Florida Statutes Title XXIII Chapter 319 - Title Certificates
- 319.001 - Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Certificate of title” means the record that is evidence of ownership of a vehicle, whether a paper certificate authorized...
- 319.14 - Sale Of Motor Vehicles Registered Or Used As Taxicabs, Police Vehicles, Lease Vehicles, Rebuilt Vehicles, Nonconforming Vehicles, Custom Vehicles, Or Street Rod Vehicles; Conversion Of Low-speed Vehicles.
(1)(a) A person may not knowingly offer for sale, sell, or exchange any vehicle that has been licensed, registered, or used as a taxicab, police vehicle,...
- 319.141 - Pilot Rebuilt Motor Vehicle Inspection Program.
(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Facility” means a rebuilt motor vehicle inspection facility authorized and operating under this section.(b) “Rebuilt inspection services” means an examination...
- 319.145 - Autonomous Vehicles.
(1) An autonomous vehicle registered in this state must continue to meet federal standards and regulations for a motor vehicle. The vehicle shall:(a) Have a means to...
- 319.17 - Rules; Forms; Indexes And Records.
(1) The department has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter, including rules that allow alternative...
- 319.20 - Application Of Law.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter applies exclusively to motor vehicles and mobile homes required to be registered and licensed under the laws of...
- 319.21 - Necessity Of Manufacturer’s Statement Of Origin And Certificate Of Title.
(1) No manufacturer, distributor, licensed dealer, or other person shall sell or otherwise dispose of a new motor vehicle or a new mobile home to a...
- 319.22 - Transfer Of Title.
(1) Except as provided in ss. 319.21 and 319.28, a person acquiring a motor vehicle or mobile home from the owner thereof, whether or not the...
- 319.225 - Transfer And Reassignment Forms; Odometer Disclosure Statements.
(1) Every certificate of title issued by the department must contain the following statement on its reverse side: “Federal and state law require the completion of...
- 319.23 - Application For, And Issuance Of, Certificate Of Title.
(1) Application for a certificate of title shall be made upon a form prescribed by the department, shall be filed with the department, and shall be...
- 319.235 - Encumbrance Of Coowned Motor Vehicle Or Mobile Home.
When a motor vehicle or mobile home is registered in the names of two or more persons as coowners in the alternative by the use...
- 319.24 - Issuance In Duplicate; Delivery; Liens And Encumbrances.
(1) The department shall assign a number to each certificate of title and shall issue each certificate of title and each corrected certificate in duplicate. The...
- 319.241 - Removal Of Lien From Records.
The owner of a motor vehicle or mobile home upon which a lien has been filed with the department or noted upon a certificate of...
- 319.25 - Cancellation Of Certificates.
(1) If it appears that a certificate of title has been improperly issued, the department shall cancel the certificate. Upon cancellation of any certificate of title,...
- 319.261 - Real Property Transactions; Retiring Title To Mobile Home.
(1) This section shall provide a process by which the owner of a mobile home which is permanently affixed to real property owned by that same...
- 319.27 - Notice Of Lien On Motor Vehicles Or Mobile Homes; Notation On Certificate; Recording Of Lien.
(1) Each lien, mortgage, or encumbrance on a motor vehicle or mobile home titled in this state shall be noted upon the face of the Florida...
- 319.271 - Terminal Rent Adjustment Clause.
In the case of motor vehicles or trailers, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transaction does not create a security interest merely because it...
- 319.28 - Transfer Of Ownership By Operation Of Law.
(1)(a) In the event of the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle or mobile home by operation of law as upon inheritance, devise or bequest,...
- 319.29 - Lost Or Destroyed Certificates.
(1) If a certificate of title is lost or destroyed, application for a duplicate copy thereof shall be made to the department by the owner of...
- 319.30 - Definitions; Dismantling, Destruction, Change Of Identity Of Motor Vehicle Or Mobile Home; Salvage.
(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Certificate of destruction” means the certificate issued pursuant to s. 713.78(11) or s. 713.785(7)(a).(b) “Certificate of registration number” means the...
- 319.32 - Fees; Service Charges; Disposition.
(1) The department shall charge a fee of $70 for each original certificate of title, except for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle for...
- 319.323 - Expedited Service; Applications; Fees.
The department shall establish a separate title office which may be used by private citizens and licensed motor vehicle dealers to receive expedited service on...
- 319.324 - Odometer Fraud Prevention And Detection; Funding.
(1) Moneys received by the department pursuant to s. 319.32(1) in the amount of $1 for each original certificate of title, each duplicate copy of a...
- 319.33 - Offenses Involving Vehicle Identification Numbers, Applications, Certificates, Papers; Penalty.
(1) It is unlawful:(a) To alter or forge any certificate of title to a motor vehicle or mobile home or any assignment thereof or any cancellation of...
- 319.34 - Transfer Without Delivery Of Certificate; Operation Or Use Without Certificate; Failure To Surrender; Other Violations.
Whoever, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports to sell or transfer a motor vehicle or mobile home without delivering to the purchaser...
- 319.35 - Unlawful Acts In Connection With Motor Vehicle Odometer Readings; Penalties.
(1)(a) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to tamper with, adjust, alter, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect an odometer of a motor vehicle,...
- 319.40 - Transactions By Electronic Or Telephonic Means.
(1) The department may accept any application provided for under this chapter by electronic or telephonic means.(2) The department may issue an electronic certificate of title in...
- 319.41 - Title History Database.
The department shall make available on the Internet a database of title transactions searchable by vehicle identification number. In the Internet database, the department shall...
Last modified: September 23, 2016