{"id":43528,"date":"2020-05-15T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/dismantlers-handbook-of-registration-procedures\/evidence-of-ownership-documents\/chapter-table-of-contents\/application-for-duplicate-title\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T05:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T13:24:40","slug":"application-for-duplicate-title","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/dismantlers-handbook-of-registration-procedures\/evidence-of-ownership-documents\/application-for-duplicate-title\/","title":{"rendered":"4.020 Application for Duplicate Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p dir=\"ltr\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/application-for-duplicate-or-transfer-of-title-reg-227-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Application for Duplicate Title (REG 227) (PDF)<\/a> is used to transfer ownership when the California title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or illegible. A mutilated or illegible title must be submitted with the application. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/application-for-duplicate-or-transfer-of-title-reg-227-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 227 (PDF)<\/a> must be properly completed and endorsed for transfer. If the legal owner\/lienholder of record is releasing interest, the signature <strong>must be<\/strong> notarized (VC \u00a75752).<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p dir=\"ltr\">A <strong>California notary\u2019s<\/strong> stamp <strong>must<\/strong> include the notary\u2019s name, the commission number, and expiration date, the county and state in which the commission was granted, and the state seal. An <strong>out-of-state notary\u2019s<\/strong> stamp is acceptable. (Other states might not require the same information as California.)<span style=\"font-family: var(--font-primary); font-size: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p dir=\"ltr\">Notarization may be:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Next to the legal owner\u2019s\/lienholder\u2019s release signature on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/application-for-duplicate-or-transfer-of-title-reg-227-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 227 (PDF)<\/a>, <strong>or<\/strong> <\/li><li>On a separate sheet of paper attached to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/application-for-duplicate-or-transfer-of-title-reg-227-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 227 (PDF)<\/a>, <strong>or<\/strong> <\/li><li>On any other document submitted in place of the release signature on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/application-for-duplicate-or-transfer-of-title-reg-227-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 227 (PDF)<\/a> that shows satisfaction of the lien, such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/lien-satisfied-title-holder-release-reg-166-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lien Satisfied (REG 166) (PDF)<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>EXCEPTION: <\/strong>An insurance company (or its agent) is exempt from the notarized signature requirement on transfers of total loss salvage vehicles to the insurance company when a lienholder is indicated on the department\u2019s record <strong>y <\/strong>an acceptable lien satisfied document from the lienholder is submitted by the insurance company (or its agent).<span style=\"font-family: var(--font-primary); font-size: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":43519,"menu_order":2,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[583],"class_list":["post-43528","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-dismantler-reg-procedures-handbook"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4.020 Application for Duplicate Title - California DMV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/handbook\/dismantlers-handbook-of-registration-procedures\/evidence-of-ownership-documents\/application-for-duplicate-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4.020 Application for Duplicate Title - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An Application for Duplicate Title (REG 227) (PDF) is used to transfer ownership when the California title is lost, stolen, mutilated, or illegible. 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