Privacy Law Library

Installation or Use of Tracking Devices or Tracking Applications

Florida Tracking Device Law

Location

Makes it a crime to knowingly install a tracking device or app on another person's property, or to use one to follow someone's location or movement, without consent. Consent is presumed revoked once a divorce petition or protective injunction is filed between the parties. Good-faith business use for a legitimate purpose is exempt.

Where
Florida
Citation
Fla. Stat. 934.425
Status
In force
Last amended
2025-10-01
Enforced by
State attorneys (criminal)
People can sue
No
Penalties
Third-degree felony; second-degree felony if done to commit or facilitate a dangerous crime (934.425(5), as amended by ch. 2025-71 effective October 1, 2025).
Applies to
  • Individuals (not business entities) who install or use tracking devices or tracking applications (934.425(1)(d), (2))
  • Exempts law enforcement, corrections and juvenile justice staff, court-authorized persons, parents in defined custody situations, physician-certified caregivers, good-faith use for a legitimate business purpose, and vehicle owners or lessees who meet removal or disclosure conditions (934.425(4))

Practices it requires

  • Do not knowingly install or place a tracking device or tracking application on another person's property, or use one to determine another person's location or movement, without that person's consent.Fla. Stat. 934.425(2)
  • Vehicle owners or lessees may track their own vehicle but must remove the device before title transfer or lease expiration unless the next owner or lessor consents in writing, or, for the original manufacturer, the next owner is told where it is and how to remove it.Fla. Stat. 934.425(4)(h)

Other duties

  • Consent is presumed revoked when one spouse files for dissolution of marriage or either party files for a protective injunction against the other.Fla. Stat. 934.425(3)

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: Original effective date (ch. 2015-137) and the content of the 2024 amendment (ch. 2024-114) were not fetched.

Research reference, not legal advice.