Sec. 388.507. - Bar on vessel and vehicle registration privileges as penalty for failure to pay costs.

In addition to any penalty for violation of this Part, a law enforcement officer or representative of the law enforcement agency or other governmental entity shall supply the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles with the name of any person who has neglected or refused to pay all costs of removal, storage, destruction, or disposal of an abandoned vessel or lost vessel, after having been provided written notice via certified mail that such costs are owed, and the person shall not be entitled to be issued a certificate of registration for such vessel, or any other vessel, or motor vehicle, until such costs have been paid, as provided in F.S. § 705.103(4). (Ord. 2025-432-E , § 7)