Registration card in Florida

Register a new vehicle

The registration page asks for:

• The dealer’s registration letter, with notarial certification of the company’s signature and representation, or a copy of the invoice.
• The valid SOA (compulsory motor insurance).
• The vehicle, for the technical vehicle inspection.
• Proof of address in the department: an OSE, UTE, Antel or BSE bill, or a police station or notarial certificate of permanent residence or of economic or work interests in Florida.
• A valid ID card. If the owner is a minor, a notarial certificate of parental authority, and the parents go.
• The DGI or BPS standard certificate.
• If it’s a company, a notarial certificate no more than 180 days old; if it’s a lease, its approval; if someone else goes, a power of attorney with notarial certification no more than 180 days old; if it’s a vehicle for professional use, DGI form 6906.
• A $ 230 professional stamp.

The page refers the cost to the prices and fees list, which has no line for registering cars or motorcycles: only the registration of a small trailer, $ 3,292. We didn’t find the cost of registration on an official page: ask at 4352 5161, extension 140, or 4352 0484.

A vehicle coming from another department

Re-registration comes with a transfer of plates and asks for:

• The original titles and a copy, or a testimony by exhibition if they’re deposited at a bank.
• The valid SOA.
• The municipal owner and the buyer going with their ID cards, and the certified sale, original and copy. If a representative acts, a certified power of attorney no more than 180 days old with the powers of article 2070 of the Civil Code.
• The technical vehicle inspection, at the Prado, with no appointment.
• The original plates and registration card, or a loss report no more than 30 days old.
• A valid ID card, original and copy.
• Proof of address: a public utility bill no more than three months old, a police station certificate no more than 30 days old or a notarial certificate.
• The vehicle tax up to date and the BPS and DGI certificates. Trucks, the MTOP technical inspection (Applus).

It costs $ 4,458 for cars, vans and trucks, and $ 2,898 for motorcycles, mopeds and quad bikes, plus a $ 230 stamp, according to the page updated on 04/09/2023. Given the date, confirm it at 4352 5161.

Duplicate

The duplicate libreta de circulación asks for:

• A valid ID card, original and copy.
• The valid SOA.
• The report of the card’s loss, no more than 30 days old.
• The vehicle up to date.
• The DGI or BPS standard certificate. If it’s a company, a notarial certificate no more than 180 days old; if it’s a vehicle assigned to a service (taxi, remise, professional transport, school transport), DGI form 6906 no more than 90 days old.

The page refers the cost to the prices list, which doesn’t name it. We didn’t find the cost of the duplicate on an official page.

How it’s done

With an appointment on the transit booking, at the Oficina de Tránsito y Transporte, Independencia 586, city of Florida, Monday to Friday, 10:15 to 15:30, phone 4352 5161; or at the municipalities and juntas locales. The registration page gives 8:15 to 15:30 in summer.