Florida Statutes Part I - Vessels; Title Certificates; Liens (Ss. 328.01-328.30)

• 328.01 - Application For Certificate Of Title.
  (1)(a) The owner of a vessel which is required to be titled shall apply to the county tax collector for a certificate of title. The application...
• 328.03 - Certificate Of Title Required.
  (1) Each vessel that is operated, used, or stored on the waters of this state must be titled by this state pursuant to this chapter, unless...
• 328.05 - Crimes Relating To Certificates Of Title To, Or Other Indicia Of Ownership Of, Vessels; Penalties.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person to procure or attempt to procure a certificate of title or duplicate certificate of title to a vessel, or...
• 328.07 - Hull Identification Number Required.
  (1) No person shall operate, use, or store on the waters of this state a vessel the construction of which began after October 31, 1972, for...
• 328.09 - Refusal To Issue And Authority To Cancel A Certificate Of Title Or Registration.
  (1) If the department determines at any time that an applicant for a certificate of title or registration gave a false statement or false or incomplete...
• 328.11 - Duplicate Certificate Of Title.
  (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may issue a duplicate certificate of title upon application by the person entitled to hold such a...
• 328.13 - Manufacturer’s Statement Of Origin To Be Furnished.
  (1) Any person selling a new vessel in this state shall furnish a manufacturer’s statement of origin to the purchaser of the vessel. The statement shall...
• 328.15 - Notice Of Lien On Vessel; Recording.
  (1) No lien for purchase money or as security for a debt in the form of retain title contract, conditional bill of sale, chattel mortgage, or...
• 328.16 - 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...
• 328.165 - 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,...
• 328.17 - Nonjudicial Sale Of Vessels.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that any nonjudicial sale of any vessel held for unpaid costs, storage charges, or dockage fees, or any...
• 328.18 - Power To Conduct Investigations.
  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or any other law enforcement agency may make any investigation necessary to secure information required to carry...
• 328.19 - Penalty.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of...
• 328.195 - Legislative Intent.
  It is declared to be the legislative intent that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this chapter is held invalid the remainder...
• 328.20 - Disposition Of Fees.
  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall deposit all funds collected by it pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in the Marine...
• 328.21 - Transfer Without Delivery Of Certificate; Operation Or Use Without Certificate; Failure To Surrender; Other Violations.
  A person who:(1) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports to sell or transfer a vessel for which a certificate of title is required...
• 328.30 - 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...

Last modified: September 23, 2016