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Yes, they can. If the registration and title show two different names, the owner (the name on the title certificate) must authorize the other person to register the vehicle by completing box 3 on the Vehicle Registration/Title Application (PDF) (MV-82) form.

Correction of Name—The following must be submitted: The California Certificate of Title or an Application for Duplicate or Transfer of Title (REG 227) form. The Name Statement portion of the Statement of Facts (REG 256) form. Duplicate title and/or renewal fees, if applicable. No fee is due solely for a name correction.

Describe the error or erasure. Show how the entry should read. Be sure to draw one line through the error and write in the correct name on the document. Printed name and signature of either: Person or business who made the error or whose name appears in error, or Person whose signature appears in error.

Changing the name of a vehicle's registered owner usually requires submitting a form and supporting documents to your state's department of motor vehicles. Changing a name on the registration may also require updating the vehicle's title document, which signifies legal ownership of the vehicle.

California dealers must submit to the Department of Motor Vehicles a completed Application for Registration of New Vehicle (REG 397) form or a Multiple Vehicle Report of Sale (REG 397A) form for all new vehicles sold by the dealer with any supporting documents and the fees due within 20 days to avoid penalties and an ...

(You may also take it into a DMV office, if you prefer.) If you are changing your name on your registration (not correcting it), you must submit your REG 256 and 227 forms, evidence of ownership, and duplicate certificate of title fee in person to a DMV office to complete the process.

Contact your DMV in writing and let them know there's an error on the title. Have the DMV issue you a duplicate title. If the previous owner is responsible for the title error, contact them and have them fill in the new vehicle title correctly. For errors that are your fault, make adjustments on your replacement title.