The short version
- Florida lets licensed dealers file temporary registrations electronically, so the tag prints in your office instead of at the tag agency.
- You need your dealer license, the four-digit dealer PIN that came with it, and a valid driver license for each person who files.
- An officer of the dealership authorizes anyone else who files, and each person who files signs their own agreement.
- You also need Florida's own tag paper before the first tag.
How in-office temp tags work
Section 320.03(10) (opens the official site in a new tab) of the Florida Statutes allows participation in Florida's electronic filing system, and Rule 15C-16 (opens the official site in a new tab) of the Florida Administrative Code covers electronic filing for dealers. Instead of taking paperwork to a tag agency, you answer Florida's questions on screen and print the tag on the state's tag paper.
Every request carries your dealership’s license and PIN, and each filing is made in the name of a real person at the dealership whom the state has verified.
What you need
- Your Florida dealer license number (it looks like VI/1234567/1) and a photo of the license.
- Your dealer PIN: the four digits FLHSMV gave you with the license. It authenticates your dealership on every transaction with the state.
- Your state resale certificate number and a copy of it, and your FEIN.
- A valid driver license or ID for each person who will file.
- Your dealership's details, contact information and tax rates.
Who signs, and who can file
Filing happens in the name of a real person. If that person isn't an officer of the dealership, meaning someone listed on your corporate registration, an officer needs an account too and authorizes them to file.
Each person who files signs their own agreement electronically. The account that files also needs a confirmed email address and two-step sign-in turned on.
Getting set up, step by step
- 1Create your account and confirm your email.
- 2Upload your dealer license and driver license, and enter your PIN, resale certificate and FEIN.
- 3Sign the agreements sent to you: the officer's authorization if the person filing isn't an officer, and each filer's own agreement.
- 4Order Florida's temp tag paper.
- 5Issue your first tag.
Allow up to 24 hours for an uploaded document to be reviewed. Tag paper ordered before 2:00 PM Eastern on a business day ships the same day and usually reaches a Florida address in one to two business days.
Tag paper ships only to Florida street addresses, not to PO boxes, and regular and motorcycle tag paper aren't interchangeable.
Keeping access working
- An expired dealer license, or an expired driver license on the person filing, stops filing until it's renewed and updated.
- A regional FLHSMV office can have a dealership's access to the temp tag system suspended, and only that office can ask for it to be lifted.
Once you can issue, the temp tag rules still apply to every tag: 30 days, and limits per buyer and per vehicle.
How My Dealer Jacket handles it
Setting up with My Dealer Jacket costs nothing: create your account, send the documents above and sign the agreements we send. Your first temp tag prints from your own office.
Sources
Each one links to the official text.
- Section 320.03, Florida Statutes: electronic filing system (subsection 10) (opens the official site in a new tab)
- Rule 15C-16, Florida Administrative Code: electronic vehicle issuance systems (opens the official site in a new tab)
- FLHSMV procedure RS-31: temporary tags (opens the official site in a new tab)
This guide explains Florida's rules in plain language. It isn't legal advice, and rules change: check with FLHSMV or your attorney before relying on it.