How to fill out Alaska Form 829

How a vehicle built out of other vehicles - or rebuilt after a brand - becomes a registrable Alaskan vehicle again. Two pages: a sworn affidavit naming where the frame, the body and the engine came from, and an operational affidavit certifying that twenty-three items of required equipment are installed and working. It has to be completed by the legal owner at the time the vehicle was reconstructed - the person who contracted the work, not the person who did it, unless they are the same person. And it comes with a sentence that governs the whole exercise: the owner must obtain a title in their name before the vehicle can be resold.

Written against Form 829 (Rev 06/02/2015), issued under 2 AAC 92.080(d), which defines a reconstructed vehicle as one that has been completely restored to operational, street legal condition. The title requirements list on page two tells you to complete an Application for Title and Registration, Form 812. There is no 812 in the Division's published index any more - the current application is the Vehicle Transaction Application, and that is what belongs in the packet. This is one of three places on the Division's own material where the retired number is still printed, so an applicant who goes looking for the form named here will not find it and should not assume they have missed something.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank Form 829 from the dmv.alaska.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our Form 829 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank Form 829 — Reconstructed Vehicle Affidavit PDF at dmv.alaska.gov · new tab Step 2 · how to fill it in Our filled-in Form 829 guide PDF · print and keep beside you

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is all 2 pages of the actual Form 829, rendered from the PDF the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Administration publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.

Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below

A completed Alaska DMV Form 829, Reconstructed Vehicle Affidavit, page one. The vehicle is a 2007 Subaru, 4D Wagon, blue, weight 3350, with a previous title in Alaska. The person who contracted the work is Talia R. Sturdevant of 3712 Pioneer Loop, Palmer, AK 99645, with an Alaska driver licence number. The frame row records Yes, purchased from Knik Salvage and Recycling in Palmer, serial number 7J2SFB4A37R330985, dated 04/2026. The body row records Yes, purchased from Susitna Auto Dismantlers in Wasilla, serial number 7J2SFB4A87R118240, dated 05/2026. The engine row records No, original to this vehicle. The sworn statement is completed in the same name and the notary block is empty. — Page 1 of 2. The affidavit itself: the vehicle, the person who contracted the work, and the provenance of the frame, the body and the engine - with the notary block left for the officer.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
The vehicle, and whether it had a title
Year, make, body style, colour and weight, then the previous-title question and the state that issued it.
Watch out: A previous Alaskan title is what ties this build to an existing record. A no here means the Division is creating a record from scratch, and it will want more of the paperwork trail.
2
You fill this in
Reconstructed by
Your full legal name, printed, with your driver licence number and state.
Watch out: This is the person who contracted the work, not the shop that did it - unless you did it yourself, which is the one case where they are the same name.
3
You fill this in
Address
Your street address, then city, state and zip on the line beneath.
Watch out: Use the address the Division already holds. The title that comes out of this is posted to it.
4
You fill this in
The frame row
Where the frame was purchased, its serial number, and the date - the first of the three essential parts.
Watch out: Bills of sale for every one of these go in the envelope. The row is an index to the attachments rather than a substitute for them.
5
You fill this in
The frame's serial number
The number carried by that part, which on a frame is usually the donor vehicle's own identification number.
Watch out: The inspector will look for it. If the frame came from a vehicle returned to the Division as junked, the record will already show that number and this row should match it.
6
You fill this in
Swear it
Print your full legal name into the oath, sign in front of a DMV representative or notary, and date it.
Watch out: Sign the operational affidavit on page two at the same visit. One certifies where the parts came from and the other certifies that the finished vehicle works - the Division wants both.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
The inspection requirement, printed first	Verification of Vehicle Inspection must accompany this form. The vehicle is physically inspected by a DMV representative, and that sheet travels with this one.
Who completes it	Spelled out at the head: the legal owner of the vehicle at the time the vehicle is reconstructed - the person who contracted the work to be done - and not the person who performed the work, except where the owner made the repairs themselves.
Year, make, body style, colour, weight	The description row, followed by a previous-title yes or no and the state that title was issued in.
Reconstructed By (print your full legal name)	With a driver licence number and state beside it, then address and city, state and zip on the next row.
Frame - where purchased, serial number, date	The first of the three essential-parts rows. Where the part came from, its own serial number, and when it was acquired.
Body - where purchased, serial number, date	The second row, filled the same way. A body from a different vehicle carries a different serial number, and that is the point of asking.
Engine - where purchased, serial number, date	The third. Where a part is original to the vehicle rather than bought in, that is what the row should say.
The documents that must be attached	In capitals between the rows and the oath: proof of purchase and ownership - bills of sale, previous title and so on - must be submitted with the affidavit, and bills of sale for additional parts or materials are also to be submitted.
The sworn statement	I, (print your full legal name), do hereby swear under penalty of law that the information contained in this affidavit is true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that all transactions were conducted in compliance with State laws - signed in front of a DMV representative or notary, dated, with the officer's block beside it.
Page two: what reconstructed means	The definition, in the Division's words: a vehicle that has been materially altered from the original construction, by the removal, addition or substitution of essential parts - and essential parts are the chassis or frame, the body and the engine.
Page two: the title requirements list	Six items - a completed application for title and registration, this affidavit completed in full, a completed Verification of Vehicle Inspection with the vehicle inspected by a DMV representative, the original title from all vehicles used to reconstruct the vehicle unless those titles were returned to DMV as JUNKED, all bills of sale and invoices for major parts, and a lien release where a lien is recorded.
Page two: the Operational Affidavit	A certification against 2 AAC 92.080(d), over a table of required equipment and the regulation for each: seat belts, headlights, tail lights, reflectors, brake lights, licence plate light, turn signals, hazard lights, foot brake, emergency parking brake, windshield, wipers and defroster, safety glass, horn, mirror, steering assembly, body condition, energy absorption systems, mufflers, tyres, anti-spray devices and licence plates. The signature at the bottom affirms all of it is installed and operational.

What gets this one rejected

•The builder signing it instead of the owner. The instruction at the head of the form is explicit about which of the two signs, and a shop's signature on an owner's affidavit is the wrong person swearing.
•Parts rows with no paperwork behind them. Bills of sale, previous titles and invoices for major parts all have to be in the envelope - a serial number written on a line proves nothing on its own.
•A vehicle that is not finished. The regulation the operational affidavit cites defines a reconstructed vehicle as completely restored to operational, street legal condition, and an inspection is what tests that claim.
•Missing titles for the donor vehicles. The original title from every vehicle used is required, unless those titles were returned to the Division as junked - in which case the record already shows it.
•Skipping the inspection because the vehicle is obviously finished. The first line of the form requires the verification to accompany it, and the inspection has to be done by a DMV representative rather than a garage.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•Essential parts are three things. Chassis or frame, body, engine. The form's three rows are not an inventory of the build - they are the three parts whose provenance decides whether this is a reconstructed vehicle at all.
•Title first, sale second. Printed at the head of the form: the owner must obtain a title in their name before the vehicle can be resold. A rebuilt vehicle cannot be sold on the strength of the build paperwork.
•It carries an equipment audit as well as an ownership story. Twenty-three items with a regulation beside each, and one signature covering the lot. The note under the table adds that this is the list for passenger cars, pickups and vans, and other types of vehicle may have different requirements.
•The same equipment list is on the back of the inspection form. That is not a coincidence: the inspector's sheet and this affidavit are checking the same vehicle against the same list from two directions.
•It is a 2015 form and it shows. The Division has not revised this one since June 2015, which is why its own requirements list still names an application form the Division no longer publishes.

Every line here was read off Form 829 (Rev 06/02/2015) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Administration pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

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How to fill out Alaska Form 829

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

The vehicle, and whether it had a title

Reconstructed by

Address

The frame row

The frame's serial number

Swear it

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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