✅ Updated March 2022

Ultimate Guide to Registering your Vehicle in Florida

Here's the ultimate guide to registering your vehicle at the Florida DMV. We've simplified the entire process for you lot so you tin can salve time.

What You'll Need to Register your Vehicle in Florida

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

📌Florida driver'southward license

📌Proof of identity for all owners of the vehicle

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

📌Completed Florida Insurance Affidavit ( Grade HSMV 83330 )

📌VIN and odometer verification

📌Vehicle Identification Number and Odometer Verification ( Form HSMV 82042 ) (for vehicles non previously titled in Florida; can be completed by taxation collector'due south office) OR Odometer disclosure argument (for vehicles less than 10 years quondam)

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

📌Out-of-state title OR title from the seller (with transfer department 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)
  • $225 initial registration fee plus additional registration fee based on the weight of the vehicle
  • County fees (vary by county)
  • License plate fees ($vii.35 transfer fee OR $28 new effect fee)
  • 6% sales tax (assessed only 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 lot can also register your vehicle online here. Yous will demand to provide your last name, your date of birth, your social security number, your accost,  drivers' license number, and your license plate number.

What Yous'll Practise to Register your Vehicle in Florida

    • Step i: Visit your county's tax collector's function, preferably with the seller (if the vehicle was purchased via a individual auction)
      • 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
    • Stride 2: Receive your Florida vehicle title (electronically or via U.Due south. mail, depending on preference)

Caveats and Exceptions

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

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