Minnesota Notice of Motion, Motion and Affidavit for Order Directing Issuance of Title to a Motor Vehicle

You may transfer the title of a vehicle at any deputy registrar office. If a vehicle is purchased through a licensed Minnesota dealer, the dealer will take care of the transfer paperwork.

Title/Transfer Fee $8.25 Due with initial application for title and title transfers. Title Technology Surcharge $2.25 Effective with applications submitted on or after Aug. 1, 2019.

In simple situations where you own the vehicle outright and wish to transfer ownership to someone else, all you must do is complete a title certificate. Once you have filled out and signed the certificate, the buyer or recipient can take the title to a local DMV office and officially transfer ownership.

All sellers must handprint their name and sign in the assignment area of the title. The seller must list the sales price of the vehicle in the sales tax declaration area on the back of the certificate of title.

All sellers must complete and sign the title in the seller's section on the front of the title. All buyers must complete and sign the buyer's section (next to seller's section) as well as complete and sign the "Application for Title by Buyer" section.

Minnesota Sellers Complete the fields on the back of the title, including your name, the date of the sale, the price, the odometer reading, and a damage disclosure if the car is less than six years old. Remove the Recorded Owner Record of Sale portion for your records. Remove your license plates.

Typical fees to transfer and title a vehicle: Title Fee: $8.25 (plus $2 for each lien recorded) Transfer Tax: $10. Public Safety Vehicle Fee: $3.50. Technology Surcharge: $2.25.

Both the buyer and seller must fill out the ownership of the title transfer. In Minnesota the transfer of ownership must take place on the certificate of title within 10 days of the sale. The DMV title transfer form can be filled out and sent into DVS or brought in person to a local deputy registrar office.

All sellers must complete and sign the title in the seller's section on the front of the title. All buyers must complete and sign the buyer's section (next to seller's section) as well as complete and sign the "Application for Title by Buyer" section.