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HB 463

Certificate of Title Application Requirements

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underlined language is being added; struck language is being deleted. Line numbers are the Legislature's own — the same ones amendments cite.

1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to certificate of title application
3 requirements; amending s. 319.23, F.S.; including
4 certain proof of identification and residency in
5 requirements for certificate of title applications;
6 providing an effective date.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10 Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (3) of
11 section 319.23, Florida Statutes, to read:
12 319.23 Application for, and issuance of, certificate of
13 title.—
14 (3) If a certificate of title has not previously been
15 issued for a motor vehicle or mobile home in this state, the
16 application, unless otherwise provided for in this chapter,
17 shall be accompanied by a proper bill of sale or sworn statement
18 of ownership, or a duly certified copy thereof, or by a
19 certificate of title, bill of sale, or other evidence of
20 ownership required by the law of the state or county from which
21 the motor vehicle or mobile home was brought into this state.
22 The application shall also be accompanied by:
23 (d)1. The applicant's proof of identity satisfactory to
24 the department. Such proof must include one of the following
25 documents issued to the applicant:
26 a. A driver license record or identification card record
27 from another jurisdiction that required the applicant to submit
28 a document for identification which is substantially similar to
29 a document required under sub-subparagraph b., sub-subparagraph
30 c., sub-subparagraph d., sub-subparagraph e., sub-subparagraph
31 f., sub-subparagraph g., or sub-subparagraph h.
32 b. A certified copy of a United States birth certificate;
33 c. A valid, unexpired United States passport;
34 d. A naturalization certificate issued by the United
35 States Department of Homeland Security;
36 e. A valid, unexpired alien registration receipt card
37 (green card);
38 f. A Consular Report of Birth Abroad provided by the
39 United States Department of State;
40 g. An unexpired employment authorization card issued by
41 the United States Department of Homeland Security; or
42 h. Proof of nonimmigrant classification provided by the
43 United States Department of Homeland Security. In order to prove
44 nonimmigrant classification, an applicant must provide at least
45 one of the following documents. In addition, the department may
46 require applicants to produce United States Department of
47 Homeland Security documents for the sole purpose of establishing
48 the maintenance of, or efforts to maintain, continuous lawful
49 presence:
50 (I) A notice of hearing from an immigration court
51 scheduling a hearing on any proceeding.
52 (II) A notice from the Board of Immigration Appeals
53 acknowledging pendency of an appeal.
54 (III) A notice of the approval of an application for
55 adjustment of status issued by the United States Citizenship and
56 Immigration Services.
57 (IV) An official documentation confirming the filing of a
58 petition for asylum or refugee status or any other relief issued
59 by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
60 (V) A notice of action transferring any pending matter
61 from another jurisdiction to this state issued by the United
62 States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
63 (VI) An order of an immigration judge or immigration
64 officer granting relief that authorizes the alien to live and
65 work in the United States, including, but not limited to,
66 asylum.
67 (VII) Evidence that an application is pending for
68 adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for
69 permanent residence in the United States or conditional
70 permanent resident status in the United States, if a visa number
71 is available having a current priority date for processing by
72 the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
73 (VIII) An unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired
74 United States Visa affixed, accompanied by an approved I-94,
75 documenting the most recent admittance into the United States.
77 A driver license or temporary permit issued based on documents
78 required in sub-subparagraph g. or sub-subparagraph h. is valid
79 for a period not to exceed the expiration date of the document
80 presented or 1 year.
81 2. Each such application may include fingerprints and
82 other unique biometric means of identity.
84 Verification of the vehicle identification number is not
85 required for any new motor vehicle; any mobile home; any trailer
86 or semitrailer with a net weight of less than 2,000 pounds; or
87 any travel trailer, camping trailer, truck camper, or fifth-
88 wheel recreation trailer.
89 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.