Senate Bill sb2184

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2184

    By Senator Campbell





    33-1365-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicle and mobile

  3         home titles; amending s. 319.23, F.S.;

  4         requiring the Department of Highway Safety and

  5         Motor Vehicles to retain certain evidence of

  6         titles upon which new titles are issued;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (5) and (11) of section 319.23,

12  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

13         319.23  Application for, and issuance of, certificate

14  of title.--

15         (5)  The certificate of title issued by the department

16  for a motor vehicle or mobile home previously registered

17  outside this state shall give the name of the state or country

18  in which the vehicle was last registered outside this state.

19  The department shall retain the evidence of title presented by

20  the applicant upon which the certificate of title is issued.

21  The department shall use reasonable diligence in ascertaining

22  whether or not the facts in the application are true; and, if

23  satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the motor vehicle

24  or mobile home and that the application is in the proper form,

25  it shall issue a certificate of title.

26         (11)  The department is not required to retain any

27  evidence of title presented by the applicant and based on

28  which the certificate of title is issued.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2184
    33-1365-02




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  3    Requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
      Vehicles to retain documentation upon which certain new
  4    motor vehicle or mobile home titles are issued.

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