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Florida Statutes, Title XXIII

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Title XXIII, Motor Vehicles

9 chapters · 712 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XXIII712 Ch 316, State Uniform Traffic Control281 Ch 320, Motor Vehicle Licenses195 Ch 322, Driver Licenses120 Ch 324, Financial Responsibility30 Ch 319, Title Certificates29 Ch 318, Disposition of Traffic Infractions25 Ch 317, Off-highway Vehicle Titling18 Ch 321, Highway Patrol12 Ch 323, Wrecker Operators2

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Fla. Stat. § 319.35 Unlawful acts in connection with motor vehicle odometer readings; penalties
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(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, or to cause any of the foregoing to occur to an odometer of a motor vehicle, so as to reflect a lower mileage than the motor vehi…
Fla. Stat. § 319.40 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means
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(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 lieu of printing a paper title.(3) The department may collect e-mail addresses and use e-mail in lieu…
Fla. Stat. § 319.41 Title history database
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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 only provide access to information relating to the year, make, model, and mileage of the vehicle, along…
Fla. Stat. § 320.01 Definitions, general
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As used in the Florida Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term:(1) “Motor vehicle” means:(a) An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle operated on the roads of this state, used to transport per…

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Fla. Stat. § 320.0104 Legislative intent with respect to implementation of chapter

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter be implemented in such a manner that the convenience of the applicant is the first consideration.(2) Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that all services affecting motor carriers be consolidated…

Fla. Stat. § 320.011 Administration and enforcement; rules

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The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement them.History.—s. 3, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 77-357; s. 14, ch. 80-217; s. 3, ch. 83-318; s. 62, ch.…

Fla. Stat. § 320.015 Taxation of mobile homes

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(1) A mobile home, as defined in s. 320.01(2), regardless of its actual use, shall be subject only to a license tax unless classified and taxed as real property. A mobile home is to be considered real property only when the owner of the mobile home is also the owner of the land o…

Fla. Stat. § 320.02 Registration required; application for registration; forms

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every owner or person in charge of a motor vehicle that is operated or driven on the roads of this state shall register the vehicle in this state. The owner or person in charge shall apply to the department or to its authorized ag…

Fla. Stat. § 320.021 Blue envelope and blue card program

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(1) The department shall establish a blue envelope and blue card program for the purpose of improving communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers.(2)(a) By January 1, 2027, the department shall develop and make available to individ…

Fla. Stat. § 320.023 Requests to establish voluntary checkoff on motor vehicle registration application

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(1) An organization that seeks authorization to establish a voluntary contribution on a motor vehicle registration application must submit to the department:(a) A request for the particular voluntary contribution being sought, describing the proposed voluntary contribution in gen…

Fla. Stat. § 320.025 Registration certificate and license plate or decal issued under fictitious name; application

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(1) A confidential registration certificate and registration license plate or decal shall be issued under a fictitious name only for a motor vehicle or vessel owned or operated by a law enforcement agency of state, county, municipal, or federal government; the Attorney General’s …

Fla. Stat. § 320.03 Registration; duties of tax collectors; International Registration Plan

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(1) The tax collectors in the several counties of the state, as authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration certificates, registration license plates, validation stickers, and mobile home stickers to applicants, and shall provide to applicants for each the optio…

Fla. Stat. § 320.031 Mailing or delivery of registration certificates, license plates, and validation stickers

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(1) The department and the tax collectors of the several counties of the state, as agents of the department, may at the request of the applicant deliver in person or use United States mail service to deliver registration certificates and renewals thereof, duplicate registration c…

Fla. Stat. § 320.04 Registration service charge

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(1)(a) A service charge of $2.50 shall be imposed on each application that is handled in connection with original issuance, duplicate issuance, or transfer of a license plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker or with transfer or duplicate issuance of a registration cert…

Fla. Stat. § 320.05 Records of the department; inspection procedure; lists and searches; fees

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(1) Except as provided in chapter 119 and s. 320.025(3), the department may release records as provided in this section.(2) Upon receipt of an application for the registration of a motor vehicle, vessel, or mobile home, as herein provided for, the department shall register the mo…

Fla. Stat. § 320.055 Registration periods; renewal periods

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The following registration periods and renewal periods are established:(1)(a) For a motor vehicle subject to registration under s. 320.08(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) or (b), (5)(b), (c), (d), or (f), (6)(a), (7), (8), (9), (10), or (11) and owned by a natural person, the registration pe…

Fla. Stat. § 320.06 Registration certificates, license plates, and validation stickers generally

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(1)(a) Upon the receipt of an initial application for registration and payment of the appropriate license tax and other fees required by law, the department shall assign to the motor vehicle a registration license number consisting of letters and numerals or numerals and issue to…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0601 Lease and rental car companies; identification of vehicles as for-hire

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(1) A rental car company may not rent in this state any for-hire vehicle, other than vehicles designed to transport cargo, that has affixed to its exterior any bumper stickers, insignias, or advertising that identifies the vehicle as a rental vehicle.(2) As used in this section, …

Fla. Stat. § 320.0603 Vehicle-for-hire license or permit; reciprocity

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(1) A person who holds a valid, active license or permit issued by a county or municipality to operate a vehicle for hire may operate a vehicle for hire in any other county or municipality without being subject to additional licensing or permitting requirements and without paying…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0605 Certificate of registration; possession required; exception

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(1)(a) The registration certificate or an official copy thereof, a true copy or an electronic copy of rental or lease documentation issued for a motor vehicle or issued for a replacement vehicle in the same registration period, a temporary receipt printed upon self-initiated elec…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0607 Replacement license plates, validation decal, or mobile home sticker

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(1) Any law enforcement officer or department license and registration inspector may at any time inspect a license plate or validation decal for proper display and legibility as prescribed by chapter 316. A damaged or defaced plate or decal may be required to be replaced.(2) When…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0609 Transfer and exchange of registration license plates; transfer fee

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(1)(a) The registration license plate and certificate of registration shall be issued to, and remain in the name of, the owner of the vehicle registered and may be transferred by the owner from the vehicle for which the registration license plate was issued to any vehicle which t…

Fla. Stat. § 320.061 Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates; penalty

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(1) A person may not alter the original appearance of a vehicle registration certificate, license plate, temporary license plate, mobile home sticker, or validation sticker issued for and assigned to a motor vehicle or mobile home, whether by mutilation, alteration, defacement, o…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0655 Permanent license plates for governmental entities and volunteer fire departments

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(1) A permanent license plate shall be issued for any motor vehicle owned or exclusively operated by the state or by any county, municipality, or other governmental entity. All such license plates shall be of a distinctive color, different from that of plates issued under s. 320.…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0657 Permanent registration; fleet license plates

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(1) As used in this section, the term “fleet” means nonapportioned motor vehicles owned or leased by a company and used for business purposes. A fleet consists of a minimum of 100 motor vehicles or a minimum of 25 trailers or semitrailers. Vehicles registered as short-term rental…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0659 Permanent registration of trailer for hire and semitrailers

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(1) A permanent license plate may be issued for any semitrailer classified under s. 320.08(5)(a)2. All such license plates shall be of a distinctive color, and shall be imprinted with the words “Permanent Trl” at the bottom. Such plates shall be displayed as required by s. 316.60…

Fla. Stat. § 320.07 Expiration of registration; renewal required; penalties

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(1) The registration of a motor vehicle or mobile home expires at midnight on the last day of the registration or extended registration period, or for a motor vehicle or mobile home owner who is a natural person, at midnight on the owner’s birthday. A vehicle may not be operated …

Fla. Stat. § 320.0705 Semiannual registration or renewal for certain vehicles

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(1) The owner of a motor vehicle taxed under s. 320.08(4)(c)-(n) or (6)(b) may register his or her vehicle semiannually, if the amount of license tax due annually is more than $100 and the vehicle registration fee is not required to be apportioned, upon payment of a fee of $2.50 …

Fla. Stat. § 320.0706 Display of license plates on trucks

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The owner of any commercial truck of gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more shall display the registration license plate on both the front and rear of the truck in conformance with all the requirements of s. 316.605 that do not conflict with this section. The owner of a du…

Fla. Stat. § 320.071 Advance registration renewal; procedures

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(1)(a) The owner of any motor vehicle or mobile home currently registered in this state may file an application for renewal of registration with the department, or its authorized agent in the county wherein the owner resides, any time during the 3 months preceding the date of exp…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0715 International Registration Plan; motor carrier services; permits; retention of records

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(1) All apportionable vehicles domiciled in this state shall be registered in accordance with the International Registration Plan and shall display license plates.(2)(a) An International Registration Plan motor vehicle trip permit registration may be issued for any vehicle which …

Fla. Stat. § 320.072 Additional fee imposed on certain motor vehicle registration transactions

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1(1) A fee of $225 is imposed upon the initial application for registration pursuant to s. 320.06 of every motor vehicle classified in s. 320.08(2), (3), and (9)(c) and (d).(2) The fee imposed by subsection (1) shall not apply to:(a) Any registration renewal transaction.(b) A tra…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08 License taxes

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Except as otherwise provided herein, there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003, and mobile homes as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid to and collected by the department or it…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08001 Electric vehicles; license tax

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The license tax for an electric vehicle or low-speed vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is not electrically powered.History.—s. 11, ch. 95-333; s. 3, ch. 99-163.

Fla. Stat. § 320.0801 Additional license tax on certain vehicles

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(1) In addition to the license taxes specified in s. 320.08 and in subsection (2), there is hereby levied and imposed an annual license tax of 10 cents for the operation of a motor vehicle, as defined in s. 320.01, and moped, as defined in s. 316.003, which tax shall be paid to t…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08015 License tax surcharge

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), there is levied on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08(11) a surcharge in the amount of $1, which shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax and shall be deposited in the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund, as cr…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0802 Surcharge on license tax

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There is hereby levied and imposed on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), a surcharge in the amount of $1, which shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax and deposited into the State Agency Law Enforcement Radio Syste…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0803 Moped license plates

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(1) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, registration and payment of license taxes in accordance with these requirements and for the purposes stated herein shall in no way be construed as placing any requirements upon mopeds other than the requirements of r…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08035 Persons who have disabilities; reduced dimension license plate

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The owner or lessee of a motorcycle, moped, or motorized disability access vehicle who resides in this state and qualifies for a parking permit for a person who has a disability under s. 320.0848, upon application and payment of the appropriate license tax and fees under s. 320.0…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0804 Surcharge on license tax

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A surcharge of $2 shall be imposed on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), which shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax. This surcharge shall be further reduced to $1.20 on September 1, 2014, in order to negate the l…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08046 Juvenile programs surcharge on license tax

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A surcharge of $1 shall be imposed on each license tax imposed under s. 320.08, except those set forth in s. 320.08(11), which shall be collected in the same manner as the license tax and deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of Juvenile Justice to …

Fla. Stat. § 320.08047 Voluntary contribution for organ and tissue donor education

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As a part of the collection process for license taxes as specified in s. 320.08, individuals shall be permitted to make a voluntary contribution of $1, which contribution shall be deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund for organ and tissue donor education and for maintaining t…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08048 Sample license plates

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(1) The department is authorized, upon application and payment of a $28 fee per plate, to provide one or more sample regular issuance license plates or specialty license plates based upon availability.(2) The sample license plates described in subsection (1) shall have the word “…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0805 Personalized prestige license plates

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(1) The department shall issue a personalized prestige license plate to the owner or lessee of any motor vehicle, except a vehicle registered under the International Registration Plan or a commercial truck required to display two license plates pursuant to s. 320.0706, upon appli…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08053 Establishment of specialty license plates

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(1) If a specialty license plate requested by an organization is approved by law, the organization must submit to the department, as soon as practicable but no later than 60 days after the act approving the specialty license plate becomes a law:(a) The proposed art design for the…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08056 Specialty license plates

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(1) The department is responsible for developing the specialty license plates authorized in s. 320.08053.(2)(a) The department shall issue a specialty license plate to the owner or lessee of any motor vehicle, except a vehicle registered under the International Registration Plan,…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08058 Specialty license plates

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(1) MANATEE LICENSE PLATES.—(a) The department shall develop a manatee license plate to commemorate the official state marine mammal. The word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the words “Save the Manatee” must appear at the bottom of the plate.(b) The manatee li…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08062 Audits and attestations required; annual use fees of specialty license plates

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(1)(a) All organizations that receive annual use fee proceeds from the department are responsible for ensuring that proceeds are used in accordance with ss. 320.08056 and 320.08058.(b) Any organization not subject to audit pursuant to s. 215.97 shall annually attest, under penalt…

Fla. Stat. § 320.08068 Motorcycle specialty license plates

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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 320.08053, the department shall develop a reduced dimensions specialty license plate for display on motorcycles.(2) The department shall issue a specialty license plate to the owner or lessee of any motorcycle upon request and payment of t…

Fla. Stat. § 320.0807 Special license plates for Governor and federal and state legislators

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(1) Upon application by any member of the House of Representatives of Congress and payment of the fees prescribed by s. 320.0805, the department may issue to such member of Congress a license plate stamped “Official Congress” followed by the number of the appropriate congressiona…