Certifies that one named individual has authority to execute title documents on behalf of a company, corporation or partnership. If the vehicle you are selling is titled to a business - a sole trader's limited company, a family partnership, a church - this is what proves the person signing the certificate is allowed to.
Written against T-19 (Rev 11-2022), issued under the Motor Vehicle Division's Customer Service Operations section, which retains it for two years.
Getting this on file takes days rather than minutes, and it is posted to Atlanta rather than handed over at a county counter. If a business-titled vehicle is going to be sold, start this before the buyer is found.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank T-19 from the dor.georgia.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual T-19, rendered from the PDF the Georgia Department of Revenue, 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
The actual T-19 at revision 11-2022. Two people appear on it and they are not interchangeable: the individual being granted authority in section A, and the officer, partner or owner granting it in section B. Both signature boxes carry no fillable field in the Department's PDF and are signed in ink in front of the notary.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Section A, the business entity
The entity's name, exactly as it is constituted.
Watch out: As on the business licence or the articles of incorporation, and as on the certificate of title. A trading name that differs from the registered name is a one-and-the-same problem on top of an authority problem.
2
You fill this in
Section A, the address
Street number, street name, apartment or suite, city, state and zip code, then e-mail and telephone.
Watch out: This is where the stamped original comes back to, so it needs to be an address somebody still opens post at.
3
You fill this in
Section A, the individual granted authority
The printed name of the person who will sign title documents for the entity.
Watch out: Their driver's licence copy has to go in on first receipt, so the name here and the name on that licence have to be the same name.
4
You fill this in
Section B, the officer granting it
An officer's, partner's or owner's printed name, signature and date.
Watch out: This is the block that carries the weight. Somebody with authority over the entity is certifying that somebody else may act for it.
5
You fill this in
Section C, the notary
Day, month and year, the notary's full legal name, physical address, e-mail address, telephone number, signature, commission expiry and seal.
Watch out: Both originals get notarised. Two completed original affidavits go in, and a notarised original is not a photocopy of one.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
A - business entity information
The business entity's name, street address as number, street name, apartment or suite, city, state and zip code, then an e-mail address and telephone number. Below them, the printed name of the individual granted authority to sign for the entity.
B - certification
An officer, partner or owner prints their name, signs and dates, certifying on behalf of the entity that the individual identified has the authority to execute title documents on its behalf.
C - notary public acknowledgement
Sworn to and subscribed with day, month and year, then the notary's full legal name, physical address, e-mail address, telephone number, signature, commission expiry and seal.
The retention note
Printed at the head of the form: the Motor Vehicle Division retains this affidavit for two years from the date received.
The stamped copy that comes back
The Division returns one original stamped affidavit indicating it is on file and valid for two years, and the authorised individual submits a legible copy of the stamped affidavit with each set of title documents filed for the entity.
What gets this one rejected
•Sending one copy. The instruction is to submit two completed original affidavits - one is kept, one comes back stamped.
•Filing it at a county tag office. This one goes to the Motor Vehicle Division's Customer Service Operations section, either in the drop box at Welcome All Road or by post to the Atlanta address on the form.
•The authorised individual certifying their own authority. Section B is signed by an officer, partner or owner on behalf of the entity, about somebody.
•Omitting the driver's licence copy. A copy of the authorised individual's driver's licence is required on initial receipt of the affidavit.
•Any correction or alteration. The banner across the top says it voids the form.
•Assuming it lasts. It is valid for two years from the date received, and after that a fresh pair of originals is needed.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•It is filed once and used many times. This is not a per-vehicle document. Once the stamped original comes back, a legible copy of it goes with each set of title documents the authorised individual submits for the business.
•Two years, from receipt. The clock runs from the date the Division received it, not from the date it was signed or notarised - which matters if it sat in a drop box over a holiday.
