Sales tax will be collected if applicable. (A bill of sale may be submitted for proof of purchase price - ' 82050 Bill of Sale'). To transfer a Florida Title, the seller must complete the transfer information on the current title, including the purchasers' name, the selling price, and the odometer reading at the time of sale. Travel trailers and mobile homes are licensed according to length. All vehicles are licensed according to weight. Nine passenger and over vehicles used for hire and mobile homes are also renewed in December. Long term lease vehicles are staggered throughout the calendar year, and truck-tractors, semi-trailers, and trucks weighing over 5,000 pounds are renewed in December. The exceptions to this are company owned and short term lease vehicles, which expire in June. The registration expires at midnight on the owner's birthday. Vehicles are registered on a staggered basis according to the registered owner's birth month. The owner will receive a new plate (with new numbers and letters) during the tenth year. The plate is issued to the owner for ten years. The license plate is displayed on the rear of the vehicle with the exception of certain commercial vehicles. Meaning there are combinations of letters and numbers used for identification. Florida uses a metal license plate with an alpha numeric system

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