✅ Updated June 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in Florida

Hither's the ultimate guide to registering your vehicle at the Florida DMV. Nosotros've simplified the entire process for you so you tin can save time.

What You lot'll Demand to Register your Vehicle in Florida

📌 Completed Application for Certificate of Title With/Without Registration ( Form HSMV 82040 ) (signed by all owners)

📌Florida commuter'southward license

📌Proof of identity for all owners of the vehicle

📌Proof of Florida vehicle insurance (insurance card OR a copy of insurance policy)

📌Completed Florida Insurance Affidavit ( Form HSMV 83330 )

📌VIN and odometer verification

📌Vehicle Identification Number and Odometer Verification ( Class HSMV 82042 ) (for vehicles non previously titled in Florida; can exist completed by revenue enhancement collector's role) OR Odometer disclosure statement (for vehicles less than 10 years old)

📌Completed Notice of Auction and/or Pecker of Sale for a Motor Vehicle, Mobile Abode, Off-Highway Vehicle or Vessel ( Form HSMV 82050 ) ( optional: signed by a notary public)

📌Out-of-country title OR championship from the seller (with transfer section completed & signed)

📌Lienholder information (if applicable)

📌Payment for applicable fees and taxes

  • Championship fee ($75.25 for new electronic titles; $77.75 for new paper titles; $85.25 for out-of-land championship transfers)
  • $225 initial registration fee plus boosted registration fee based on the weight of the vehicle
  • County fees (vary past canton)
  • License plate fees ($7.35 transfer fee OR $28 new issue fee)
  • 6% sales tax (assessed only on vehicles owned less than vi months; pro-rated if sales tax has already been paid in some other state)
  • Leased vehicles apartment fee ($17; if applicable)

You lot tin can too register your vehicle online here. You will need to provide your final proper noun, your date of birth, your social security number, your address,  drivers' license number, and your license plate number.

What You'll Practise to Register your Vehicle in Florida

    • Stride one: Visit your county's tax collector's function, preferably with the seller (if the vehicle was purchased via a private auction)
      • Submit required documents and ID
      • Choose to receive either an electronic or paper championship
      • Submit the required payment
      • Receive license plates, registration stickers, and a temporary vehicle championship
    • Step 2: Receive your Florida vehicle title (electronically or via U.S. mail, depending on preference)

Caveats and Exceptions

Don't have a paper re-create of the existing title? Then you lot (or the seller, in the example of a individual auction) will first need to request a replacement title. Acquire more near how to get a replacement title here.

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