Section 320.025(3), F.S. All records relating to the registration application of a law enforcement agency, Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, or public defender’s office, or any office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, for motor vehicle or vessel registration and license plates or decals issued under fictitious names, are exempt from s. 119.07(1) as long as the information is retained by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Section 320.05(2), F.S. Information on motor vehicle or vessel registration records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall not be made available to a person unless the person requesting the information furnishes positive proof of identification. Section 320.861(5), F.S. Information received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as a result of an investigation or examination conducted pursuant to this section (motor vehicle licenses) is confidential and exempt until the investigation or examination ceases to be active or administrative action taken by the department has concluded or been made part of a hearing or court proceeding. Release is authorized under the circumstances set forth in the exemption. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
