How to fill out Delaware MV213

One form doing two jobs, and the tick box at the top right decides which. Duplicate Title Request replaces a Delaware certificate that is lost or destroyed. Sold out of State is the paper route to keeping your tag when the car has left Delaware - the same thing the Division's online application does, for people whose registration or vehicle does not qualify for it.

Written against MV213 (12/2021), issued under 21 Del. C. s. 2309, under which a duplicate or substitute certificate may be issued where the loss is accounted for to the satisfaction of the Department. Read the certification before you sign: it says the title is lost or destroyed, and that if it is located it will be returned to the Division immediately. That is a statement under penalty of perjury about a security document, and it is the reason a title you have merely mislaid is worth another hour of looking.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank MV213 from the dmv.de.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our MV213 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank MV213 — Application for Duplicate Title or Sold Out of State to Retain Tag PDF at dmv.de.gov · new tab Step 2 · how to fill it in Our filled-in MV213 guide PDF · print and keep beside you

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is all 2 pages of the actual MV213, rendered from the PDF the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles 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 Delaware MV213 filled in as a duplicate title request: tag PC 2946, last title issue date and expiration date, a 2015 Honda CR-V, VIN 2HKRM4H5XFH614293, Steel Blue, owner Merrick A. Dunavant of 118 Chestnut Ridge Road, Milton, DE 19968, signed with his driver licence number, the secured party block carrying the word none, and both lienholder blocks at the foot left empty. — Page 1 of 2. The application. The two radio buttons top right decide which of the form's two jobs you are asking for; everything below them is the same either way.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Pick which form this is
Duplicate Title Request or Sold out of State, top right. Everything else on the page serves whichever you tick.
Watch out: Sold out of state is about keeping your tag after the car has gone to a non-Delaware buyer. It is not a way to replace a title, and it needs a report of sale already on file.
2
You fill this in
Delaware tag number, and the two dates
Tag number with its prefix, last title issue date and last expiration date. The U-Title box beside them is marked DMV ONLY.
Watch out: The last title issue date is what the fifteen-day review rule is measured against. If it is recent, say so when you hand the form over.
3
You fill this in
Manufacturer, VIN and year
The description row. VIN in the wide centre box.
Watch out: You are replacing a document you cannot look at. Get the VIN from the registration card or the windscreen, not from memory.
4
You fill this in
Colour 1, colour 2 and body style
Three boxes on the second description row. One colour car leaves colour 2 empty.
Watch out: Match the Division's record rather than the paint name in the advert. A duplicate reprints what the system holds.
5
You fill this in
Name and address
Owner names on one line, then street, city, state and zip - where the new certificate is posted.
Watch out: If the address has changed since the title was issued, this is not the form to change it on. Changes cannot be made on a duplicate title request.
6
You fill this in
Read the certification, then sign
Signature of Owner with a driver's licence number, and Signature of Co-Owner with theirs. All owners sign.
Watch out: The certification above the line is that the title is lost or destroyed and will be returned if it turns up. Sign it knowing that is what you are swearing to.
7
Somebody else fills this in
Signature of individual other than owner
A separate line, with its own licence number, for whoever is bringing the request in on your behalf.
Watch out: If they are signing your name rather than their own, that is a power of attorney and it has to be an original, notarised, and signed the way the Division prints it: the owner's name, hand printed, then by, then their name, then POA.
8
You fill this in
Secured party name and address
The lender recorded against the vehicle. If there is no lender, write none.
Watch out: This block decides where the duplicate is posted. With a lien left on the title, the certificate goes to the lienholder rather than to you.
9
The lienholder fills this in
Complete this block only if lien is satisfied
Date of release, lienholder, authorized representative and position, completed by the lender.
Watch out: Or a release on the lender's own letterhead, carrying the owner's information, the vehicle information, the lien satisfaction and an authorised signature.
10
The lienholder fills this in
Complete this block only if lien is to be re-entered
The lender's written consent for the Motor Vehicle Director to issue a duplicate title in the applicant's name, with the lien surviving onto it.
Watch out: One or the other, never both. The line printed between them says DO NOT FILL IN BOTH BLOCKS.
11
You fill this in
Customer name, phone and email, on the reverse
Three boxes under the printed procedures - the only fillable fields on page two.
Watch out: Fill them in. They are how the Division reaches you if something on the front is unclear, and the alternative is the form coming back in the post.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Application for: two radio buttons	Duplicate Title Request or Sold out of State. The form's own banner sets out what each needs: mileage is not required on either, sold out of state must provide proof the vehicle is sold or transferred out of Delaware, and a report of sale must be on file.
The identifying row	Delaware tag number, U-Title (marked DMV ONLY and not yours), last title issue date and last expiration date.
Vehicle description	Manufacturer, VIN, year, then colour 1, colour 2 and body style.
The printed fee line	Duplicate title fee: $50.00 on the left. Sold out of state: $35.00 no lien or $55.00 with lien on the right. Two different transactions at two different prices, printed on the same row.
Name and address	Owner names on one line, then street, city, state and zip.
The certification	I (we) certify, under penalty of perjury, that the title to this vehicle is lost or destroyed. In the event the title is located, it shall be returned to the Division immediately.
Signature of Owner and Signature of Co-Owner	Each with a driver's licence number beside it. All owners sign.
Signature of individual other than owner requesting duplicate	A third signature line, with its own licence number, for somebody processing the request on the owner's behalf.
Secured party name (lienholder) and address	One block. If none, enter 'none' - a blank is not an answer.
Two lienholder blocks at the foot	Complete this block only if lien is satisfied, with a date of release, lienholder, authorized representative and position. Or complete this block only if lien is to be re-entered, which is written consent for the Motor Vehicle Director to issue a duplicate title in the applicant's name.
Customer name, contact phone and contact email	On the reverse, under the procedures - the Division's route back to you if the request stalls.

What gets this one rejected

•One owner signing where the title names two. All owners must sign the MV213 and provide their driver licence numbers.
•Posting it without identification. A copy of the owner's driver licence or other identification showing the owner's signature must be supplied when the request is sent in by mail, or when it is brought in by an individual other than the owner, lienholder or dealer.
•A power of attorney that is not the original and not notarised. An original notarized power of attorney must accompany the MV213, and the attorney must hand print the owner's name in addition to signing their own - the Division prints the pattern: John Doe by Jane Smith POA.
•Both lienholder blocks completed. They are alternatives - one says the lien is satisfied, the other consents to the duplicate being issued with the lien still on it.
•Trying to change something at the same time. Changes cannot be made on a duplicate title request such as change of name, new tag, title brand or updated mileage; a new lien cannot be placed on the title at the same time either. Everything else is processed from the duplicate once it is printed.
•Expecting the mileage to be brought up to date. Duplicate titles will show the last mileage recorded in the system, and a duplicate does not require mileage to be disclosed.
•Applying sold-out-of-state with nothing behind it. That half needs proof the vehicle is sold or transferred out of Delaware, and a report of sale on file.
•Sending it by post with no way for the certificate to come back. The Division asks for a self-addressed envelope on all duplicate title requests sent by mail.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•The fifteen-day hold. Printed on the reverse in a box: all duplicate requests within 15 days of the last title issue date will require further review before the DMV can issue the duplicate title. If a certificate was reissued recently and has gone missing again, expect a delay rather than a counter transaction.
•Where a lienholder's title goes. When a duplicate is produced and the lien is left on the title, it is mailed to the lien holder - not to you. If the lender needs the title and has not completed the acknowledgement block, a letter from the lender stating the need for the duplicate is acceptable instead.
•A lien release on letterhead will do. A separate lien release from the lienholder on their own letterhead is acceptable if it carries the owner's information, the vehicle information, the lien satisfaction and the signature of an authorized agent.
•Two addresses, two carriers. Post goes to STATE OF DELAWARE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, PO BOX 698, DOVER, DE 19903. Anything by courier goes to 303 Transportation Circle, Dover, DE 19901 - a PO Box will not take a FedEx package.
•The order of operations. A duplicate must be applied for first and anything else done afterwards. A lien is placed as a supplementary title after the duplicate has issued, and other fees - $35.00 without a lien or $55.00 with one - apply on top of the duplicate fee for whatever you do next.

Every line here was read off MV213 (12/2021) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Delaware Division 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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How to fill out Delaware MV213

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Pick which form this is

Delaware tag number, and the two dates

Manufacturer, VIN and year

Colour 1, colour 2 and body style

Name and address

Read the certification, then sign

Signature of individual other than owner

Secured party name and address

Complete this block only if lien is satisfied

Complete this block only if lien is to be re-entered

Customer name, phone and email, on the reverse

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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