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Fla. Stat. § 319.34 (2025)
Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.
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319.34 Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.—Whoever, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports to sell or transfer a motor vehicle or mobile home without delivering to the purchaser or transferee thereof a certificate of title thereto duly assigned to such purchaser as provided in this chapter or operates or uses in this state a motor vehicle or mobile home for which a certificate of title is required without such certificate having been obtained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or upon which the certificate of title has been canceled; whoever fails to surrender any certificate of title, certificate of registration, license plate, or sticker upon cancellation of the same by the department and notice thereof as prescribed in this chapter; whoever fails to surrender the certificate of title to the department as provided in this chapter in case of the destruction or dismantling or change of a motor vehicle or mobile home in such respect that it is not the motor vehicle or mobile home described in the certificate of title; or whoever violates any of the other provisions of this chapter, or any lawful rule adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both, for each offense.
History.—s. 15, ch. 23658, 1947; s. 12, ch. 25150, 1949; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 19, ch. 82-134.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 319.34
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§319.34NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOLFAIL TO SURRENDER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
§319.34FRAUDSELL TRANSFER W/O DELIVERY CERTIFIC OF TITLE
§319.34NONMOVING TRAFFIC VIOLOPR MTR VEH MBL HOME W CANC OR W/O TITLE ETC
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1970–1994 · leading case: Dealers Ins. v. Haidco Inv. Enter., 638 So. 2d 127 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994).
Dealers Ins. v. Haidco Inv. Enter., 638 So. 2d 127 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). “In the stipulation, Z-World admitted that it had violated, inter alia, section 319.34, Florida Statutes (1991). [1] Thereafter, the lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice as to Z-World (including Khaled Al-Tararwah).”
The Florida Bar v. Hosner, 520 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 1988). “The referee noted that section 319.34, Florida Statutes (1985) requires an automobile dealer to deliver title to the purchaser of an automobile within twenty days.”
Helmig v. State, 330 So. 2d 246 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). “, and transferring a motor vehicle without delivery of title, in violation of § 319.34, F.S. The first offense carries a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment, and the second offense carries a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment.”
Interstate SEC. Co. v. Hamrick's Auto Sales, Inc., 238 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970). “21(2) and § 319.34, Florida Statutes, making it unlawful to sell a motor vehicle without delivery to the purchaser of a certificate of title, it was necessary for Hamrick to obtain duplicate titles since the original titles were in the hands of Interstate.”
Sims v. Florida, Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 832 F.2d 1558 (11th Cir. 1987). “Fla.Stat. § 319.34 (Supp.1987) provides as follows: Whoever, except as otherwise provided for .”
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