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Part I - Vessels; Title Certificates; Liens (Ss. 328.001-328.38)
328.001 - Short title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2019-76. 1Note.—Effective July 1, 2023.
328.0015 - Definitions. - (1) As used in this part, the term: (a) “Barge”...
328.01 - Application for certificate of title. - (1)(a) The owner of a vessel which is required to...
328.015 - Duties and operation of the department. - (1) The department shall retain the evidence used to establish...
328.02 - Law governing vessel covered by certificate of title. - (1) The law of the state under which a vessel’s...
328.03 - Certificate of title required. - (1) Each vessel that is operated, used, or stored on...
328.04 - Content of certificate of title. - (1) A certificate of title must contain: (a) The date...
328.045 - Title brands. - (1) Unless subsection (3) applies, at or before the time...
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...
328.055 - Maintenance of and access to files. - (1) For each record relating to a certificate of title...
328.06 - Action required on creation of certificate of title. - (1) On creation of a written certificate of title, the...
328.065 - Effect of possession of certificate of title; judicial process. - History.—s. 11, ch. 2019-76. 1Note.—Effective July 1, 2023.
328.07 - Hull identification number required. - (1) No person shall operate, use, or store on the...
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...
328.101 - Effect of missing or incorrect information. - History.—s. 13, ch. 2019-76. 1Note.—Effective July 1, 2023.
328.11 - Duplicate certificate of title. - (1) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may...
328.12 - Perfection of security interest. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a security...
328.125 - Termination statement. - (1) A secured party indicated in the files of the...
328.13 - Manufacturer’s statement of origin to be furnished. - (1) Any person selling a new vessel in this state...
328.14 - Rights of purchaser other than secured party. - (1) A buyer in ordinary course of business has the...
328.145 - Rights of secured party. - (1) Subject to subsection (2), the effect of perfection and...
328.15 - Notice of lien on vessel; recording. - (1) No lien for purchase money or as security for...
328.16 - Issuance in duplicate; delivery; liens and encumbrances. - (1) The department shall assign a number to each certificate...
328.165 - Cancellation of certificates. - 1(1) If it appears that a certificate of title has...
328.17 - Nonjudicial sale of vessels. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that any...
328.18 - Power to conduct investigations. - History.—s. 10, ch. 84-184; s. 62, ch. 95-333.
328.19 - Penalty. - History.—s. 4, ch. 67-586; s. 305, ch. 71-136; s. 8,...
328.195 - Legislative intent. - History.—s. 4, ch. 67-586. Note.—Former s. 371.83.
328.20 - Disposition of fees. - History.—s. 18, ch. 84-184; s. 161, ch. 94-356; s. 63,...
328.21 - Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations. - (1) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports...
328.215 - Application for transfer of ownership or termination of security interest without certificate of title. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 328.23 or s....
328.22 - Transfer of ownership. - (1) On voluntary transfer of an ownership interest in a...
328.23 - Transfer of ownership by secured party’s transfer statement. - (1) In this section, “secured party’s transfer statement” means a...
328.24 - Transfer by operation of law. - (1) In this section, “by operation of law” means pursuant...
328.25 - Supplemental principles of law and equity. - History.—s. 26, ch. 2019-76. 1Note.—Effective July 1, 2023.
328.30 - Transactions by electronic or telephonic means. - (1) The department may accept any application provided for under...
328.35 - Rulemaking. - History.—s. 27, ch. 2019-76. 1Note.—Effective July 1, 2023.
328.37 - Validity of rights, duties, and interests flowing from law prior to ch. 2019-76. - (1) The rights, duties, and interests flowing from a transaction,...
328.38 - Applicability. - History.—s. 32, ch. 2019-76. 1Note.—Effective July 1, 2023.
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...
328.42 - Suspension or denial of a vessel registration due to support delinquency; dishonored checks. - (1) The department shall work cooperatively with the Department of...
328.46 - Operation of registered vessels. - (1) Every vessel that is required to be registered and...
328.48 - Vessel registration, application, certificate, number, decal, duplicate certificate. - (1)(a) The owner of each vessel required by this law...
328.52 - Special manufacturers’ and dealers’ number. - (1) The description of a vessel used for demonstration, sales...
328.54 - Federal numbering system adopted. - (1) The vessel registration number issued shall be of the...
328.56 - Vessel registration number. - (1) A vessel operated, used, and stored exclusively on private...
328.58 - Reciprocity of nonresident or alien vessels. - (1) Another state pursuant to a federally approved numbering system...
328.60 - Military personnel; registration; penalties. - History.—ss. 1, 5, ch. 67-586; s. 302, ch. 71-136; s....
328.62 - Only authorized number to be used. - History.—s. 1, ch. 59-399; s. 1, ch. 65-361; s. 6,...
328.64 - Change of interest and address. - (1) The owner shall furnish the Department of Highway Safety...
328.65 - Legislative intent with respect to registration and numbering of vessels. - History.—s. 1, ch. 65-361; s. 8, ch. 74-327; s. 6,...
328.66 - County and municipality optional registration fee. - (1) Any county may impose an annual registration fee on...
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...
328.70 - Legislative intent with respect to uniform registration fee, classification of vessels. - (1) It is declared to be the intent of the...
328.72 - Classification; registration; fees and charges; surcharge; disposition of fees; fines; marine turtle stickers. - (1) VESSEL REGISTRATION FEE.— (a) Vessels that are required to...
328.73 - Registration; duties of tax collectors. - (1)(a) The tax collectors in the counties of the state,...
328.735 - Advanced registration renewal; procedures. - (1) The owner of any vessel currently registered in this...
328.74 - Stickers or emblems for the Save the Manatee Trust Fund. - History.—s. 4, ch. 91-199; s. 156, ch. 94-356; s. 20,...
328.76 - Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund; vessel registration funds; appropriation and distribution. - (1) Except as otherwise specified in this subsection and less...
328.78 - Crimes relating to registration decals; penalties. - (1) It is unlawful for any person to make, alter,...
328.80 - Transactions by electronic or telephonic means. - History.—s. 24, ch. 97-300; s. 36, ch. 99-245; s. 32,...