✅ Updated March 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in Florida

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

What Yous'll Demand to Annals your Vehicle in Florida

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

📌Florida driver'south license

📌Proof of identity for all owners of the vehicle

📌Proof of Florida vehicle insurance (insurance carte du jour OR a copy of insurance policy)

📌Completed Florida Insurance Affirmation ( Class HSMV 83330 )

📌VIN and odometer verification

📌Vehicle Identification Number and Odometer Verification ( Form HSMV 82042 ) (for vehicles non previously titled in Florida; tin be completed past taxation collector'due south function) OR Odometer disclosure argument (for vehicles less than ten years sometime)

📌Completed Observe of Auction and/or Beak of Auction for a Motor Vehicle, Mobile Dwelling house, Off-Highway Vehicle or Vessel ( Course HSMV 82050 ) ( optional: signed by a notary public)

📌Out-of-country title OR title 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 title transfers)
  • $225 initial registration fee plus additional registration fee based on the weight of the vehicle
  • County fees (vary by county)
  • License plate fees ($vii.35 transfer fee OR $28 new issue fee)
  • 6% sales revenue enhancement (assessed but on vehicles endemic less than 6 months; pro-rated if sales tax has already been paid in another state)
  • Leased vehicles flat fee ($17; if applicable)

You can also annals your vehicle online here. Y'all will need to provide your last name, your appointment of birth, your social security number, your address,  drivers' license number, and your license plate number.

What You'll Do to Register your Vehicle in Florida

    • Step 1: Visit your county's tax collector'south office, preferably with the seller (if the vehicle was purchased via a private sale)
      • Submit required documents and ID
      • Choose to receive either an electronic or paper title
      • Submit the required payment
      • Receive license plates, registration stickers, and a temporary vehicle title
    • Step ii: 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? And so yous (or the seller, in the case of a private sale) will first demand to asking a replacement title. Acquire more than about how to go a replacement title here.

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