Terms Used In Florida Statutes 322.48

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Department: means the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles acting directly or through its duly authorized representatives. See Florida Statutes 322.01
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
  • State: means a state or possession of the United States, and, for the purposes of this chapter, includes the District of Columbia. See Florida Statutes 322.01
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Any act or omission of any official or employee of this state done or omitted pursuant to, or in enforcing, the provisions of s. 322.44 or s. 322.50 shall be subject to review in accordance with chapter 120 by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, but any review of the validity of any conviction or failure to answer summons reported pursuant to the compact in s. 322.44 or s. 322.50 shall be limited to establishing the identity of the person so convicted or failing to answer summons.