Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle in Florida
Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle is a Third Degree Felony in Florida.
Under Florida Statute 817.52(3), the crime of Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle is committed when a person abandons, or willfully refuses to redeliver or return, a leased or rented vehicle in violation of a lease or rental agreement.
Penalties for Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle
The crime of Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle is a Third Degree Felony in Florida and is punishable by up to five (5) years in prison, five (5) years of probation, and a $5,000 fine.
Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle is assigned a Level 1 offense severity ranking under Florida’s Criminal Punishment Code. A judge may sentence a person convicted of Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle to probation, but may also impose a sentence up to the statutory maximum of five years in prison.
Defenses to Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle
In addition to the pretrial defenses and trial defenses that can be raised in any criminal case, specific defenses to the crime of Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle are:
Corporate Agent
It is a defense to the crime of Failure to Redeliver a Hired Vehicle that a person leased the vehicle solely as an agent of a corporation. In such circumstances, it is the corporation that has the duty to redeliver the leased vehicle and only the corporation can be held legally accountable for failing to redeliver the leased or rented vehicle. [1]
Intent to Defraud
Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle requires proof that the failure to redeliver the leased or rented vehicle was done for a fraudulent reason, such as avoiding financial obligations under the rental agreement.
Contact Criminal Defense Lawyer Richard Hornsby
If you have been arrested or charged with the crime of Failure to Redeliver Hired Vehicle in Central Florida or the Greater Orlando area, contact Orlando Criminal Defense Lawyer Richard Hornsby today.
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