How to fill out the DLR-SPOA in New Jersey
A field-by-field walkthrough of the New Jersey DLR-SPOA (Dealer Secure Power of Attorney / Odometer Disclosure) for licensed used car dealers — what goes in every section, who signs what, and the documents you attach. Verified against the official form as of October 2026.
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Filling out the NJ DLR-SPOA after a sale:
- What it is
- NJ MVC's secure power of attorney for odometer disclosure, used when a title is held by a lienholder or lost
- Who completes it
- The trade's owner (transferor) completes Part A, your dealership is the transferee, and the person who signs the title for you completes Part C
- Where to file it
- Submitted to NJ MVC by the person exercising the power of attorney, with the title. The dealer keeps a copy for 5 years and the seller gets a copy
- Processing time
- None of its own. It goes in with the title work once the lender releases the title
- Cost
- No fee printed on the form
This guide is informational and does not replace the official New Jersey instructions. Always confirm the current form and procedure with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission before you file.
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What the DLR-SPOA is and why it matters
The DLR-SPOA is New Jersey's Dealer Secure Power of Attorney / Odometer Disclosure. It fixes the most common trade-in problem: the customer owes money on the trade, so the lender has the title and the customer can't sign the mileage on it. On the DLR-SPOA, the trade's owner appoints your dealership as attorney-in-fact to transfer the title, satisfy the lien, and disclose the mileage, and states the reading today. When the title arrives, your person copies that disclosure onto the title and certifies it in Part C.
The form prints its own limit at the top of every page: it may only be used when the title is physically held by a lienholder or has been lost. This guide walks Parts A, B, and C box by box, covers what MVC's instructions say about typing versus wet signatures, and ends with the DLR-NSPOA, the e-signature-only power of attorney your buyer signs when your representative will sign their title papers.
New Jersey MVC publishes two dealer powers of attorney, and they do different jobs. The DLR-SPOA(E) (R8/26) is the secure one: the odometer power of attorney for a vehicle whose title is held by a lienholder or lost. It has four pages: Part A, Part B, Part C, and MVC's instructions. The DLR-NSPOA (R11/23) is the non-secure one: your buyer appoints your dealer representative to sign title and registration papers, and MVC takes it only signed electronically through a NIST AAL2 e-signature vendor. For a vehicle that's exempt from odometer disclosure, MVC's SPOA instructions say to use a standard (non-secure) power of attorney instead.
Documents to have before you start
Gather these before you complete the DLR-SPOA. A missing attachment is the number-one reason the the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission bounces a title application back.
- The trade-in's current odometer reading, read on the day of the deal — Whole miles. The form says not to show tenths.
- The trade's year, make, model, body, VIN, and title number — From the registration or a payoff letter if the title is with the lender. The vehicle description repeats on Parts A, B, and C.
- The payoff or lien information for the trade — The secure POA is only for a title held by a lienholder or lost. If the customer has the title in hand, they sign the mileage on the title instead.
- The title, once the lender releases it — The original SPOA rides with that title until the title application for the next buyer is made.
DLR-SPOA, section by section
Which New Jersey power of attorney you need
Three situations, three answers. A trade-in whose title is with a lender or lost, on a vehicle that's subject to odometer disclosure: the DLR-SPOA. Your buyer wants your representative to sign their title and registration papers: the DLR-NSPOA, e-signed. A vehicle that's exempt from odometer disclosure but still needs a power of attorney: MVC's SPOA instructions say to use a standard, non-secure power of attorney. The secure form exists because federal rules (49 CFR 580.5(h)) bar anyone from signing an odometer statement as both transferor and transferee in the same transaction, unless it's done under a secure power of attorney in 49 CFR 580.13 or 580.14. 49 CFR 580.13(a) limits that to a title held by a lienholder or lost (or an electronic title held by a lienholder or that can't be accessed).
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
Trade title with the lender or lost, odometer disclosure required DLR-SPOA. | You (dealer) |
Representative signs the buyer's title papers DLR-NSPOA, e-signature only. | You (dealer) |
Vehicle exempt from odometer disclosure A standard (non-secure) power of attorney, per MVC's instructions. | You (dealer) |
Vehicle description: VIN, year, make, model, body, title number
The vehicle description sits at the top of Parts A, B, and C, and the VIN repeats in the page header. Enter the trade-in, not the car you're selling. Federal rules (49 CFR 580.13(c)) require the vehicle's make, model, year, body type, and VIN on the power of attorney, so don't leave body blank. Add the title number if you have it from the registration or the lender.
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
Vehicle Identification Number All 17 characters, from the trade-in. | You (dealer) |
Year, make, model | You (dealer) |
Body Federal rules list body type as required. | You (dealer) |
Title No. If known. | You (dealer) |
Part A: the trade owner's power of attorney and mileage
Part A reads "I, (transferor) appoint buyer (transferee) as of (date) as my attorney-in-fact with full authority to transfer title, to satisfy any liens and to disclose the mileage." The transferor is the trade's titled owner, printed exactly as on the title. The transferee is your dealership. Then the odometer reading in whole miles, the date it was read, and one of three statements: reflects actual mileage, is in excess of its mechanical limits, or is not the actual mileage (odometer discrepancy). The owner certifies under penalty of perjury. Below that, the transferor's signature, printed name, and address, then the transferee's signature, printed name, and address. MVC's instructions say the dealer representative must digitally complete all of Part A's information, so type it rather than hand-write it. Under 49 CFR 580.13(f), give the owner a copy.
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
Print transferor's name The trade's owner, exactly as titled. Not necessarily your buyer. | Buyer |
Print name of buyer (transferee) Your dealership. | You (dealer) |
As of (date) | You (dealer) |
Odometer now reads (no tenths) The owner's statement. Whole miles. | Buyer |
Date read | Buyer |
Actual / exceeds mechanical limits / not actual mileage One box. The owner certifies it. | Buyer |
Transferor signature, printed name, address | Buyer |
Transferee signature, printed name, address | You (dealer) |
Part B: only when you resell before the title arrives
Part B is for a later deal. The form prints "Part B is invalid unless Part A has been completed." MVC's instructions say the dealer completes Part B when facilitating a subsequent sale after Part A has been executed and the title is still lost or with the lienholder. Your next buyer (the transferee) appoints your dealership (the transferor) to review the title and acknowledge the disclosure, and your dealership states the mileage to them. MVC says to print Part B and have the seller/transferor and the buyer/transferee apply wet signatures. If you hold the trade until its title comes in, leave Part B blank.
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
Print transferee's name Your next retail buyer of the trade. | Buyer |
Print name of transferor (seller) Your dealership. | You (dealer) |
Odometer reading, date read, status Your disclosure to the next buyer. | You (dealer) |
Transferor and transferee signatures Wet signatures, per MVC's instructions. | Buyer |
Part C: certification by the attorney-in-fact, and filing
Part C is always completed by the dealer, and the form says the person completing it must be the same person transferring the information and signing the title. That person certifies that the mileage they put on the title matches the power of attorney, and that after reviewing the title and any reassignments, it's the same as or greater than the mileage previously stated. Then signature, date, printed name, and street address. MVC's instructions: complete Part C digitally, print it, wet-sign it, and submit it with Part A, or with Parts A and B if both were used. Federal rules (49 CFR 580.13(g)) say that if the mileage on the power of attorney is lower than the mileage on the title, the power of attorney is void and you don't complete the title disclosure unless the owner marked the mileage as exceeding mechanical limits or not actual. Filing copies: the original goes with the title until the title application for the buyer is made, the dealer keeps a second copy for five years, and the seller who completed Part A gets the third.
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
I, (name) hereby certify The person who signs the title. | You (dealer) |
Signature, date, printed name Wet signature after printing. | You (dealer) |
Street address, city, state, ZIP | You (dealer) |
Original with the title to MVC | You (dealer) |
Dealer copy kept 5 years; seller gets a copy | You (dealer) |
The DLR-NSPOA: e-signed power of attorney from your buyer
The DLR-NSPOA (R11/23), Power of Attorney for Licensed New Jersey Motor Vehicle Dealers, is printed "for electronic signature only." Your buyer (the grantor) appoints a named dealer representative of your dealership as attorney-in-fact to sign title and registration documents for one vehicle they're purchasing: make, model, VIN, and year. Buyer and co-buyer sign and date, with printed names. In the Dealer Certification, your representative certifies the buyer signed electronically through a system meeting the AAL2 requirements in 49 CFR 580, with their name, your dealership's name, your NJ dealer license number, signature, title, and date. The form says it must be completed digitally, signed, and submitted with Certificates of Completion from a NIST AAL2 compliant e-signature vendor, one single-page certificate for each digital signature. It also says it can't be used to let anyone sign as both buyer and seller on the odometer disclosure. It may be used with a separate OS/SS-2 odometer statement, which the buyer signs.
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
Grantor name Buyer and co-buyer. | Buyer |
Dealer representative A named person, not just the store. | You (dealer) |
Name of licensed dealership | You (dealer) |
Make, model, VIN, year The vehicle the buyer is purchasing. | You (dealer) |
Buyer and co-buyer signatures, dates, printed names Electronic signature only. | Buyer |
Dealer certification: representative, dealership, license no., signature, title, date | You (dealer) |
Certificate of Completion for each digital signature From the AAL2 e-signature vendor. | You (dealer) |
Exempt vehicles and the 5-year rule
MVC's instructions say the DLR-SPOA isn't required when the vehicle is exempt from federal odometer disclosure: model year 2011 and newer once they're 20 years old, model year 2010 and older (all of them are past the old 10-year line by now), vehicles that aren't self-propelled, and vehicles over 16,000 lbs GVWR. In 2026 a 2011-or-newer trade still needs a disclosure. Under 49 CFR 580.8(c), a dealer granted a power of attorney keeps a copy of each one for five years at its primary place of business, filed so it can be pulled. MVC's own instructions say the same five years for the dealer's copy.
| Field | Who fills it |
|---|---|
Model year 2011 and newer, under 20 years Disclosure required; use the SPOA when the title is with the lender or lost. | You (dealer) |
Model year 2010 and older, over 16,000 lbs GVWR, not self-propelled Exempt; a standard power of attorney if one is needed. | You (dealer) |
Dealer copy of each power of attorney, kept 5 years | You (dealer) |
Common DLR-SPOA mistakes that cause rejections
The form may only be used when the title is held by a lienholder or lost. If the customer brought the title, they sign the mileage on the title itself.
Part A is the trade owner's power of attorney for the trade-in. The VIN, year, make, model, and body are the trade's.
Part B is only for reselling the trade before its title arrives, and it's invalid unless Part A is complete. Leave it blank if you're waiting on the title.
The form says the person completing Part C must be the same person transferring the information and signing the title.
It's for electronic signature only, through a NIST AAL2 vendor, with a Certificate of Completion attached for each digital signature.
MVC's instructions say the SPOA isn't required for exempt vehicles (model year 2010 and older, over 16,000 lbs GVWR, not self-propelled). Use a standard power of attorney if you need one.
Common questions
What is the New Jersey DLR-SPOA?+
The DLR-SPOA is NJ MVC's Dealer Secure Power of Attorney / Odometer Disclosure. The current revision is DLR-SPOA(E) (R8/26). It lets a vehicle's owner appoint the buyer, usually your dealership on a trade-in, to transfer title, satisfy the lien, and disclose the mileage when the owner can't sign the title because a lienholder holds it or it's lost.
Where do I get the New Jersey motor vehicle power of attorney form?+
From NJ MVC's business forms. The DLR-SPOA is at nj.gov/mvc/pdf/business/DLR-SPOA.pdf and the DLR-NSPOA at nj.gov/mvc/pdf/business/DLR-NSPOA.pdf. For a vehicle exempt from odometer disclosure, MVC's SPOA instructions point to a standard (non-secure) power of attorney.
When can a New Jersey dealer use a secure power of attorney?+
Only when the title is physically held by a lienholder or has been lost, which the form prints on every page. Federal rules (49 CFR 580.13) allow a secure power of attorney for mileage disclosure in those cases, plus an electronic title held by a lienholder or one that can't be accessed.
Who fills out Parts A, B and C of the DLR-SPOA?+
Part A: the trade's owner appoints your dealership and states the mileage; MVC says the dealer representative completes Part A's information digitally. Part B: only for reselling the vehicle before the title arrives, wet-signed by your dealership as seller and the next buyer. Part C: always completed by the dealer, by the same person who transfers the information and signs the title, then printed and wet-signed.
Does the NJ DLR-NSPOA need a wet signature or a notary?+
Neither. The DLR-NSPOA is printed for electronic signature only and has no notary block. It must be signed through a NIST AAL2 compliant e-signature vendor and submitted with a single-page Certificate of Completion for each digital signature.
Can my dealership sign as both buyer and seller on the odometer statement in New Jersey?+
Only under the secure DLR-SPOA, in the situations it covers. The DLR-NSPOA says it can't be used to let an individual or entity sign as both buyer and seller on the odometer disclosure. On an NSPOA deal, the buyer signs the separate OS/SS-2 personally.
How long do I keep the DLR-SPOA?+
Five years. MVC's filing instructions give the dealer the second copy to keep for five years, and 49 CFR 580.8(c) requires dealers to keep every power of attorney they're granted for five years at their primary place of business.
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