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Auto Salvage — Recycling — Recycle Title New Florida FL

Information concerning the rules, codes, statutes and laws pertaining to auto, car and other vehicle titles and transferring ownership in the State of New Florida FL; for cars with and without titles, for salvage, lost and duplicate titles. Useful for car recycling and disposal.

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  1. Fill out a form.
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  4. You coordinate pickup with them.
  5. Your car with title is picked up.
  6. You notify us of pick up.
  7. We send a tax receipt.

NOTE: WE NO LONGER PICK UP IN FLORIDA

When you donate or recycle your car or vehicle it will be picked up and towed to auction and sold. Below you will find very specific information about the laws, statutes or codes pertaining to title transfer as handled by the auction company. If you have any questions about your title or if you have a salvage title or a lost title you can check below.

We will send detailed instructions and the phone number for the auction company when we start the pick up process. After you receive these instructions, if you have any other questions concerning the vehicle title, you should speak with the knowledgeable people in the title department of the auction company.

Whether you are donating your car or vehicle or disposing of it through our salvage or recycle program the pickup is free!

You can find a list of cities in your state that we pickup from at the bottom of this page.

FLORIDA TITLE PROCESSING PROCEDURE

Application for Salvage Title / Certificate of Destruction

Important information from Application for Salvage Title Form

Official Web Site for The State of Florida

Florida Department of Motor Vehicles

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Florida Pickup Information

Testimonial from Clearwater Deputy Chief

Letter of Thanks from the Miami Police Department

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Testimonial from the Gainesville Chief of Police

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Important information from Application for Salvage Title Form

WHEN DOES THE VIN VERIFICATION ON THIS FORM NOT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED?

THE VIN VERIFICATION ON THIS FORM DOES NOT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED ON NEW MOTOR VEHICLES, MOBILE HOMES, TRAVEL TRAILERS, CAMPING TRAILERS, FIFTH WHEEL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, TRAILERS OR SEMI TRAILERS WITH A NET WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 2,000 POUNDS, WHEN A FLORIDA CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS SUBMITTED AS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OR WHEN FORM HSMV 82042 HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS ATTACHED.

WHEN SHOULD THE ODOMETER DECLARATION ON THIS FORM NOT BE COMPLETED?

THE ODOMETER DECLARATION IN SECTION 8 OF THIS FORM DOES NOT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED WHEN THE VEHICLE BEING TITLED IS EXEMPT FROM ODOMETER DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. EXEMPTIONS: WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TEN YEARS OLD OR OLDER, HAS A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR) OF MORE THAN 16,000 POUNDS OR IS NOT

SELF PROPELLED.

WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO USE THIS FORM?

Any person, or authorized agent of any person or business, required to make application for a Florida Salvage Certificate of Title/Certificate of Destruction.

WHEN SHOULD THIS FORM BE USED?

1. When an insurance company has paid a "Total Loss" on a motor vehicle or mobile home and must make application for a Salvage Certificate of Title/Certificate of Destruction in the name of the insurance company.

2. When an Uninsured or Self-Insured has a motor vehicle or mobile home that has been wrecked or damaged, and at the time of loss the cost of repairing or rebuilding the motor vehicle or mobile home is 80% or more of the cost to the owner of replacing the wrecked or damaged motor vehicle or mobile home with one of like kind or quality.

3. When applying for a duplicate Certificate of Destruction.

NOTE: If requested, a Salvage Rebuildable or Salvage Rebuildable Flood certificate of Title for an uninsured motor vehicle or mobile home may be issued if the cost of repairing or rebuilding the vehicle is less than 80 percent.

FILING:

1. ALL APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED LEGIBLY.

2. THIS FORM MUST BE DOCUMENTED BY THE ATTACHMENT OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, UNLESS APPLYING FOR A

DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE OF DESTRUCTION:

(A) FLORIDA CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.

(B) MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.

(C) OUT-OF-STATE TITLE OR OTHER OFFICIAL PROOF OF OWNERSHIP.

NOTE: When an insurance company pays the vehicle owner to replace the wrecked or damaged vehicle with one of like kind or quality, or when an insurance company pays the owner upon the theft of the motor vehicle or mobile home, the insurance company must have the title/Certificate of Destruction issued in their name.

NOTE: A certificate of title will not be issued on a used motor vehicle that has been stolen from an out-of-state owner until the motor vehicle has been recovered and the required VIN verification can be performed.

NOTE: This form has been combined with form HSMV 82042.

HSMV 82363 (Rev. 06/05) S http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us

 

 

 

Some of the many cities we pick up in:

Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Melbourne
Miami
Orlando
Panama City
Pensacola
Sarasota
St. Petersburg
Tallahassee
Tampa