Florida Statute 320.37 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

320.37 Registration not to apply to nonresidents.—

(1) The provisions of this chapter relative to the requirement for registration of motor vehicles and display of license number plates do not apply to a motor vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state if the owner thereof has complied with the provisions of the motor vehicle registration or licensing law of the foreign country, state, territory, or federal district of the owner’s residence and conspicuously displays his or her registration number as required thereby.

(2) The exemption granted by this section does not apply to:

(a) A foreign corporation doing business in this state;

(b) Motor vehicles operated for hire, including any motor vehicle used in transporting agricultural or horticultural products or supplies if such vehicle otherwise meets the definition of a “for-hire vehicle”;

(d) Commercial vehicles as defined in s. 316.003.

History.—s. 15, ch. 7275, 1917; RGS 1020; s. 1, ch. 9155, 1923; s. 6, ch. 10182, 1925; ss. 1, 2, ch. 10187, 1925; s. 1, ch. 12096, 1927; CGL 1293; s. 8, ch. 78-207; s. 49, ch. 83-318; s. 23, ch. 86-243; s. 362, ch. 95-148.

Cases Citing F.S. 320.37

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Progressive Specialty Ins. Co. v. Florida Hosp. Ocala, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Ocala A/A/O Sandra Thomas (Fla. 6th DCA 2024).
Published | Florida 6th District Court of Appeal
...do not apply to a motor vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state if the owner thereof has complied with the provisions of the motor vehicle registration or licensing law of the . . . state . . . of the owner’s residence . . . . § 320.37(1), Fla....
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Fed. Ins. Co. v. Mercer, 237 So. 2d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 6136
...tion is without merit. The provisions of F.S. ch. 319, F.S.A., relating to Florida title certificates are not applicable except under circumstances not pertinent here to a vehicle owned by a non-resident of Florida. F.S. Section 319.20, F.S.A.; F.S. Section 320.37, F.S.A....
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Kelly v. State, 685 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).
Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 277, 1996 WL 16597
...of registration and proof of insurance. §§ 320.0605, 316.646, Fla.Stat. (1991). He chose to contest the citation, arguing that the vehicle was owned by “the Embassy of Heaven Church of Sublimity” and properly registered in the state of Oregon. Section 320.37, Florida Statutes (1991), exempts nonresident owners of vehicles driven in Florida from this state’s registration laws if the owner is in compliance with the registration requirements of his or her home state....

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Cases Citing F.S. 320.37

Progressive Specialty Ins. Co. v. Florida Hosp. Ocala, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Ocala A/A/O Sandra Thomas (Fla. 6th DCA 2024).

Fed. Ins. Co. v. Mercer, 237 So. 2d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970).

Kelly v. State, 685 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).