Chapter 328 Vessels: Title Certificates; Liens; Registration
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 on the waters of this state must be titled by this state pursuant to this chapter, unless it is: (a) A...
- §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 on the waters of this state a vessel the construction of which began after October 31, 1972, for which the department...
- §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...
- §328.30 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.
The department is authorized to accept any application provided for under this chapter by electronic or telephonic means. History.--s. 25, ch. 97-300. ...
Part II - Vessel Registration (ss. 328.40-328.80)
- §328.40 Administration of vessel registration and titling laws; records.
(1) The administration of vessel registration and titling as set forth in this chapter is under the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which shall...
- §328.42 Suspension or denial of a vessel registration due to support delinquency; dishonored checks.
(1) The department must allow applicants for new or renewal registrations to be screened by the Department of Revenue, as the Title IV-D child support agency...
- §328.44 Rules.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this...
- §328.46 Operation of registered vessels.
(1) Every vessel that is required to be registered and that is using the waters of this state shall be registered and numbered within 30 days...
- §328.48 Vessel registration, application, certificate, number, decal, duplicate certificate.
(1)(a) The owner of each vessel required by this law to pay a registration fee and secure an identification number shall file an application with the...
- §328.50 Reregistration by mail.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall adopt rules and regulations to permit the reregistration of vessels by mail. History.--s. 7, ch. 70-336;...
- §328.52 Special manufacturers' and dealers' number.
(1) The description of a vessel used for demonstration, sales promotional, or testing purposes by a manufacturer or dealer shall be omitted from the certificate of...
- §328.54 Federal numbering system adopted.
(1) The vessel registration number issued shall be of the pattern prescribed by regulations of the United States Coast Guard and shall be divided into parts....
- §328.56 Vessel registration number.
Each vessel that is used on the waters of the state must display a commercial or recreational Florida registration number, unless it is: (1) A vessel...
- §328.58 Reciprocity of nonresident or alien vessels.
The owner of any vessel already covered by a registration number in full force and effect which has been awarded: (1) By another state pursuant to...
- §328.60 Military personnel; registration; penalties.
Any military personnel on active duty in this state operating a vessel that has a registration number in full force and effect which has been...
- §328.62 Only authorized number to be used.
No number other than the number awarded to a vessel or granted reciprocity pursuant to this chapter shall be painted, attached, or otherwise displayed on...
- §328.64 Change of interest and address.
(1) The owner shall furnish the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles notice of the transfer of all or any part of his or her...
- §328.65 Legislative intent with respect to registration and numbering of vessels.
It is the legislative intent that vessels be registered and numbered uniformly throughout the state. The purpose of ss. 327.58, 327.70, 327.72, 328.66, 328.68, and...
- §328.66 County and municipality optional registration fee.
(1) Any county may impose an annual registration fee on vessels registered, operated, or stored in the water within its jurisdiction. This fee shall be 50...
- §328.68 Exemption of vessels and outboard motors from personal property tax; temporary certificate of registration; vessel registration certificate fee.
(1) Every vessel registered as provided herein, and outboard motor capable of propelling any such vessel, shall be exempt from any personal property tax and in...
- §328.70 Legislative intent with respect to uniform registration fee, classification of vessels.
(1) It is declared to be the intent of the Legislature that all vessels in the state be subject to a uniform registration fee at a...
- §328.72 Classification; registration; fees and charges; surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers.
(1) VESSEL REGISTRATION FEE.--Vessels that are required to be registered shall be classified for registration purposes according to the following schedule, and the registration certificate fee...
- §328.73 Registration; duties of tax collectors.
(1) The tax collectors in the counties of the state, as authorized agents of the department, shall issue registration certificates and vessel numbers and decals to...
- §328.735 Advanced registration renewal; procedures.
(1) The owner of any vessel currently registered in this state may file an application for renewal of registration with the department, or its authorized agent...
- §328.74 Stickers or emblems for the Save the Manatee Trust Fund.
The commission shall prepare stickers or emblems signifying support for the Save the Manatee Trust Fund which shall be given to persons who contribute to...
- §328.76 Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; vessel registration funds; appropriation and distribution.
(1) Except as otherwise specified in this subsection and less $1.4 million for any administrative costs which shall be deposited in the Highway Safety Operating Trust...
- §328.78 Crimes relating to registration decals; penalties.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to make, alter, forge, counterfeit, or reproduce a Florida registration decal unless authorized by the Department of Highway Safety...
- §328.80 Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.
The commission is authorized to accept any application provided for under this chapter by electronic or telephonic means. History.--s. 24, ch. 97-300; s. 36, ch....
