A car that moves through a few dealers runs out of room on the back of the title. The dealer reassignment form is how the chain keeps going. This guide covers when you need one, what federal law says about it, why you usually can't just download it, how it differs from a secure power of attorney, and the form each state uses.
The front of the title names the owner. On the back, the owner assigns the car to the buyer. When the buyer is a dealer, the dealer doesn't retitle the car. It sells the car on by filling in a dealer reassignment section on the same title. Each dealer in the chain uses the next open one.
Titles only have a few of those sections. Once they're used up, the next dealer needs a separate reassignment form, sometimes called a secure reassignment, a reassignment supplement, or a rider. It travels stapled to the title and carries the same sale and odometer information a reassignment section on the title would.
It has to be a state document on secure paper. Under 49 CFR 580.4, physical documents used to reassign a title must be issued by the state and printed by a secure process, one that deters and detects counterfeiting and unauthorized copies. A reassignment form you made in Word, or a photocopy of the real one, doesn't meet that.
The titled owner discloses on the title first. Under 580.5(c), the person the car is titled to makes the mileage disclosure on the title itself, never on a reassignment document. 580.5(g) adds that a separate reassignment document can be used only after that owner has made the disclosure on the title and assigned it. So the reassignment form picks up where the title's chain stops. It doesn't replace the owner's signature.
It needs room for the full odometer disclosure. 580.5(b) says any physical document used to reassign a title must have space for the whole disclosure: the reading (no tenths), the date, both parties' printed names and addresses, the vehicle's year, make, model, body type and VIN, and the seller's certification that the mileage is actual, over the mechanical limit, or not actual. The seller signs, and the buyer signs to acknowledge it.
No paper reassignment with an electronic title. 580.5(g) and 580.6(j) say a physical reassignment document can't be used with an electronic title or after an electronic reassignment has been made. On an electronic title the reassignment happens in the state's system and becomes part of the electronic record.
Keep it 5 years. 580.8 requires dealers to keep a copy of every odometer disclosure they issue and receive for five years, at their primary place of business. A reassignment form you sign on carries your disclosure, so a copy goes in the deal jacket. Florida's HSMV 82994 prints the same rule: the dealer keeps its copy for five years.
They solve different problems, and both are secure state forms, which is why they get mixed up.
A reassignment form is for when you have the title, it's been signed over, and there's no room left to sign it on. You are the seller, and you make the disclosure yourself.
A secure power of attorney is for when the seller can't sign the title: a lender holds it, it's lost, or an electronic title can't be reached. The seller appoints someone, often the dealer, to make the mileage disclosure for them (49 CFR 580.13). That's the one that comes up on trades with a payoff. Our odometer disclosure statement guide covers it, with each state's secure POA form.
Texas makes the line explicit: its title manual says the VTR-41-A can't replace Part B of the VTR-271-A power of attorney when Part B applies.
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Each form number, name, and source below comes from the agency's own form, manual, or web page. Most of these are secure forms you can't download, so the link goes to the agency source that says how to get one. A state that isn't listed is one we haven't verified yet, so check with your state agency.
| State | Form | Name on the form | Official PDF | Walkthrough |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 38-1304 | Dealer Reassignment Transfer (DRT), electronic only A full paper Arizona title must be retitled in the dealership's name. Retail sales off a DRT record use the 38-1305 dealer bill of sale | Agency source Only inside ADOT MVD's Dealer Reassignment Transfer application | 96-0236 title app |
| California | REG 262 | Vehicle/Vessel Transfer and Reassignment Form Required when the title's dealer reassignment section has no room for every dealer transfer | Agency source Can't be downloaded (security features). Pick up at a DMV field office, or call 1-800-777-0133 to have one mailed | REG 262 box by box |
| Florida | HSMV 82994 | Motor Vehicle Title Reassignment Supplement Also used with non-conforming and out-of-state titles, and for transfers on an electronic Florida title. Keep the copy 5 years | PDF The PDF is a reference copy. FLHSMV calls it a secure form, supplied on Department-approved secure paper | HSMV 82040 title app |
| Georgia | No number on the DOR page | Secure Dealer Reassignment Form Only when the title is unavailable or its assignment spaces are full, and only after the title is assigned to you | Agency source Bought only from GIADA (independent dealers) or GADA (franchised) | MV-1 title app |
| Indiana | State Form 20070 | Reassignment of a Vehicle by a Registered Dealer Not for Indiana titles printed after September 1989, MCOs, or any title with a usable reassignment left | PDF Download from the BMV | Form 205 title app |
| Illinois | None ($20 dealer title) | No separate reassignment form found; title in the dealership's name | Agency source 625 ILCS 5/3-113(e): a $20 title in the dealership's name when the title has no space left to assign | VSD 190 title app |
| Maryland | VR-182 | Dealer Bill of Sale and/or Reassignment for New and Used Vehicles No limit on dealer reassignments. A Maryland dealer must make the first reassignment on it | Agency source Bought from MADA or MIADA; the MVA doesn't sell it | VR-005 title app |
| Massachusetts | DRT-1 | Dealer Reassignment of Title Only when every reassignment space is complete, including on out-of-state titles | Agency source Controlled form ordered from the RMV with its Application for Dealer Reassignment | RMV-1 title app |
| Michigan | None (RD-108 resale title) | No separate reassignment form; apply for a resale title Required when all reassignment spaces are used, or when you receive an out-of-state reassignment form | Agency source Title the car in the dealership's name on an RD-108 | RD-108 |
| Missouri | Form 2447 | Reassignment of Ownership by Registered Dealer Missouri dealers only. One rider per title or MSO; not on salvage titles | Agency source Single-part secure form, ordered online from DOR. Copies aren't accepted | Form 108 title app |
| North Carolina | MVR-2 | Dealer's Reassignment of Title to a Motor Vehicle Also required to reassign out-of-state titles assigned to an NC dealer. No electronic signatures | Agency source Secure form, not a download. NCDMV's title manual doesn't say where to buy it | MVR-1 title app |
| Texas | VTR-41-A | Dealer's Reassignment of Title for a Motor Vehicle Licensed Texas dealers only. Can be used even with open reassignments on the title | Agency source Secure form with a red control number, not a download. Harris County's tax office, for one, lists it on its dealer supply order form | 130-U title app |
| Virginia | VAD 20 | Reassignment of Title by Virginia Motor Vehicle Dealer Three extra dealer reassignments, then the last dealer titles it. Photocopies not accepted | Agency source Only from VADA or VIADA; DMV doesn't sell it | VSA 17A title app |
Checked against each agency source in October 2026. States revise forms and change suppliers, so confirm you have the current one before you file.
Indiana started issuing electronic titles on July 1, 2025. The BMV's dealer guide says an electronic title can be reassigned from one dealer to another only if both dealers work with a partial service provider (PSP), and the reassignment is done on State Form 20070. If the buying dealer isn't with a PSP, the selling dealer transfers the title into the buying dealer's name through its PSP system and a paper title is issued. On paper titles, the form also says the BMV doesn't guarantee other states will accept it.
NCDMV's title manual calls the MVR-2 a secure form, and NCDMV doesn't post it as a download, so a PDF you find online and print on plain paper isn't a valid form. NC dealers use it after the vehicle has been properly assigned to them: the first assignment goes on the NC title or MCO, and later ones can go on the title or the MVR-2. It's also required to reassign an out-of-state title assigned to an NC dealer. Electronic signatures aren't accepted on it, and an out-of-state dealer who uses one must have it notarized. NC's separate odometer statement, the MVR-180, is a different form.
It doesn't sign anything, and it doesn't decide when a title is out of space. You know what's on the back of the title in your hand.
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It's a state-issued document a licensed dealer uses to pass ownership to the next buyer when the title can't take another dealer reassignment, usually because the reassignment spaces on the back are full. It carries the same odometer disclosure as the title. Federal rules (49 CFR 580.4) require any physical document used to reassign a title to be issued by the state and printed by a secure process, which is why most of these forms are controlled stock, not downloads.
From the source your state names, and it varies. Indiana posts State Form 20070 as a PDF. Florida posts a reference PDF of the HSMV 82994, but the form itself is secure. Texas's VTR-41-A is a secure dealer supply; Harris County's tax office, for one, lists it on its dealer order form. Massachusetts dealers order the DRT-1 from the RMV. Missouri's Form 2447 is a secure form you order online from the Department of Revenue. Georgia's, Maryland's, and Virginia's forms are sold only through the state dealer associations. California's REG 262 isn't a download; the DMV mails it on request.
The VTR-41-A, Dealer's Reassignment of Title for a Motor Vehicle. TxDMV's title manual says only dealers with a current Texas dealer license can use it, and the license number has to be on the form. You can use it even when open reassignments remain on the title, but then you write "REASSIGNMENT ON" and the form's control number in the next open reassignment. Reassignments stay in consecutive order, and an alteration needs a statement of fact.
State Form 20070, Reassignment of a Vehicle by a Registered Dealer, which the BMV posts as a PDF. It's for an Indiana or out-of-state title that doesn't already have three dealer reassignments. It can't go with an Indiana title printed after September 1989, a certificate of origin, a bill of sale, a salvage certificate, or any title that still has a usable reassignment. Both the dealer and the purchaser sign the affirmation.
The MVR-2, Dealer's Reassignment of Title to a Motor Vehicle. NCDMV's title manual calls it a secure form. NC dealers use it to reassign an NC title or MCO after the vehicle has been properly assigned to them; the first assignment goes on the title, and later ones can go on the title or the MVR-2. It's also required to reassign an out-of-state title assigned to an NC dealer. NCDMV doesn't accept electronic signatures on it, and an out-of-state dealer who uses one has to have it notarized.
Use your state's secure dealer reassignment form, or, in states without one, title the vehicle in your dealership's name first. Michigan is an example of the second: when all reassignment spaces are used, the dealer must apply for a resale title on an RD-108 before selling. Illinois law offers a $20 title in the dealership's name when the surrendered title has no space left to assign. Some forms cap how far you can go. Virginia's VAD 20 adds three dealer reassignments, and the dealer on the last one has to title the car before reselling it.
Not a paper one, under federal rules. 49 CFR 580.5(g) says a physical reassignment document can't be used with an electronic title or after an electronic reassignment; the reassignment is made electronically and becomes part of the electronic title. States build their own process on top of that. Indiana, for example, has dealers in its partial service provider system use State Form 20070 to document a transfer of an electronic title.
Usually not. Use the open dealer reassignment on the title. Some states still let you start a reassignment form early: Texas and Virginia both allow it, but you mark the open space on the title with the form's number. Others don't: Indiana's form can't be used with a title that has a usable reassignment, Massachusetts says always use the first available reassignment, and Georgia says not to use its form when the title is available.
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