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Do You Qualify for the Vehicle Registration Renewal Credit?

About 10 million Florida motorists will get $1 credit on their annual vehicle registration renewals in 2009-10 as the result of a federal lawsuit settlement approved August 12, 2008 by Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Cabinet. Funding of the settlement was approved by the Florida Legislature and included in the 2009-2010 state budget. The credit will be reflected on registration renewals from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

The suit accused the state of violating the federal Driver Privacy Protection Act by selling personal information from vehicle registration and driver license records to mass marketers from June 1, 2000 through Sept. 30, 2004. Only those motorists who had a Florida driver license or car registered in Florida during that time are eligible to receive the $1 credit. The Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) is administering the credit.

Eligible customers will automatically receive the $1 credit when they do one of the following within the credit period:
• Obtain a new registration
• Renew an existing registration
• Transfer a registration with extension of the registration period for 12 or more months

Visit the Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles Collier Settlement website for additional information.

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