Paying for car tag at the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.
 

Since my father had passed in December of 2020 they require a lot more paperwork to renew a tag. Kind of an unforeseen headache.


I had tried to pay in person and did not have the right red tape. I had renewed it by mail in the years between 2021 and 2024.

The person I spoke with said I needed --

Original Florida title.
Copy of death certificate.
Exact mileage of car.
Florida insurance card.
Tag number.


These documents were for Surviving Spouse.

It all sounds reasonable to me. If someone died, you need a new title with a different name on it, so you need those things. By the way, I think you do this at the DMV, not the sheriff's office.

I received stuff in the mail which said you renewed your car tag for the next year or two by going to the various Sumter County offices. One of these is the Sheriff 's Office. The main office is in Bushnell and another office is at the Villages Sumter Service Center on Powell Road.


The Title was in my father and mother's name. I just think it is odd that it took them more than four years to catch up.

The best place to get these things done is at the tax collector's office at Powell Road and Rt 466A. I don't know if the sheriff has an office there, but the sheriff is not responsible for issuing vehicle titles or tags. This is a state function, not a county function. The office on Powell Road is the most efficient office I have ever seen. I highly recommend going there. Note that the website says that you must be a Sumter County resident to use this office, but actually, they will process state functions for any Florida county resident: Sumter, Lake, or Marion.

I have been there a number of times.

To me, it wouldn't make any sense to go anywhere else.

Title & Registration - Randy Mask - Sumter County Tax Collector


More information.

Forms - Randy Mask - Sumter County Tax Collector

Just be sure to go to the tax collector in the county you live in

If you are getting a vehicle title and tag, you can go to the tax collector's office on Powell Road, regardless of which county you live in. I live in Lake County, and I got everything done related to my vehicle at the Sumter County Tax collector's office. These are state functions, and this office is the most efficient Government office I have ever visited.

I live in Marion county and used to go the Sumter county tag agency on 466 and Morse blvd. Couple years ago they told me I had to go to Marion county agency which one on 441 across from Walmart which in Marion county.

This is not red tape. It is simply required documentation due to the death of an owner of a vehicle.

That is a different office than the one on Powell Road. The lady I spoke with at the Sumter County Powell Road location told me that they will process people from any county, even though the website says they won't. I have always used the Powell Road location and they have never asked me what county I live in.

This is what I would expect. Nothing is abnormal.

I am just wondering if I had paid by credit card from home and paid the extra fees involved would that have saved me from all this? It had worked like this the previous years.

Why wouldn’t you want to go through the process and title the vehicle in the SS’s name? When the SS passes, it would be a much bigger headache.