of the county code. Permit and inspection fees follow a…

Palm Coast limits homeowners to two garage sales per calendar year at the same location, each capped at two consecutive days, under City Code Section 16-173. Sales run only between…

Palm Coast requires owners of residential rental property to register with the City under Code Section 17-39, paying a per-unit registration fee that renews annually with the…

Palm Coast's Property Maintenance Code (Chapter 15, Article III) sets the minimum habitability floor for every existing residential structure, rented or owner-occupied. Every dwelling…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Chapter 83 Part II, exclusively defines lawful eviction grounds and procedures statewide, preempting cities from adding just-cause…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida effectively bans local rent control. State law bars any city or county from imposing controls on rents, and the 2023 Live Local Act removed the old narrow exception that had…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

Palm Coast exempts reclaimed water irrigation from its landscape watering schedule entirely: reclaimed water can be used anytime, any day, under Sec. 24-184(7). When reclaimed water is…

Palm Coast requires Best Management Practices to keep construction sites from eroding into the city's canals, ditches, lakes and other waterbodies. Sec. 24-76 makes it a violation to…

Palm Coast requires new and substantially improved buildings in coastal high-hazard (Zone V) and Coastal A flood zones to be elevated to the base flood elevation plus 2 feet, or to the…

Palm Coast charges every property owner a monthly stormwater management fee under City Code § 24-136, billed in Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs). A single-family home is billed as…

Unincorporated Flagler County regulates all development within mapped flood hazard areas under its Floodplain Management Ordinance, covering land subdivision, grading, building work…

Before building a bulkhead, boat dock or pier on waterfront property in unincorporated Flagler County, the owner must get a construction permit from the county building official, and…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Vendors and exhibitors at a Palm Coast street fair or festival must be licensed before they can set up: local vendors need a City business tax receipt, outside vendors must buy a…

Every parade in Palm Coast is legally a special event: organizers must go through the Special Event Review Team and obtain a special event permit before stepping off. The City verifies…

A Palm Coast block party or other gathering that closes a public street counts as an 'event' under Chapter 28 and must be disclosed to the City at least 180 days ahead. Any request for…

Anyone seeking to hold an event, reserve a facility, or engage in an otherwise-restricted activity in a Flagler County park must get written county authorization first. Sec. 23-3…

Door-to-door solicitors and peddlers in Palm Coast must get a license from the City Manager before going house to house, per Sec. 35-163(a). Applicants submit a sworn application with…

Palm Coast's peddler ordinance bars licensed solicitors from knocking or ringing a bell at any home posting a "No Peddler or Solicitors" sign, under Sec. 35-168(b). The same section…

Palm Coast requires every property, residential and commercial, to use the City's franchised hauler for solid waste and recyclables. Sec. 41-3(b) makes collection service "mandatory as…

Non-residential dumpster enclosures in Palm Coast must be fully screened from public view under Sec. 41-10(a): six-foot screening measured from the pad, architecturally matched to…

Palm Coast homeowners must keep garbage and recycling containers screened from street view except on pickup day, per Sec. 41-11(a), and set them at the curb or right-of-way under Sec…

Palm Coast classifies bulk waste as furniture, TVs, small lawn equipment, grills, bicycles and similar large items that two people can lift, separate from vehicles or motors…

Dumping solid waste or recyclables on someone else's property, in a public street, sidewalk, right-of-way, park or waterway is a prohibited act under Sec. 41-17(a) of Palm Coast's…

Palm Coast caps yard waste like tree limbs, trunks and palm fronds at five feet long, six inches in diameter and 60 pounds per piece under Sec. 41-11(c) of the City Code. Customers…

Once you set recyclables at the curb or in a City recycling container, Sec. 41-16 makes them the exclusive property of Palm Coast and its collection franchisee. Every franchisee must…

Sec. 27-257(a) of the Flagler County Code spells out curbside pickup basics in the unincorporated county: garbage and rubbish go in containers on your designated collection day, while…

Vehicular mobile food sales in Palm Coast run through the City's peddler-license division. Sec. 35-164 bars parking to sell within 200 feet of a school building from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00…

Flagler County treats mobile roadside vending as a special exception, not a by-right use. In the unincorporated county's AC Agriculture and C-2 General Commercial districts, a roadside…

Palm Coast's building code doesn't spell out shutter specifications directly; instead City Code § 15-1 fixes the geographic line that determines where the adopted Florida Building…

After a hurricane or other disaster, Flagler County will clear debris from private roads and, in narrow circumstances, private property when the Board of County Commissioners finds it…

Flagler County amends the Florida Building Code's wind design map for unincorporated territory, splitting the county into four ultimate design wind speed lines under Sec. 8-32(a): 120…

New construction in unincorporated Flagler County must clear FEMA-based flood elevation standards: the minimum finish floor must sit at least one foot above the FEMA base flood…

Palm Coast condemns buildings and equipment the City Manager or designee finds unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, or unlawful under City Code § 15-105, part of the Property Maintenance…

Flagler County's lot-maintenance nuisance ordinance reaches a truly vacant, undeveloped lot only if it sits adjacent to a developed lot; a stand-alone vacant parcel not next to…

Palm Coast prohibits smoking and vaping in every City Park under City Code Section 42-169, adopted in June 2025. The ban defines "tobacco product" broadly enough to reach marijuana and…

Palm Coast makes it unlawful to possess or drink alcohol in any city park or recreation area unless the City Manager or a designee has issued a permit for a specific event there. Sec…

Palm Coast flatly bans street-side panhandling of vehicle occupants: Sec. 35-104 makes it unlawful to be on any public street seeking or giving employment, business or contributions to…

Skateboarding, inline skating and off-road bicycling are allowed in Flagler County parks only in areas the parks and recreation manager specifically posts for that use under Sec. 23-6…

Palm Coast confines adult entertainment establishments and sexually oriented businesses to the industrial zoning district and bars them from locating within 1,000 feet of another adult…

Unincorporated Flagler County does not issue its own tobacco retail license; that comes from the state under Fla. Stat. ch. 569. What county Code Sec. 19-2 does regulate is display…

Flagler County caps nonconsensual tow, storage and wrecker fees by resolution under Chapter 20, Article VI, and runs a sheriff's-office rotation list for law-enforcement-requested…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, the Land Development Code names tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments as a prohibited use in the R/C (Residential/Limited…

Palm Coast bars anyone from regularly camping or sleeping on public property, including public buildings, grounds and rights-of-way, under Sec. 42-6, adopted in May 2025 under…

Palm Coast recognizes three classes of e-bike under Sec. 42-7: Class 1 and 3 are pedal-assist only, while Class 2 has a throttle capped at 20 mph. No e-bike in the City may deliver…

Bicycles may use bike lanes, bike paths, roadways and sidewalks in Palm Coast under Sec. 42-7, but riders must follow State traffic law and run lights at night. Off-road electric…

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

Palm Coast bans placing anything in the public right-of-way, the strip along every street that includes its sidewalks, if the placement creates a safety or traffic hazard. City Code…

Placing anything within a Palm Coast public right-of-way, from a landscaping bed to a utility line, requires a Right-of-Way Utilization Permit under Sec. 42-44. Private citizens…

Palm Coast requires every owner of residential rental property to register with the city under Sec. 17-39, and Sec. 17-41 ties that registration to periodic city inspections: an…

Palm Coast's Property Maintenance Code makes every premises responsible for staying free of insect and rodent infestation under City Code Section 15-115. Landlords must exterminate…

Palm Coast doesn't fix park hours in the municipal code itself: City Code Section 42-162 leaves opening and closing times to the City Council or to administrative rules the City…

Florida Statutes 877.20 through 877.25, the Juvenile Curfew Act, set a uniform statewide framework allowing counties to impose curfews on minors under 16 with specific hours…

Unincorporated Flagler County levies an occupational (local business tax) under Code Sec. 19-26, with the tax classification and amount pegged to Florida Statutes Chapter 205 as it…

Flagler County imposes a tourist development tax on short-term rentals of six months or less, now totaling 5 percent countywide (including incorporated cities) after four separate…

When a Flagler County code enforcement officer issues a warning notice of violation in the unincorporated county, the property owner gets no more than thirty days to fix it. If a…

The most commonly reported code violations on Flagler County's Sec. 22-31 nuisance list are overgrown nuisance weeds past twenty inches, and accumulations of waste, yard trash, rubble…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, the Land Development Code's industrial performance standards require outdoor lighting on I-Industrial zoned property to be designed to…

Unincorporated Flagler County requires new beachside development to shield, position or turn off exterior lighting so it cannot be seen from the beach during the May 1 to October 31…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts farms and timberland from its Litter Control article under Sec. 27-31(1), deferring to the state's Florida Right to Farm Act, Section 823.14…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts farms and timberland from its litter ordinance under the Florida Right to Farm Act, and zones an AC Agriculture district specifically to protect…

In the AC-2 Agriculture/Forestry zoning district, unincorporated Flagler County caps the share of a lot that principal and accessory buildings can cover at 25 percent. Other districts…

Unincorporated Flagler County caps building height at 35 feet in its R-1 Rural Residential zoning district, the county's baseline standalone single-family district for areas without…

In the R-1b Urban Single-Family Residential district, unincorporated Flagler County requires a 25-foot front setback, 20-foot rear setback, ten feet for pools, and a 7.5-foot interior…

Flagler County's R-3b Multifamily Residential district allows a base density of 9 units per acre, plus an affordable multifamily density bonus of 1 additional unit per acre, for a…

Unincorporated Flagler County bans off-site advertising billboards outright and prohibits digital or electronic message signs everywhere except as a narrowly defined subdivision…

Unincorporated Flagler County exempts temporary window signs advertising special sales or events from its sign permit requirement, while a permanent sign affixed to or painted on glass…

Unincorporated Flagler County allows political campaign signs in every zoning district if they meet setback, size and height caps, and the candidate or committee registers with the…

Unincorporated Flagler County bans medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities outright. Land Development Code Sec. 3.06.15, adopted by Ordinance 2018-01 in January 2018…

Florida prohibits home cultivation of cannabis for both recreational and medical use; only state-licensed Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers may grow cannabis.

Anyone planting landscaping in an unincorporated Flagler County road right-of-way, including a parkway or median strip, needs a right-of-way utilization permit approved by the county…

Flagler County's Land Development Code singles out its largest trees for extra protection: a 'historic tree' is any protected species with a trunk 36 inches or more in diameter, and…

Flagler County's Land Development Code names 24 native tree species, from live oak and southern magnolia to bald cypress and sweetgum, as protected once their trunk reaches six inches…

Flagler County bars planting poisonous or exotic pest plant species in any planned or dedicated public right-of-way in the unincorporated county, as part of the same section that…

Commercial drone operations in Florida are regulated by federal FAA Part 107 and state law; local governments cannot impose additional commercial operation restrictions.

Florida expressly preempts local regulation of drones, reserving authority to the state and federal government, with limited surveillance and trespass exceptions.

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida Statute 790.33 expressly preempts the entire field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state, voiding all local ordinances and imposing personal civil penalties on…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.3085, unpaid assessments become a lien on a parcel, and the homeowners' association may foreclose like a mortgage. Before recording the lien the association must…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Under Fla. Stat. §§ 720.303 and 720.3035, a Florida HOA enforces its recorded covenants and architectural standards, but only where authority is stated or reasonably inferred in the…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 403.7033 preempts the regulation of disposable plastic bags by local governments, prohibiting cities and counties from enacting bans or fees on retailers pending a…

Florida Statute 500.90 preempts the regulation of polystyrene products by local governments, blocking cities and counties from banning expanded polystyrene foam food containers, cups…

Florida law voids any deed restriction, covenant, or HOA agreement that bans or effectively blocks solar collectors on homes or condo units, and boards cannot deny installation…

Florida statute 163.04 prohibits any ordinance, deed restriction, or covenant from preventing installation of solar collectors. Local building permits are required but cannot…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…