319.34 Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.—Whoever, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, purports to sell or transfer a motor vehicle or mobile home without delivering to the purchaser or transferee thereof a certificate of title thereto duly assigned to such purchaser as provided in this chapter or operates or uses in this state a motor vehicle or mobile home for which a certificate of title is required without such certificate having been obtained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or upon which the certificate of title has been canceled; whoever fails to surrender any certificate of title, certificate of registration, license plate, or sticker upon cancellation of the same by the department and notice thereof as prescribed in this chapter; whoever fails to surrender the certificate of title to the department as provided in this chapter in case of the destruction or dismantling or change of a motor vehicle or mobile home in such respect that it is not the motor vehicle or mobile home described in the certificate of title; or whoever violates any of the other provisions of this chapter, or any lawful rule adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both, for each offense.
History.—s. 15, ch. 23658, 1947; s. 12, ch. 25150, 1949; s. 6, ch. 65-190; ss. 24, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 19, ch. 82-134.
...Plaintiff alleged that instead Z-World sold the vehicles to third persons and failed to pay plaintiff. Plaintiff sought damages from Z-World. Plaintiff and Z-World entered into a settlement stipulation. In the stipulation, Z-World admitted that it had violated, inter alia, section 319.34, Florida Statutes (1991)....
...The referee found that title was not delivered per the agreement because Hosner had used the title as collateral for other loans of Hosner. Hosner personally endorsed the check, but failed to deposit it in the Blue Bird checking account or pay the bank which held the title. The referee noted that section 319.34, Florida Statutes (1985) requires an automobile dealer to deliver title to the purchaser of an automobile within twenty days....
Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...However, the opinion of the trial judge failed to speak to that part of the statute allowing recovery under the bond if the loss incurred by "any person" was the result of a violation of Chapters 319 or 320. Defendant Hamrick's answer admits that he obtained duplicate titles to the cars involved. In view of § 319.21(2) and § 319.34, Florida Statutes, making it unlawful to sell a motor vehicle without delivery to the purchaser of a certificate of title, it was necessary for Hamrick to obtain duplicate titles since the original titles were in the hands of Interstate....
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...This is an appeal from judgment and sentence of appellant for selling personal property subject to a lien, without the consent of the lienholder, in violation of § 818.01, F.S., and transferring a motor vehicle without delivery of title, in violation of § 319.34, F.S....
Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 26 ERC 1969
acquired such motor vehicle or mobile home. Fla.Stat. § 319.34 (Supp.1987) provides as follows: Whoever, except
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