How to fill out Arizona 38-1306

The document that lets an Arizona sale go ahead when there is no certificate to sign. It is not an ordinary receipt: ADOT accepts it in place of a properly signed title for a vehicle currently titled in Arizona, which is exactly the situation most sellers are in now that titles are held electronically. It carries the odometer disclosure, the legal status, the brands, the liens and an acknowledgement block.

Written against 38-1306 (R07/25), issued under A.R.S. 28-2058. The back of this form is not filler. It sets out what OR, AND and AND/OR each mean for signatures and for what happens when a co-owner dies - including that a Non-Probate Affidavit is not acceptable to transfer a deceased owner's interest where there is a surviving OR owner. Read it before you decide who needs to sign.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank 38-1306 from the apps.azdot.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank 38-1306 — Title Transfer Bill of Sale PDF at apps.azdot.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is all 2 pages of the actual 38-1306, rendered from the PDF the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division 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

Page 1 of 2. The whole transaction on one face: vehicle, current owner and legal status, brands and liens, the buyer, the odometer disclosure, and the seller's signature above the acknowledgement block.

Page 2 of 2. The back, which is not filler. It sets out what OR, AND and AND/OR each require - both for selling the vehicle and for what happens when one of two owners dies.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
The four starred vehicle fields
VIN, year, make and model, copied from the record rather than from the advert.
Watch out: Every starred field on this form is mandatory. If you cannot read the VIN off a document because there is no document, read it off the windscreen plate and check it against AZ MVD Now.
2
You fill this in
Current Owner Name and Legal Status
Your name as MVD holds it, and the Or, And or And/Or box.
Watch out: Two owners and an additional owner beyond that means a second form, not a squeezed-in extra line. The form says so under the second owner field.
3
You fill this in
Arizona Brand
Any brand carried on the Arizona record - salvage, restored salvage, flood - or the word NONE.
Watch out: Look it up before you write. The Title Viewer service on AZ MVD Now shows the brands and liens on an Arizona-titled vehicle, and it is free.
4
You fill this in
Current Lienholder
The lender still recorded against the vehicle, or NONE.
Watch out: A paid-off loan is not the same as a released lien. If the record still shows one, the release has to reach MVD before or with this form.
5
You fill this in
Sale Date and Sale Payment Amount
The day the buyer takes the car, and what they paid for it.
Watch out: The price is not taxed on a private sale, but the Department of Revenue asks a buyer to keep evidence of who they bought from - which makes this line the buyer's proof, not a tax return.
6
The lienholder fills this in
The new lienholder lines
Name, driver licence or EIN, street address and lien date for whoever is financing the buyer.
Watch out: Write NONE if nobody is. This is the block that decides whether the new certificate goes to the buyer or to a bank.
7
The buyer fills this in
Buyer name, licence number and mailing address
One block, or two where the car is going into joint names.
Watch out: The mailing address here is where MVD will send anything it sends. It is worth the buyer checking their own handwriting on it.
8
The buyer fills this in
Buyer Name (printed) and Buyer Signature
Both starred, both under the sentence acknowledging your mileage statement.
Watch out: ADOT's rule is that the same person cannot represent the seller and the buyer on an odometer statement. A friend signing both halves invalidates the disclosure.
9
You fill this in
Odometer Reading and the unit box
Whole miles, no tenths, and a tick against miles or kilometers.
Watch out: Leave both exception boxes alone and you are certifying the figure is actual. That certification is printed immediately below them in the seller's own voice.
10
You fill this in
Seller block, signature and date
Your name, driver licence number, mailing address, signature and the date you signed.
Watch out: A second seller block sits underneath. Whether it has to be used is decided by the legal status you ticked at the top, and the rules for all three are printed on the back.
11
The buyer fills this in
The acknowledgement block
Completed by a notary public or an MVD agent in front of whom the seller signed, with date, county, state and commission expiry.
Watch out: Do not sign the form at home and take it in afterwards. The block records a signature made in the witness's presence, and an MVD processor will do it at the counter for nothing.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Vehicle Identification Number, Year, Make, Model	Four starred fields at the top. Every field marked with an asterisk on this form is mandatory, and the form is void if any of them is left out.
Current Owner Name and Legal Status	You, and the Or / And / And/Or box that decides how many signatures the form needs. A second current owner line sits underneath, with a note that additional owners need an additional form.
Arizona Brand (if no brand write NONE) and Current Lienholder (if no lien, write NONE)	Both starred, and both wanting the word NONE rather than a blank. ADOT tells the seller to check them first: seller must list any Arizona Brands and liens associated with this vehicle, using the Title Viewer service on AZ MVD Now.
Sale Date and Sale Payment Amount	The date the buyer takes the vehicle, and the price. The date is starred; the amount is not.
New Lienholder Name, licence or EIN, street address and lien date	Four lines for the buyer's lender, with the same instruction to write NONE where there is not one.
Buyer Name, driver licence number and mailing address	Two full buyer blocks, so a car going into two names is handled on the one form.
Buyer Name (printed) and Buyer Signature	Both starred, under the sentence I am aware of the below odometer certification made by the seller.
Odometer Reading (no tenths), miles / kilometers, and two exception boxes	The reading is starred. The exception boxes are Mileage in excess of the odometer mechanical limits and NOT Actual Mileage, WARNING - ODOMETER DISCREPANCY.
Seller Name/Company Representative, licence or dealer number or EIN, mailing address, signature and date	The starred seller block, then an unstarred second seller block underneath for a co-owner, with the note: see back for signature requirements for multiple owners.
The acknowledgement block	Acknowledged before me this date, with space for a date, county, state, commission expiry and a signature headed Notary Signature or MVD Agent.

What gets this one rejected

•Using it for a vehicle titled in another state. The form's first line limits it: this form is for vehicles currently titled in Arizona.
•A second one in the chain. Printed twice on the sheet, top and bottom: sequential bills of sale will not be accepted.
•Any correction. The same line that bans sequential bills carries the words void if altered or erased.
•A blank where the form asks for NONE. The brand line, the current lienholder line and the new lienholder line each say so in their own labels.
•One signature where the legal status says And or And/Or. The back of the form sets out all three cases in full, and only Or accepts a single seller's signature.
•An unwitnessed signature. The block at the foot is an acknowledgement before a notary or an MVD agent, and it is the one thing on this form that a signed title would not have needed.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•Check the brands before you write NONE. ADOT's instruction is to verify Arizona brands and possible liens on AZ MVD Now using the Title Viewer service. A brand you did not know about does not disappear because you wrote NONE over it.
•The MVD agent option is free. An individual may appear in person and have their signature acknowledged by a processor for no fee. A notary is the alternative, not the requirement.
•It carries the federal odometer disclosure. ADOT's manual lists this form alongside the certificate itself as a document on which the Truth in Mileage Act disclosure can be made, which is why the buyer signs the mileage acknowledgement on it too.
•Fifteen days still applies. Printed at the top: the buyer has 15 days to apply for a new vehicle title in order to avoid penalty charges, whether or not the vehicle is being used.

Every line here was read off 38-1306 (R07/25) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division 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 Arizona 38-1306

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

The four starred vehicle fields

Current Owner Name and Legal Status

Arizona Brand

Current Lienholder

Sale Date and Sale Payment Amount

The new lienholder lines

Buyer name, licence number and mailing address

Buyer Name (printed) and Buyer Signature

Odometer Reading and the unit box

Seller block, signature and date

The acknowledgement block

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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