Florida Statute 320.37 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 320
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES

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320.37 Registration not to apply to nonresidents.—

(1) The provisions of this chapter relative to the requirement for registration of motor vehicles and display of license number plates do not apply to a motor vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state if the owner thereof has complied with the provisions of the motor vehicle registration or licensing law of the foreign country, state, territory, or federal district of the owner’s residence and conspicuously displays his or her registration number as required thereby.

(2) The exemption granted by this section does not apply to:

(a) A foreign corporation doing business in this state;

(b) Motor vehicles operated for hire, including any motor vehicle used in transporting agricultural or horticultural products or supplies if such vehicle otherwise meets the definition of a “for-hire vehicle”;

(d) Commercial vehicles as defined in s. 316.003.

History.—s. 15, ch. 7275, 1917; RGS 1020; s. 1, ch. 9155, 1923; s. 6, ch. 10182, 1925; ss. 1, 2, ch. 10187, 1925; s. 1, ch. 12096, 1927; CGL 1293; s. 8, ch. 78-207; s. 49, ch. 83-318; s. 23, ch. 86-243; s. 362, ch. 95-148.

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Progressive Specialty Ins. Co. v. Florida Hosp. Ocala, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Ocala A/A/O Sandra Thomas (Fla. 6th DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 6th District Court of Appeal

of the owner’s residence . . . . § 320.37(1), Fla. Stat. (2019). Thus, nonresident visitors

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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

Florida. F.S. Section 319.20, F.S.A.; F.S. Section 320.37, F.S.A. It would be unreasonable to construe

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Kelly v. State, 685 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 277, 1996 WL 16597

properly registered in the state of Oregon. Section 320.37, Florida Statutes (1991), exempts nonresident

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