Florida Statute 320.271 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

320.271 Used cars; removal of registration license plates.—Each person, upon the sale and delivery of any used or secondhand motor vehicle, shall remove any registration license plate from such motor vehicle before transferring ownership and delivering the motor vehicle to the purchaser.

History.—s. 1, ch. 57-182; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 8, ch. 72-79; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 22, ch. 77-357; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 15, 17, ch. 80-217; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 21, ch. 88-395; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

Cases Citing F.S. 320.271

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·Townsend v. Westside Dodge, Inc., 642 So. 2d 49 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).
Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 447291
...[3] It remains in dispute whether M & L indicated the tag was stolen, or whether the police construed the report in that manner. [4] Westside Dodge conceded at oral argument that it was negligent in permitting the van to leave the lot with two tags. Section 320.271, Florida Statutes (1989), requires a seller of a used vehicle to remove any existing registration license plate before transferring ownership and delivering it....
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Cases Citing F.S. 320.271

·Townsend v. Westside Dodge, Inc., 642 So. 2d 49 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).