Terms Used In Florida Statutes 328.14

  • Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy a vessel. See Florida Statutes 328.0015
  • Certificate of title: means a record, created by the department or by a governmental agency of another jurisdiction under the law of that jurisdiction, that is designated as a certificate of title by the department or agency and is evidence of ownership of a vessel. See Florida Statutes 328.0015
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Owner: means a person who has legal title to a vessel. See Florida Statutes 328.0015
  • Purchaser: means a person who takes by purchase. See Florida Statutes 328.0015
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Florida Statutes 328.0015
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Vessel: means a watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except:
    1. See Florida Statutes 328.0015

(1) A buyer in ordinary course of business has the protections afforded by ss. 672.403(2) and 679.320(1) even if an existing certificate of title was not signed and delivered to the buyer or a new certificate listing the buyer as owner of record was not created.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 328.145 and 328.22, the rights of a purchaser of a vessel who is not a buyer in ordinary course of business or a lien creditor are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.
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