Title Work Instructions

Up to Two Montana Titles or personalized/specialty plate (sponsor plate for trailer, Amateur Radio plates, etc.) orders may be processed in one transaction with the Motor Vehicle Division.

Make sure the following are complete:

• All sellers listed on the title have signed in front of a notary.
• Odometer information has been completed for street legal vehicles weighing 1 ton or less that are less than twenty years old.

Please make an appointment for more than three Montana titles and personalized or specialty plate (sponsor plate for a trailer, Amateur Radio plates, etc.) orders

If you are coming from another state, please register your vehicles as soon as you establish residency in Montana, or before your out-of-state registration expires, whichever comes first. In order to register your vehicle, you will need to provide us with the Certificate of Title. If the Certificate of Title to your vehicle is being held by a lien holder, the Motor Vehicle Department will provide you with a Foreign Title Transfer form(MV-63).

This will allow the Certificate of Title to be transferred to a Montana Title and then returned to your lien holder.

Procedures now require your vehicle registration file to include your driver's license number or, in the case of a corporation, your federal identification number. For this reason, your driver's license will be requested when registering your vehicle. An out of state driver's license will require two proofs of physical residency. Documents allowed for proof of residency can be found at https://mvdmt.gov/required-documents/. At least one person (not a business entity) listed on the title must be a Montana resident.

Up to two out of state titles may be processed. You may also make an appointment for up to three transfers.

A letter will be sent to notify you that the dealership has delivered the paperwork to our office, and it is ready to process. After you receive notification that your paperwork is at the County, you may come to our office and take a ticket and wait or make an appointment to transfer the title and registration.

Please make an appointment for more than three Dealership titles or personalized/specialty plate (sponsor plate for a trailer, Amateur Radio plates, etc.) orders.

To be issued a duplicate of your Montana title, please visit State of Montana Vehicle Services Bureau at 302 N Roberts (Scott Hart/DOJ Building). The cost is $10.30 and will be issued the same day.

The State office may also process by drop off Non-Probate Estate Titles and Break/Bonds titles if registration is not required for the vehicle.