{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-317.0018","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 317.0018","heading":"Transfer without delivery of certificate; operation or use without certificate; failure to surrender; other violations.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who:\n(1) Purports to sell or transfer an off-highway vehicle without delivering to the purchaser or transferee of the vehicle a certificate of title to the vehicle duly assigned to the purchaser as provided in this chapter;\n(2) Operates or uses in this state an off-highway vehicle for which a certificate of title is required without the certificate having been obtained in accordance with this chapter, or upon which the certificate of title has been canceled;\n(3) Fails to surrender a certificate of title upon cancellation of the certificate by the department and notice thereof as prescribed in this chapter;\n(4) Fails to surrender the certificate of title to the department as provided in this chapter in the case of the destruction, dismantling, or change of an off-highway vehicle in such respect that it is not the off-highway vehicle described in the certificate of title; or\n(5) Violates any other provision of this chapter or a lawful rule adopted pursuant to this chapter;\nshall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both, for each offense, unless otherwise specified.\nHistory.—s. 56, ch. 2005-164.","path":["CHAPTER 317 OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TITLING"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0300-0399/0317/0317.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:03:03Z","sha256":"69740a7b55151db1539bf9f778bd5164fd04b03281e86397f6339e15bd4330c0","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-317.0017","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-318.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}