How To Register A Vehicle That Has An Altered Title

To register a vehicle, either new or used, with DC DMV, you lot must have proof that you ain it, or that you hold the vehicle championship. The title is the legal course that establishes buying of the vehicle. The title will have the vehicle identification number and some other important information that identifies the specific vehicle.

If you purchase a new vehicle, a Certificate of Origin will be provided from the vehicle dealership. The original Document of Origin serves the aforementioned purpose equally a championship for your new vehicle until y'all title it with DC DMV.

To get a current, valid title to a vehicle you purchase or otherwise obtain, you will have to submit certain documents to DC DMV. The following original documents are required to obtain a new vehicle title (DC DMV cannot accept photocopies or scanned documents):

Current title or Certificate of Origin

Contradistinct titles are not acceptable; yous will accept to use for a replacement title if the title to the vehicle has been altered. If you are transferring a vehicle from another jurisdiction to the District of Columbia and the vehicle has a lien on it, you will need to contact the lienholder and have the original title sent to one of DMV'due south service centers. Access the lienholder out of country title request form: Lienholder Out of State Title Asking Form

DC DMV commuter license or DC DMV not-driver identification card

If the vehicle has multiple owners, all owners must be listed on the title. The chief owner must be a District resident with a DC DMV credential. Additionally, information on the other owners, including photograph identification, will be required for vehicle registrations. More than information on required documents for registrations is available at: Commune Residency and Documentation for Vehicle Registrations

Auto Pecker of Sale

Proof of Insurance (proof of insurance must exist printed out)

Proof of Valid Odometer Statement

For a new car, the dealer's odometer statement
For a used automobile, either:

Certification of odometer mileage on dorsum of title (when signed over)
Certification of odometer mileage on dealer reassignment form (if purchased from dealer)

Lien contract (if applicable)

Lease contract (if applicable)

Your DC DMV vehicle title will exist mailed to the main possessor, or the chief lien holder, within 10 business days of presenting all the required documentation to DC DMV.

Obtain an online estimate of the vehicle registration and title fees.

Annotation: If you acquire the vehicle through the death of the vehicle's owner, yous will need to provide additional information, whether you are a surviving owner besides listed on the title or non.

If you just want the title to your vehicle—and you practice non intend to operate it in the District—it does not need to pass inspection or be insured. However, you may not operate a vehicle in the District unless it is registered; to register the vehicle, it will accept to accept a valid inspection sticker and exist insured.

If you would similar to title and annals a vehicle that has been branded "relieve," the vehicle must laissez passer a safety inspection first at the Inspection Station. You must also submit the title to DC DMV'south Southwest Service Center for a Metropolitan Police Section Auto Theft Inspection. Y'all can use the links below to obtain the address and hours of operation for the Southwest Service Center and the Inspection Station:

Southwest Service Eye
Inspection Station

To remove a co-owner from a DMV vehicle title, both parties accept to sign the back of the title as the seller. The individual remaining on the title will sign every bit the buyer. This service must be completed at a DC DMV service heart and fees will be assessed unless you qualify for an exemption.

National Motor Vehicle Title Data System (NMVTIS)

The National Motor Vehicle Title Data System (NMVTIS) is a organization that allows the titling agency to instantly and reliably verify the information on the paper championship with the electronic data from the land that issued the title. NMVTIS is designed to protect consumers from fraud and unsafe vehicles and to keep stolen vehicles from being resold. NMVTIS is also a tool that assists states and police force enforcement in deterring and preventing championship fraud and other crimes. Consumers tin employ NMVTIS to access important vehicle history information.

For more data NMVTIS, delight visit the NMVTIS webpage.

To Supervene upon a Vehicle Title

If your vehicle championship is lost or stolen, or the lien on the vehicle has been satisfied, you may obtain a duplicate title. You volition have to provide certain documents (listed below) and pay a fee.

If there are no changes to your championship, such as removing a lien or irresolute ownership, you may utilise for a duplicate title online.

Skip the Trip Logo You can likewise mail the documents and fee to:

DC DMV
PO Box 90120
Washington, DC 20090

Your Duplicate Title application volition exist processed within 7–10 business days from receipt. Please let up to xv concern days to receive your product before contacting DC DMV. You can as well visit a DC DMV service center with the required documents and fee.

If your vehicle title has been lost or stolen, you will demand the following documents:

Valid photograph identification of vehicle possessor(south)
A Vehicle Ability of Attorney form and re-create of the valid DC DMV credential for the District resident owner of the vehicle if you are not the possessor, but requesting the duplicate championship for the owner.
Vehicle data—at to the lowest degree one of the post-obit items to identify your vehicle:
Vehicle renewal detect
Vehicle registration
Vehicle identification number
DC DMV title number
Vehicle tag number

To obtain a duplicate title once a lien has been satisfied (i.due east., you accept paid off the vehicle), you will take to submit or bring to a DC DMV service centre the documents listed below:

Document of Title/Temporary Tag Application (must be signed by all owners)
Valid photo identification of vehicle owner(s)
A Vehicle Power of Attorney grade and copy of the valid DC DMV credential for the District resident owner of the vehicle if y'all are not the owner, but requesting the indistinguishable title for the owner.
Vehicle information—at least one of the following items to identify your vehicle:
Vehicle renewal notice
Vehicle registration
Vehicle identification number
DC DMV title number
Vehicle tag number
1 of the following documents showing the lien is satisfied:
Letter of financing on company letterhead stating that the lien is satisfied
Loan agreement stamped "paid" by the financial establishment and certified by an appropriate political party
Title stamped with lien release from the financial institution

Dealers may request duplicate titles on behalf of customers by providing the following documentation and paying the appropriate fee, either by mail or in person at a DC DMV service middle:

Document of Championship/Temporary Tag Application
A copy of the client's driver license or non-driver identification card
Vehicle Ability of Attorney form

To supplant a title and/or request a modify of proper name or modify of address, please bring in the supporting documentation. Information on name and address changes is available at the links beneath:

Replace Vehicle Championship
Name Changes and Corrections
Change of Address

To supersede an existing DC DMV title due to an wrong vehicle identification number (VIN), yous must bring i of the following documents:

VIN correction from DC DMV inspection station
VIN correction letter of the alphabet on letterhead from another state'due south motor vehicle agency

View more than information on titles for salvage vehicles.

Your Out of State Title Status will be logged for client access within 7–10 business days of receipt of the Out of State Title at the DC DMV.