Are studded tires legal in Florida?

Florida law sets no seasonal dates for studded tires. Florida law bars wheels with sharpened or roughened surfaces on paved public roads but carves out rubber tires with studs designed to improve traction without materially damaging the road, and it sets no season. Fla. Stat. § 316.299 reads: "No person shall drive, propel, operate, or cause to be driven, propelled or operated over any paved or graded public road of this state any tractor engine, tractor or other vehicle or contrivance having wheels provided with sharpened or roughened surfaces, other than roughened pneumatic rubber tires having studs designed to improve traction without materially injuring the surface of the highway, unless the rims or tires of the wheels of such tractor engines, tractors, or other vehicles or contrivances are provided with suitable filler blocks between the cleats so as to form a smooth surface."

Florida law sets no start or end date, so the conditions in the statute apply all year. The studs must be designed to improve traction without materially injuring the surface of the highway.

The studs must be designed to improve traction without materially injuring the surface of the highway. County and Department of Transportation road construction and maintenance equipment is exempt from the rough wheel rule.

Montana: October 1 through May 31, 243 days. The national page lists every state's window.

The most common opening date in state law is November 1, in California, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and West Virginia. The national page lists every state's dates for 2026-27.