Instructions For Completing Form Mv-1, Application For Certificate Of Title (Page 3 of 9) in pdf

outside Pennsylvania, the VIN must be visually verified by a police officer, a mechanic employed by a motor vehicle

dealer or an armed forces installation provost marshal or motor officer using Form MV-41, “Application for Correction of

Vehicle Record or Verification of Vehicle Identification Number.”

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If the vehicle's VIN plate is defaced, altered or missing, Form MV-1 should be accompanied by an application for

a Pennsylvania state replacement VIN plate on Form MV-41, in addition to a completed Form MV-32.

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TAXI/POLICE VEHICLE - If the vehicle being titled is to be used or was formerly used as a taxi or police vehicle,

the appropriate block must be checked.

SECTION B - APPLICANT INFORMATION

The applicant is the first individual(s), corporation, business, etc., to whom vehicle ownership is assigned on the proof of

ownership document, which must accompany the title application, Form MV-1. In the case of an out-of-state vehicle, the

applicant is the first PA resident to whom ownership is assigned on the out-of-state title. Please take time to verify that

assignments on ownership documents are complete and contain required signatures. NOTE: If the vehicle is being

leased, check the appropriate block on Form MV-1, Section B, and attach completed Form MV-1L.

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OWNER - List the applicant’s actual full last name, first name and middle name or full business name. Please DO

NOT use nicknames or first and middle initials. The applicant’s name is to be listed on the title application as it

appears on the valid Pennsylvania identification credential you examined.

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PA DL/ID# OR BUS ID # - List the applicant’s Pennsylvania Driver’s License or Pennsylvania Identification Card

Number. If a business, list the business’s identification number (i.e., EIN number).

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DATE OF BIRTH - List the applicant’s date of birth.

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DEALER ID NUMBER - If the applicant is a dealership, list the dealer ID number as registered with the Bureau of

Motor Vehicles.

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CO-PURCHASER - If two individuals are applying for joint ownership as applicants, list the second individual’s

actual last name, first name and middle name. NOTE: If there is a co-purchaser, be sure to read the "NOTE"

regarding joint tenants with right of survivorship and check the block, if applicable, in Section B.

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DATE ACQUIRED/PURCHASED - List the date the APPLICANT received or purchased and was assigned

ownership of the vehicle. This date should be listed numerically. EXAMPLE: mm/dd/yyyy.

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STREET - List applicant’s full street address and P.O. Box number, Rural Delivery Route number or apartment

number, if such numbers apply. (NOTE: P.O. Box numbers may be used in addition to the actual address,

but cannot be used as the only address.) The applicant’s address listed on the valid Pennsylvania identification

credential must agree with the address information that is being recorded on the title application and vehicle

record. The exceptions to this address requirement are U.S. Armed Forces personnel or their dependents;

an employee of federal or state government or their immediate families whose workplace is located

outside of Pennsylvania; or companies that have no Pennsylvania office and use the vehicle to regularly

carry on business within the commonwealth or a Park Model Trailer permanently located in Pennsylvania.

If the applicant is entitled to this exception, they must complete and attach Form MV-8, “Self Certification for Proof

of Residency.” In addition, they must attach a letter from their employer on their employer’s letterhead to

document their out-of-state employment status, or attach a copy of their Photo ID issued by their employer. If they

are an immediate family member of a person meeting one of the allowable exceptions, they must attach

documentation for the person entitled to the exception.

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CITY - List the full city name. Please DO NOT abbreviate.

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STATE - List the official state abbreviation designated by the U.S. Postal Service. If Pennsylvania, list PA.

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ZIP - List the full, correct zip code. Please take time to verify the zip code.

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COUNTY CODE - Indicate the actual county of residence by listing the appropriate county code from the table

below:

COUNTY CODES:

01 - ADAMS

13 - CARBON

24 - ELK

35 - LACKAWANNA

46 - MONTGOMERY

57 - SULLIVAN

02 - ALLEGHENY 14 - CENTRE

25 - ERIE

36 - LANCASTER

47 - MONTOUR

58 - SUSQUEHANNA

03 - ARMSTRONG 15 - CHESTER

26 - FAYETTE

37 - LAWRENCE

48 - NORTHAMPTON

59 - TIOGA

04 - BEAVER

16 - CLARION

27 - FOREST

38 - LEBANON

49 - NORTHUMBERLAND

60 - UNION

05 - BEDFORD

17 - CLEARFIELD

28 - FRANKLIN

39 - LEHIGH

50 - PERRY

61 - VENANGO

06 - BERKS

18 - CLINTON

29 - FULTON

40 - LUZERNE

51 - PHILADELPHIA

62 - WARREN

07 - BLAIR

19 - COLUMBIA

30 - GREENE

41 - LYCOMING

52 - PIKE

63 - WASHINGTON

08 - BRADFORD

20 - CRAWFORD

31 - HUNTINGDON

42 - MCKEAN

53 - POTTER

64 - WAYNE

09 - BUCKS

21 - CUMBERLAND

32 - INDIANA

43 - MERCER

54 - SCHUYLKILL

65 - WESTMORELAND

10 - BUTLER

22 - DAUPHIN

33 - JEFFERSON

44 - MIFFLIN

55 - SNYDER

66 - WYOMING

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