How to fill out Arkansas TIMA 2

The odometer half of proxy selling, built to the federal pattern and subtitled Odometer Mileage Disclosure by Power of Attorney. Federal law will not let mileage disclosure be delegated casually, so this sheet reproduces the three-part machinery of 49 CFR 580.13 to 580.15: Part A has the transferor appoint the transferee as attorney-in-fact to disclose the vehicle mileage on the title; Part B has the transferee appoint the transferor to review the title and any reassignment documents for mileage discrepancies and, if none are found, acknowledge the disclosure; and Part C is the certification by the person who exercised the power that the mileage was disclosed on the title exactly as provided on this form. Its footer warning covers both directions: providing false information, or the failure of the person granted this power of attorney to submit this form to the State, may result in fines and/or imprisonment.

Written against TIMA 2 (no revision printed), issued under 49 CFR 580.13, 580.14 and 580.15. This is the TIMA sheet a private seller can legitimately hold. Its sibling, TIMA Form #1, is the Dealer's Reassignment of Title - it wants an AR dealer license number and belongs to a licensed dealer moving a vehicle it never titled. If a buyer or a helpful counter hand suggests you fill in a TIMA form, establish which one first: number 2 delegates your odometer disclosure; number 1 misdescribes you as a dealership.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TIMA 2 from the dfa.arkansas.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our TIMA 2 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Every line, in the order you meet it

1. 1
   You fill this in

   The vehicle band

   Year, make, model, body type and the VIN the appointment rides on.

   Watch out: One vehicle per form. The certificate this sheet authorises writing on is identified by these characters and nothing else.

2. 2
   You fill this in

   Part A: the reading and the date

   The odometer figure in whole miles - no tenths, says the label - and the date of transfer.

   Watch out: This is the number your attorney-in-fact must copy onto the title exactly. Read it the day you sign, not from memory of the last oil change.

3. 3
   You fill this in

   Part A: one of three boxes

   ACTUAL mileage, EXCEEDS mechanical limits, or WARNING - NOT actual mileage.

   Watch out: Tick box 1 for the ordinary honest case - on this sheet the actual-mileage certification is explicit, not implied by silence.

4. 4
   You fill this in

   Part A: execute the appointment

   Your printed name, signature, date and address as transferor; the buyer's printed name and address as the transferee being appointed.

   Watch out: You are appointing the buyer attorney-in-fact to disclose the vehicle mileage on the title. Sign only when the reading and boxes above are final.

5. 5
   The buyer fills this in

   Part B, only if the buyer is the absent one

   The mirror appointment: the buyer appoints you to review the title and reassignment documents for discrepancies and, finding none, acknowledge the disclosure - with its own reading, boxes and signatures.

   Watch out: Complete the part that matches who is missing, and leave the other empty. A sheet with both parts filled says both parties were absent from their own sale.

6. 6
   Somebody else fills this in

   Part C: whoever used the power certifies

   Signature, printed name, date and address of the person exercising the power of attorney, certifying the title was completed exactly as this form provides.

   Watch out: Then the form goes to the State with the title work - its own footer makes failing to submit it an offence with fines attached. Keep a copy on each side.

What gets this one rejected

• •Using it when both parties are standing at the handover. The power exists for absence; two people who can both sign the title's own disclosure have nothing to delegate.
• •A reading on this form that differs from what lands on the title. Part C certifies the title was completed exactly as provided on this form - any daylight between the two is the false statement the footer prices.
• •Part C left empty. The certification by the person exercising the power is what closes the loop; without it the appointment was used but never accounted for.
• •Not submitting the form to the State. The footer warning names the failure of the person granted this power of attorney to submit this form as its own offence.
• •Treating it as a general power of attorney. It delegates mileage disclosure and title review; applying for a transaction or collecting a held title is the general Vehicle POA's job.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •Three boxes here, two on the 10-313. The federal pattern requires an affirmative ACTUAL certification, so box 1 is ticked in the ordinary honest case - unlike the bill of sale, where an unticked sentence means actual.
• •Greater than previously stated. Part C's odd-sounding clause is the discrepancy check itself: the person exercising the power certifies the new disclosure exceeds the last recorded mileage, unless a problem box was checked - which is exactly what reviewing for mileage discrepancies means.

Every line here was read off TIMA 2 (no revision printed) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Motor Vehicle 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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