You may apply for a duplicate vehicle title if your original title is lost, stolen, or damaged. A vehicle with a missing title cannot be bought or sold, so owners must apply for and obtain a replacement before they can sell their vehicle.
[edit] WHAT YOU NEED WHEN APPLYING FOR A DUPLICATE/REPLACEMENT TITLE
- Complete the Application for California Duplicate Title (REG 227) form, making sure to indicate on the form that you are applying for a duplicate title. A paperless title certification, transfer of title with duplicate or paperless title is also possible with this form.
- Once completed, you must have the application form properly notarized.
- If your original title is damaged or mutilated, you must return the original title when applying for a replacement.
- If your title shows a lienholder, you must give the lien holder a completed and signed Statement of Facts (REG 256) and ask him to submit this to the DMV with the title for correction.
[edit] FEES
Along with your application form and the other materials, you must submit a $17 duplicate title fee, which will vary with the type of vehicle plus a reflectorized license plate fee of $1. If there is only a name change to be done, without the duplicate title form, no fee is applicable.[edit] SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION
You can submit the application and fees for a duplicate title at your local DMV office, or mail the package to:Department of Motor Vehicles Vehicle Registration Operations P.O. Box 942869 Mail Station E254 Sacramento, CA 94269-0001
[edit] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- For checking on the status of your title, you can call (800) 777- 0133 Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 8:00 am-5:00 pm Pacific time and on Wednesdays from 9:00 am-5:00 pm Pacific time. You can also use the online inquiry form to check the status of the application.
- See also Title Transfers, Replacing Your License, and Replacing your Registration.
- See also Address Changes and Bill of Sale.
Comments
Huh? The California DMV took my vehicle title at the counter and stapled it to other docs needed in registration process (for an out-of-state, foreign-origin car). I would prefer to keep title safely locked up but I drove with it stapled to my temporary paperwork until a much later date, after a special smog test for my 'foreign' car made me eligible for br. So, upon returning to the DMV to completed registration and get plates for the car, I stated that I wanted my title removed and returned to me. I own the car, the DMV doesn't own it and has no business holding on to my vehicle title.
The DMV did not remove the title from the stapled pages when asked and hand it over to me. No explanation. Person serving me went on break and after much waiting I had to get back to my job site. Now what? Spend money on a title replacement and wait 8+ weeks for it to be delivered to me? Meanwhile, my original title may fall into the wrong hands--someone with a harmvul mind-- via a DMV employee?
California DMVs have a fortess builit around their phonelines--citizens can only get through to a centralized appointment maker. This scenario is one more bureaucratic hell. Or am I missing something? Was the DMV actually planning to send me a fresh new title from the Golden State? Am I not allowed to retain a vehicel title issues by another West Coast state?
I thought I was through dealing with the disruptions of a major move, but this sort of thing just bogs me down more, body & spirit. And I can't just call up the local DMV because the state has it rigged so everyone must call a special number to get appointments--rather than permit calls to local DMV.
I also replaced my registration card. but the car is under my sisters name. is there anyway to get a replacement for the registration card.
I seem to have misplaced my registration and would like a duplicate please.
Gurminder