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Chester F. Blakemore Executive Director, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Tallahassee

QUESTION:

When the certificate of title to a motor vehicle is registered in the name of a trustee who wishes to transfer the title to the motor vehicle to a third party, does the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles have a duty to require a certified copy of the trust instrument in order to ensure that the trustee is authorized to transfer title, or do the provisions of s. 737.405, F. S., apply to exonerate the department from any higher duty of inquiry?

SUMMARY:

The Department of…