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Florida Statute 679.3031 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 679.3031 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 679.3031 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
679.3031 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title.
(1) This section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered and the goods or the debtor.
(2) Goods become covered by a certificate of title when a valid application for the certificate of title and the applicable fee are delivered to the appropriate authority. Goods cease to be covered by a certificate of title at the earlier of the time the certificate of title ceases to be effective under the law of the issuing jurisdiction or the time the goods become covered subsequently by a certificate of title issued by another jurisdiction.
(3) The local law of the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in goods covered by a certificate of title from the time the goods become covered by the certificate of title until the goods cease to be covered by the certificate of title.
History.s. 3, ch. 2001-198.

Cases Citing F.S. 679.3031

Fla. Stat. § 679.3031 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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·In Re Schwalm, 380 B.R. 630 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2008).

Cited 12 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 64 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 855, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 221, 59 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 365, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 121, 2008 WL 162933

...of "price" in UCC Section 679.1031. [5] Motor vehicles are the subject of registered certificates of title and, in Florida, the perfection, effect of perfection, and priority of a lien on a motor vehicle is governed by non-U.S.C. law. See Fla. Stat. § 679.3031 (2007)....
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Cited as authorityIn Re Mancini (2008)
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Cited as authorityGMAC (2008)
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Cited as authorityIn Re Myers (2008)
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Ark Real Est. Servs., Inc. v. 21st Mortg. Corp. (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...overed governs perfection . . . and the priority of a security interest in goods covered by a certificate of title from the time the goods become covered by the certificate of title until the goods cease to be covered by the certificate of title.” § 679.3031(3), Fla....

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