Fill Florida's official Notice of Sale and Bill of Sale in about four minutes. Type the VIN, we pull year, make and model from NHTSA, both parties sign on their own phones, and the finished PDF lands in both inboxes. $9.99 once — no account, no subscription.
Yes for most private-party transfers, and Florida is one of the few states that writes the seller's filing duty into statute. The form is HSMV 82050, the Notice of Sale and/or Bill of Sale published by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and it does double duty: the buyer uses it as proof of purchase at the tax collector window, and the seller files the Notice of Sale half with FLHSMV. Under Florida Statutes § 319.22 you have 30 days from the date of sale to file. Until that filing lands, state records still show the car as yours.
One page. A vehicle block (year, make, body type, color, VIN, title number), seller and purchaser names and addresses, the purchase price, the date of sale, the federal odometer disclosure required by 49 CFR Part 580, and both signatures. The VIN is the field people get wrong most often — 17 characters, and it never contains the letters I, O or Q, so if you typed one you transcribed something else. Field-by-field walkthrough: our HSMV 82050 explainer.
Florida does not require the HSMV 82050 to be notarized, and neither does the title. No witnesses either. FLHSMV recommends a notary for disputed or unusually high-value sales, but no clerk turns away an unnotarized 82050 on a normal private sale. Signatures captured on a phone are binding under the federal E-SIGN Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001).
Three things, in this order. File the Notice of Sale within 30 days — online at services.flhsmv.gov takes about five minutes and costs nothing, or drop it at any tax collector office and ask for a date-stamped copy. Then cancel your insurance — not before, because a coverage gap while the car is still in your name is its own Florida ticket. Then unscrew the plate: Florida tags belong to the person, not the vehicle. Remove the car from SunPass or any pay-by-plate account at the same time, or the buyer's tolls keep billing your card. Miss the 30-day window and every red-light camera, toll gantry and parking citation the buyer collects still arrives addressed to you.
The signed title, the bill of sale, and proof of Florida insurance. The buyer pays 6% state sales tax plus the county discretionary surtaxat the tax collector counter — you collect nothing at the sale, and you should not "help" by writing down a lower price. Florida runs no statewide emissions program, so there is no smog certificate to chase from either side. One situational extra: if the dashboard VIN plate is worn or the vehicle was last titled out of state, the buyer needs HSMV 82042, a VIN and odometer verification that a mechanic, a Florida notary, or a law enforcement officer signs.
The wizard above fills the actual HSMV 82050 that FLHSMV publishes — same form, same field positions — from what you type, then emails the finished PDF to both parties. Filing the Notice of Sale with FLHSMV is still your errand; we produce the document, we do not transmit it to the state. If you want the whole sale in chronological order, from pricing the car to the 30-day filing, read how to sell a car privately in Florida.
Plain-English answers to the paperwork questions we hear from private sellers in Florida. If yours isn't here, email giurgiur99@gmail.com.
Yes for most private-party transfers. The HSMV 82050 is Florida's official Notice of Sale and Bill of Sale — it's the document FLHSMV expects sellers to file within 30 days of handing over the keys. Filing it is what releases you from liability for the buyer's tickets, tolls, and civil claims on the vehicle.
No. Florida does not require notarization of the HSMV 82050 for private-party sales. Both parties sign — electronic signatures are valid under the federal E-SIGN Act (15 USC 7001) — and the form is filed as-is.
Within 30 days of the sale. Florida Statute 319.22 requires sellers to file with FLHSMV to release from liability. You can file online through the FLHSMV portal or in person at any motor vehicle service center. Miss the window and the car is still considered yours for toll-camera, parking, and civil liability purposes.
Six percent state sales tax plus the county discretionary surtax (0.5–2.5% depending on county). The buyer pays at the DMV when registering the vehicle, not to the seller. Out-of-state buyers pay their home state's rate.
No. Florida is one of the few states with no statewide vehicle emissions inspection requirement. You don't need a smog certificate to sell or transfer ownership.
Yes. Under the federal E-SIGN Act, typed or canvas-captured signatures are legally binding on private-party vehicle bill-of-sale documents. Our wizard captures both seller and buyer signatures on their own phones, and FLHSMV accepts the resulting PDF.
You need to order a duplicate on Form HSMV 82101 before you can transfer ownership. Costs about $75 and takes 1–2 weeks by mail or same-day at a service center. Do this before you list the car — a lost title stalls the entire sale.
Not until the lien is released. Pay off the loan, get a lien release letter from the lender, and submit it to FLHSMV to clear the title. Only then can you sign the title over to a buyer. Trying to transfer a vehicle with an open lien is a felony in Florida.