The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 319
TITLE CERTIFICATES

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F.S. 319.29

319.29 Lost or destroyed certificates.—

(1) If a certificate of title is lost or destroyed, application for a duplicate copy thereof shall be made to the department by the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home or the holder of a lien thereon upon a form prescribed by the department and accompanied by the fee prescribed in this chapter. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant. Thereupon the department shall issue a duplicate copy of the certificate of title to the person entitled to receive the certificate of title under the provisions of this chapter. The duplicate copy and all subsequent certificates of title issued in the chain of title originated by such duplicate copy shall be plainly marked across their faces “duplicate copy,” and any subsequent purchaser of the motor vehicle or mobile home in the chain of title originating through such duplicate copy shall acquire only such rights in the motor vehicle or mobile home as the original holder of the duplicate copy himself or herself had.

(2) Any purchaser of such motor vehicle or mobile home may at the time of purchase require the seller to indemnify him or her and all subsequent purchasers of the motor vehicle or mobile home against any loss which he, she, or they may suffer by reason of any claim or claims presented upon the original certificate. If the original certificate of title is recovered by the owner, he or she shall forthwith surrender the original certificate to the department for cancellation.

(3) If, following the issuance of an original, duplicate, or corrected certificate of title by the department, the certificate is lost in transit and is not delivered to the addressee, the owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home, or the holder of a lien thereon, may, within 180 days of the date of issuance of the title, apply to the department for reissuance of the certificate of title. No additional fee shall be charged for reissuance under this subsection.

(4) The department shall implement a system to verify that the application is signed by a person authorized to receive a duplicate title certificate under this section if the address shown on the application is different from the address shown for the applicant on the records of the department.

History.—s. 10, ch. 23658, 1947; s. 8, ch. 25150, 1949; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 14, ch. 82-134; s. 13, ch. 89-333; s. 345, ch. 95-148; s. 27, ch. 97-300.

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Amendments to 319.29

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 319.29

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 319.29.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ALAMO RENT- A- CAR, INC. v. WILLIAMSON CADILLAC COMPANY,, 613 So. 2d 517 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . 403(2), and that it could not secure title through the fraudulent duplicate title certificate under § 319.29 . . .

NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL, v. BERGLAND,, 631 F.2d 1353 (8th Cir. 1980)

. . . .”); §§ 319.15(e) & 319.29 (“Partially defatted beef fatty tissue” & “Partially defatted pork fatty tissue . . .

ARMOUR AND COMPANY, a v. B. BALL, M. J., 468 F.2d 76 (6th Cir. 1972)

. . . . §§ 319.1(e) and 319.29(a). 8. . . .

INTERSTATE SECURITIES COMPANY, a v. HAMRICK S AUTO SALES, INC. a a, 238 So. 2d 482 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970)

. . . This is clearly a violation of Section 319.29, Florida Statutes, relating to replacement of lost or destroyed . . .

NORTHEAST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. PETERSBURG, a v. CENTRAL PLAZA BANK TRUST COMPANY, a, 209 So. 2d 255 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968)

. . . The appellee cites as controlling § 319.29(1) (2), Fla.Stats, F.S.A. . . . First, we will pass on the applicability of § 319.29(1) (2). . . . cites this statute in arguing that it was the duty of appellant to require Dunn to post a bond under § 319.29 . . .