Florida Statute 328.015 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIV
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Chapter 328
VESSELS: TITLE CERTIFICATES; LIENS; REGISTRATION

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F.S. 328.015

328.015 Duties and operation of the department.—

(1) The department shall retain the evidence used to establish the accuracy of the information in its files relating to the current ownership of a vessel and the information on the certificate of title.

(2) The department shall retain in its files all information regarding a security interest in a vessel for at least 10 years after the department receives a termination statement regarding the security interest. The information must be accessible by the hull identification number for the vessel and any other methods provided by the department.

(3) If a person submits a record to the department, or submits information that is accepted by the department, and requests an acknowledgment of the filing or submission, the department shall send to the person an acknowledgment showing the hull identification number of the vessel to which the record or submission relates, the information in the filed record or submission, and the date and time the record was received or the submission was accepted. A request under this section must contain the hull identification number and be delivered by means authorized by the department.

(4) The department shall send or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person who requests it and pays the applicable fee:

(a) Whether the files of the department indicate, as of a date and time specified by the department, but not a date earlier than 3 days before the department received the request, any certificate of title, security interest, termination statement, or title brand that relates to a vessel:

1. Identified by a hull identification number designated in the request;

2. Identified by a vessel number designated in the request; or

3. Owned by a person designated in the request;

(b) With respect to the vessel:

1. The name and address of any owner as indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate of title;

2. The name and address of any secured party as indicated in the files of the department or on the certificate, and the effective date of the information; and

3. A copy of any termination statement indicated in the files of the department and the effective date of the termination statement; and

(c) With respect to the vessel, a copy of any certificate of origin, secured party transfer statement, transfer-by-law statement under s. 328.24, and other evidence of previous or current transfers of ownership.

(5) In responding to a request under this section, the department may provide the requested information in any medium. On request, the department shall send the requested information in a record that is self-authenticating.

History.—s. 4, ch. 2019-76.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 328.015

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 328.015

Total Results: 4

Gator Office Supply & Furniture, Inc. v. Amsouth Bank of Florida, N.A.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-02-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 705 So. 2d 1039, 34 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 1155, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 1167, 1998 WL 51680

Snippet: accordance with sections 679.302(4), 679.303, and 328.15, Florida Statutes (1995); which, when read together

Fridovich v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1990-04-26T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 562 So. 2d 328, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 250, 1990 Fla. LEXIS 589, 1990 WL 55941

Snippet: McDonald, Overton, Shaw 26 April 1990 562 So. 2d 328, 15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 250, 1990 Fla. LEXIS 589,

Ricard v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-01-24T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 462 So. 2d 592, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 241, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12001

Snippet: deficiency amount of $783,328.15, and entered a deficiency judgment for $583,-328.15, from which Ricard appeals…2,1983, finding that Ricard owed Equitable $1,383,-328.15. Of that sum, $713,457.53 constituted the deferred… to enter judgment for the full amount of $783,-328.15 with legal interest from the date of the original

Ricard v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-01-23T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 462 So. 2d 592

Snippet: deficiency amount of $783,328.15, and entered a deficiency judgment for $583,328.15, from which Ricard appeals…1983, finding that Ricard owed Equitable $1,383,328.15. Of that sum, $713,457.53 constituted the deferred…directions to enter judgment for the full amount of $783,328.15 with legal interest from the date of the original