Florida car bill of sale, on your phone
Selling a car for cash in a parking lot? Get it in writing before the keys change hands. The form opens set for a car: year, make, model, VIN and the odometer. The buyer scans a code, you both tap agree, and you both keep the same copy.
We never see it. The receipt lives in the link and on your two phones, not on our server. Free, no sign-up.
What goes on it
- Year, make and model
- VIN, checked for 17 characters as you type
- Odometer miles, or "not the actual miles" when that's true
- Price, how it was paid, and "sold as-is" if it was
- Both names and the minute you both agreed
- A photo of the car, kept on your phones (never in the link)
What Florida still wants
- The Florida title. The seller fills in the Transfer of Title by Seller part: the buyer's name and address, the odometer, the price and the date. Both of you sign off on the miles. If the title is electronic, meet at a motor vehicle service center with photo IDs.
- No loan on it. A car with a lien can't be sold privately until the loan is paid off and the title is clear.
- Seller: file form HSMV 82050 (Notice of Sale). Florida law requires it, and it keeps you from being on the hook for what the car does after the sale.
- Seller keeps the plate. In Florida the plate stays with you, not the car. Take it off before the buyer drives away.
- 30 days. The buyer titles it at a motor vehicle service center within 30 calendar days, or pays a late fee.
From flhsmv.gov, checked Nov 6, 2026. Buying? Check the VIN for theft reports free at NICB VINCheck before any money moves.
Questions
Is this the official Florida bill of sale?
No. Florida's paperwork is the signed title plus form HSMV 82050 from the seller. Paper Trail is the receipt you both keep on your phones, with the price, the VIN, the miles and the minute you agreed.
Why bother if the title has the price on it?
The title goes to the state. The receipt stays with you: "sold as-is", the miles, and the time it stopped being yours. That's the line that answers a "it broke on the way home" text.
Do you keep a copy?
No. The receipt lives in the link and on your two phones, not on our server.
Paper Trail is a written record of what two people agreed to. It doesn't check IDs, prove an item is real or not stolen, or hold money. It isn't legal advice or a title, and Florida's title paperwork still applies. Selling something else? Write any receipt.