✅ Updated June 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in Florida

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

What You'll Need to Annals your Vehicle in Florida

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

📌Florida driver's license

📌Proof of identity for all owners of the vehicle

📌Proof of Florida vehicle insurance (insurance carte du jour OR a re-create of insurance policy)

📌Completed Florida Insurance Affidavit ( Form HSMV 83330 )

📌VIN and odometer verification

📌Vehicle Identification Number and Odometer Verification ( Grade HSMV 82042 ) (for vehicles not previously titled in Florida; tin can be completed by tax collector's part) OR Odometer disclosure argument (for vehicles less than 10 years old)

📌Completed Notice of Sale and/or Bill of Sale for a Motor Vehicle, Mobile Dwelling, Off-Highway Vehicle or Vessel ( Class 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

  • Title fee ($75.25 for new electronic titles; $77.75 for new paper titles; $85.25 for out-of-state title transfers)
  • $225 initial registration fee plus additional 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 taxation (assessed only on vehicles owned less than half dozen months; pro-rated if sales tax has already been paid in another state)
  • Leased vehicles flat fee ($17; if applicable)

Yous can also register your vehicle online hither. Y'all will need to provide your last proper name, your date of birth, your social security number, your address,  drivers' license number, and your license plate number.

What You'll Exercise to Register your Vehicle in Florida

    • Step 1: Visit your county's revenue enhancement collector's 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 championship
      • 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. post, depending on preference)

Caveats and Exceptions

Don't have a paper copy of the existing title? Then you (or the seller, in the instance of a individual sale) will first need to request a replacement title. Learn more almost how to get a replacement title here.

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