The most important Connecticut form a seller has never seen, because the department does not publish it. The Q-1 is the assignment block of a certificate of title, printed on a separate sheet, and it exists for the two cases where the certificate cannot do the job: a car more than twenty model years old that never had one, and a titled car whose certificate is lost. Without it the department will not transfer ownership - the instruction on the replacement-title page is that the transfer of ownership won't be valid unless form Q1 Supplemental Assignment of Ownership is included.
Written against Q-1 (Rev. 8-22, from the department's own image of it), issued under Conn. Gen. Stat. s. 14-166(b) and s. 14-171(a), with the federal odometer disclosure under 49 CFR 580. Because it is not published, the only public picture of a current Q-1 is the one the department prints in Chapter 10 of its Dealer Online Manual, and that image is what the field list above is transcribed from. Ask for the form at a DMV office before you agree a completion date, not on the day.
There is no download link for the Q-1 here because there is not one anywhere - the CT DMV does not publish it. The card below explains where it does come from.
There is no Q-1 PDF anywhere to render and fill in, because the Connecticut DMV does not publish one - it is controlled stock handed out at a DMV office and supplied to dealers by the department's own vendor. What we can show instead is the department's own photograph of a blank one, which sits on the certificate of title walkthrough alongside the diagram of the certificate it stands in for.
| On the form | What to put in it |
|---|---|
| Instructions for a vehicle, at the head of the sheet | Three numbered lines. Complete Sections 1, 2, 3 and the SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATION BY SELLER(S) SECTION. This form can be used as a BILL OF SALE or to assign ownership when the assignment areas on the back of a TITLE are filled. This form must be accompanied by the most recent TITLE issued for the vehicle. |
| The federal warning | Printed in bold above Section 1: federal law requires that you state the mileage in connection with a transfer of ownership. Failure to complete the Odometer Disclosure Statement or providing a false statement may result in fines and/or imprisonment. |
| The assignment banner | The sentence that makes the sheet an assignment: the undersigned seller(s) hereby state(s) the vehicle described on this title was transferred to the buyer(s) specified below - followed by an instruction to the buyer not to sign until all sections have been completed and signed by the seller. |
| Section 1, Vehicle Information | Title number, issued by the state of, make and model, year, and the vehicle identification number. |
| Was this vehicle at the time of sale in condition for legal operation on the highway(s) of this state? | A YES/NO pair, and the form answers who it belongs to in its own parenthesis: only dealers must respond to this question. |
| Odometer Reading (No tenths), with two certifications | A comb of boxes for the reading, and beside it two tick statements - that the reading reflects mileage in excess of its mechanical limits, the odometer having started at zero again, or that the reading is not actual mileage, marked WARNING: ODOMETER DISCREPANCY. |
| Section 2, Buyer(s) | Name of buyer, a CHECK ONE IF CO-OWNED pair reading AND or OR, name of co-buyer, address of buyer(s), a dealer's licence number if the buyer is one, and signature lines for the buyer and the co-buyer with a date signed. |
| Section 3, Seller(s) | Name of seller(s), the date sold, the address of seller(s), and a dealer licence number box that a private seller leaves empty. |
| Signature and Certification by Seller(s) | The band across the foot: a declaration under penalty of false statement, then the seller's signature, the seller's printed name, the selling price and the date signed. |
There is no Q-1 to read: the CT DMV does not publish it, so nothing on this page describes its contents beyond what the agency itself says about it — that is here — and what is on the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles 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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