Florida
Florida dealer licensing
The official agencies and forms for used car dealers in Florida, and who regulates lending if you carry your own paper.
DMV / MVD
Open the agency's licensing pages
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Dealer license types
Vehicle Franchised dealer (VF)Service facility (SF)Vehicle Independent dealer (VI)Vehicle Wholesale dealer (VW)Vehicle Auction dealer (VA)Salvage dealer (SD)Mobile home dealer (DH)Mobile home broker (BH)Recreational motor vehicle dealer (RV)Recreational used motor vehicle dealer (RU)
A second license applies
If you finance your own customers
The agency above licenses you to sell cars. You need a separate license to finance your customers, obtained from:
Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR), Division of Consumer Finance
- What it is called
- Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Seller
- Who it covers
- Persons selling motor vehicles to retail buyers in retail installment transactions
- The statute
- Fla. Stat. § 520.03
Other agencies you may deal with
Common state offices for setup, licensing, and operations.
Business setup
- Hiring staffFlorida Department of Revenue
- Registering the businessFlorida Department of State, Division of Corporations
- Sales taxFlorida Department of Revenue
Operating
- Customer complaintsFlorida Attorney General's Office
- Temporary tagsFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Titles & platesFlorida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Official Florida forms and pages
Changing something
Another state
Opening a new dealership?
The license is only part of what you need.
Corrections. Agencies move their pages and rename their forms constantly. If a link here is dead or wrong, tell us and we will fix it.