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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 319
TITLE CERTIFICATES
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319.20 Application of law.Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter applies exclusively to motor vehicles and mobile homes required to be registered and licensed under the laws of this state and defined by such registration laws, including residential manufactured buildings placed on mobile home lots under s. 553.382. A residential manufactured building placed on a mobile home lot as provided in s. 553.382 shall be treated as a mobile home for purposes of this chapter. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any moped or to any trailer or semitrailer having a net weight of less than 2,000 pounds. All provisions of this chapter relating to title certificates also apply to any recreational vehicle-type unit and to any mobile home classified and taxed as real property pursuant to s. 320.0815(2); and no title, lien, or other interest in such vehicle or mobile home shall be valid unless evidenced in accordance with this chapter.
History.s. 1, ch. 23658, 1947; s. 6, ch. 65-190; s. 1, ch. 65-447; s. 4, ch. 82-134; s. 7, ch. 2015-163.

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Cases Citing Statute 319.20

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Richardson Tractor Co. v. Square Deal Mach. & Supply Co., 149 So. 2d 388 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

....A. The decision in Fritz v. Miami Industrial Bank, 1940, 143 Fla. 342, 196 So. 689, dealt with a recorded chattel mortgage, so that decision is not determinative of the question here. Furthermore, the tractor was not a "motor vehicle" as defined by Section 319.20, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and, therefore, Section 319.15, Florida Statutes F.S.A., which requires the recording of any lien for purchase money or debt on a motor vehicle in order for it to be enforceable against creditors or subsequent purchasers, is not applicable....
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In Re Brown, 162 B.R. 616 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1993).

Cited 5 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 358, 1993 Bankr. LEXIS 2008, 1993 WL 553973

...This question, of course, can only be resolved by referring to Florida law. Under Florida Statutes § 319.27, each lien on a motor vehicle titled in Florida must be noted on the face of the certificate of title. Moreover, no lien on a motor vehicle is valid unless it is evidenced in this manner. Fla. Stat. § 319.20....
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Wells v. Eville, 41 So. 2d 147 (Fla. 1949).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1949 Fla. LEXIS 728

...But I will say at this point that the title certificate is not conclusive by itself. You are to consider all the testimony in the case at your decision as to *Page 148 whether or not the defendant Wells owned the truck at the time of the accident." Chapter 23658, Acts of 1947, Laws of Florida, F.S.A. § 319.20 et seq., affecting certificates of title to motor vehicles, became effective October 1, 1948, after the collision complained of, which occurred on December 4, 1947, and therefore the law applicable to the ownership of motor vehicles prior to the effective date of Chapter 23658 is here controlling....
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In re Collins, 600 B.R. 108 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida

...ot an instrument of conveyance. (Doc. 99-5). Rather, it is evidence of the transaction. As with most personal property, no formal record of title exists because Florida law does not require a certificate of title for trailers less than 2,000 pounds. § 319.20, Fla....
...d in tenancy by the entirety. The Court will enter a separate order consistent with these Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. ORDERED. Florida law does not require a certificate of title for trailers with a net weight of less than 2,000 pounds. § 319.20, 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

...s of this law.” This contention 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....
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Taylor Mobile Homes v. Founders Inv. Corp., 238 So. 2d 116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1970).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 7 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1363, 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 5895

sale in the usual course of business. F.S. section 319.-20, F.S.A., extends the application of the law
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Union Planters Bank, NA v. Peninsula Bank, 897 So. 2d 499 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 419518

...unless ... such lien has been noted upon the certificate of title of the motor vehicle.... § 319.27, Fla. Stat. (2002). [N]o title, lien, or other interest in [a motor] vehicle ... shall be valid unless evidenced in accordance with this chapter [319]. § 319.20, Fla....

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