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csziggy

(34,136 posts)
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 03:50 PM Jun 2019

The paperless society struck today!

I'm getting ready to transfer our "extra" vehicle to my brother in law - but my husband and I searched all over and couldn't find the title for the car. Last time this happened AFTER we spent an hour and a half in the tag office waiting to apply for a new title and transferring it to the buyer I found it in the wrong folder in the file cabinet a week later.

So I called the guy who sold me the car (very nice used car salesman I've known for years). It turns out that now Florida has what are called "electronic titles." You don't get a paper copy unless you ask for one.

Cool - but we were going to just sign the title over and let him carry it to Jacksonville where he would transfer his old sedan to his daughter and put our car into his name. Now we have to carry BIL into the local tag office, make him buy a temp tag, and transfer the car into his name.

Whew! At least we don't have to pay for a lost title again...

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