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TRAILERS
Registrations, Renewals and Title Transfers
Trailer Overview
The following trailers must be registered:
- Travel trailers
- Camping trailers
- Park trailers
- Fifth-wheel trailers
- Vessel (Boat) trailers
- Miscellaneous trailers
- Semi-trailers
| Note: A tow dolly, a type of hitch or converter gear that is not intended to be used to carry a load and is only manufactured to pull another motor vehicle, is not required to be registered. |
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Initial Registration
Residents operating trailers on Florida's roadways must register
those vehicles in the State of Florida.
Non-residents
must register their trailers in Florida if they engage in a trade
or occupation or are employed in Florida or their children
attend public schools in Florida.
Non-resident exemptions may be applied to college or university students who are in Florida for less than six months in an accredited work-study program recognized by the State of Florida, or to
any non-resident enrolled as a full-time student in a Florida institution of higher learning, or to recreational vehicles
not located in Florida for at least six consecutive months.
Vehicle registrations
for trailers may be obtained at one of the Tax Collector's Offices.
To receive
a vehicle registration for a
trailer you must have the following items:
- A registration renewal notice or
previously issued registration. (If these are not available the tag number, title number or vehicle identification
number may provide enough information.)
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Registration Renewal
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Florida law
requires trailer tags and registrations to be renewed before
they expire.
Florida vehicle
registrations and tags (license plates) expire as
follows:
- For trailers owned by individuals, the
expiration date is the birthday of the first owner listed on the
registration;
- For company owned trailers,
the expiration date is June
30th;
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For semi-trailers
the annual expiration date is December
31st (Six month registrations issued to these
types of vehicles expire May 31st).
To renew, the
following items are required:
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Previous registration or
registration renewal notice.
If you fail to renew your trailer tag and registration before the 11th day of
the month following its expiration, a penalty fee will be
charged upon late renewal. Also, it is a violation of
the law to operate a trailer on Florida's roadways without a
current registration and license plate.
Please note that
Florida law does not provide for vehicle registration renewal
notices and failure to receive a renewal notice by mail does
not relieve the vehicle owner of the their responsibility to
timely renew their vehicle registration and license plate.
The Tax Collector
does, however, provide renewal notices as a courtesy to
resident vehicle owners. The courtesy renewal notices are
mailed approximately 3 weeks prior to the birth month or month
in which the renewal is due.
The cost of
renewing a registration and tag varies according to the
make, model and/or weight of the vehicle, as well as the type of tag chosen to be displayed on the vehicle.
Vehicle registration and tag renewals may be conducted
at one of the Tax
Collector's Offices.
Renewal payment transactions may
also be conducted
on this web site.
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Transfer Of Ownership On A Florida Title
When seeking to transfer ownership of a
trailer in
Florida, you must bring the following to any one of the Tax Collector's Offices:
- The Florida Title properly completed by
the seller; and,
- A copy of the current registration to be transferred if applicable.
Also, each applicant must be present to sign the new application for
title.
| Note: Applicants may request a Fast Title for an additional $10. The title is provided by the Tax Collector's Office at the time of application. Fast Titles may be obtained at one of the Tax
Collector's Offices. |
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Title Application On A
New Trailer
If you have purchased a trailer (new or used) from a Florida dealership,
the dealer is required by law to process the Application for Title.
If you have purchased
a new trailer from an out-of-state dealership, an Application for Title may be completed and submitted to one of the Tax
Collector's Offices.
Applications For
Certificate Of Title may be obtained and completed prior to visiting
one of our Branch/Tag Offices.
Click here to retrieve the Application
For Certificate Of Title.
(Note: This form is made available through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles website.)
The following
items are needed in addition to a completed Application For
Certificate Of Title:
- A manufacturers certificate of origin;
- A bill of sale or invoice listing the
purchase price, sales tax paid, and any trade-in allowance -
please note additional sales tax may be due;
- Any applicable lienholder information;
- When transferring a license plate, the
current registration or plate and decal number;
- Also each
applicant must sign the application.
(If completing an
application in our office, each person applying for ownership
must be present to sign the title application.)
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Title Application On An Out-Of-State Trailer
When seeking to register a trailer that
was previously titled out-of-state, an Application
For Certificate Of Title must be completed and submitted to a Tax Collector's Branch/Tag Office. An Application for Certificate of Title may be obtained and completed prior
to visiting one of the Tax
Collector's Offices.
Click here to retrieve the Application
for Certificate Of Title.
(Note: This form is made available through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles website.)
The following items are also
required:
- The out-of-state title certificate in
your name or assigned to you;
- If your vehicle is financed - complete
lienholder information - including account number, lienholder name
and mailing address;
- A vehicle identification odometer verification form, which must be completed by a law enforcement officer, or a Florida notary, a
Florida Division of Motor Vehicles compliance examiner, the U.S. Military Police, or a Florida licensed car dealer
(Completing
Section 7 of the Application For Certificate Of Title fulfills this requirement);
- When transferring a license plate, the
current registration or plate and decal number.
- Each applicant must sign the application.
(If completing an application in our office, each person applying for ownership
must be present to sign the title application.)
- Florida Use Tax may be due if the vehicle
was purchased less than 6 months prior to importing the vehicle to
Florida. Proof of any sales tax paid to another state will be
required.
- Also, the 6% Florida Use Tax and any applicable local option tax is due on all vehicles imported from foreign countries.
| Note: Applicants may request a Fast Title for an additional $10. The title is provided by the Tax Collector's Office at the time of application. Fast Titles can be obtained at one of the Tax
Collector's Offices. |
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Main Telephone Access in Polk: 1 (863) 534-4700 For long distance in USA dial Toll Free: 1 (855) 765-5829 |
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