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Old 08-30-2025, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by sowilts View Post
Yes, a golf cart can park in a car handicap spot in Florida if it displays a valid Florida handicap placard or license plate, as golf carts are treated the same as other vehicles for handicap parking purposes. The driver must have the proper, legally issued documentation to use the handicap space, and the placard must be displayed correctly.
True.

Handicap placards are issued to the person, not the vehicle. State law does not differentiate: merely "motor vehicle" which a golf cart most certainly is. The only caveat (same as for cars, trucks, etc.) is that the person to whom the placard was issued must be either the driver or a passenger in the vehicle. See below:

"You cannot park your golf cart in a handicap space in Florida unless you have a valid placard due to disability. Golf carts are treated in the same way as cars and other, larger vehicles when it comes to handicap parking spaces." (andrewpickettlaw)