319.20
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319.20 Application of law.—Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter applies exclusively to motor vehicles and mobile homes required to be registered and licensed under the laws of this state and defined by such registration laws, including residential manufactured buildings placed on mobile home lots under s. 553.382. A residential manufactured building placed on a mobile home lot as provided in s. 553.382 shall be treated as a mobile home for purposes of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any moped or to any trailer or semitrailer having a net weight of less than 2,000 pounds. All provisions of this chapter relating to title certificates also apply to any recreational vehicle-type unit and to any mobile home classified and taxed as real property pursuant to s. 320.0815(2); and no title, lien, or other interest in such vehicle or mobile home shall be valid unless evidenced in accordance with this chapter.
History.—s. 1, ch. 23658, 1947; s. 6, ch. 65-190; s. 1, ch. 65-447; s. 4, ch. 82-134; s. 7, ch. 2015-163.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1963–2019 · leading case: In re Collins
In re Collins (2019)
“§ 319.20, Fla. Stat. (2018) ; (Doc. 98-14 at 2); (Doc.”
First National Bank in Anoka v. Minnesota Utility Contracting, Inc. (In Re Minnesota Utility Contracting, Inc.) (1989)
“Fla.Stat. § 319.20. The Bank’s security interests were not noted on the face of either of the certificates of title to the motor vehicles titled in Florida.”
Richardson Tractor Company v. Square Deal MacHinery & Supply Company (1963)
“Furthermore, the tractor was not a "motor vehicle" as defined by Section 319.20, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and, therefore, Section 319.”
In Re Brown (1993)
“§ 319.20 . The oral hen in issue was not evidenced -on either certificate of title issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, therefore, under the Florida Statutes, the oral hen on the vehicles is not valid.”
Federal Insurance Co. v. Mercer (1970)
“Section 319.20, F.S.A.; F.S. Section 320.”
Union Planters Bank, NA v. Peninsula Bank (2005)
“§ 319.20, Fla. Stat. (2002). Chapter 319 provides one exception to this rule when a debtor is a licensed dealer selling motor vehicle "floor plan stock.”
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