How to fill out Idaho 3366

The lienholder's form, and it is on this list because a seller can find themselves on the wrong side of it. When a lender takes a financed vehicle back, this affidavit is how ownership moves to the lender without the borrower's signature: it certifies that the lienholder of record is the lawful owner by reason of a conditional sale contract, chattel mortgage or security agreement and that the vehicle was lawfully repossessed on the date shown. Its lower half doubles as an assignment, so the lender can name the person it has sold the repossessed vehicle to on the same sheet. If you are the borrower, nothing here is yours to fill in - but knowing what it says is the difference between an argument and a title stop.

Written against 3366 (Rev 10/23), issued under Idaho Code 49-514. If a vehicle you still consider yours has been taken and you think the repossession was not lawful, the form that answers this one is not another affidavit - it is ITD 3702, the Request for Title Stop, which freezes title issuance for thirty days on payment of the statutory fee while a court filing catches up. Note that section 49-523A lists repossession by a recorded lienholder as one of the events that lifts a stop, so the timing matters.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank 3366 from the itd.idaho.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our 3366 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

   Read who signs it

   The lienholder of record and nobody else. There is no borrower signature line on this form.

   Watch out: If somebody has asked you to sign a repossession affidavit, something has gone wrong. This is not a document a borrower executes.

2. 2
   The buyer fills this in

   The vehicle and the title

   VIN, title number, issue date, year, make and model, filled in by the lender.

   Watch out: The issue date is the date on the current certificate. A lender working from an electronic record takes it from the department's record instead.

3. 3
   The buyer fills this in

   Owners of record and lienholder of record

   Both as the department holds them, not as either party would prefer.

   Watch out: A lender whose name has changed uses ITD 3777's Is Now Known As block to bridge the two, then attaches it.

4. 4
   The buyer fills this in

   The repossession date

   The day the vehicle was taken back, sworn to under penalty of law.

   Watch out: This date is the one a disputed repossession turns on, which is why it sits in its own box rather than in the body of the certification.

5. 5
   The buyer fills this in

   The onward sale, if there is one

   Purchaser's name, identifier, addresses, date sold, amount of sale and any new lienholder.

   Watch out: The lender warrants the title and warrants the vehicle free of liens except as stated. A blank here means the lender is titling it in its own name first.

6. 6
   You fill this in

   What you do about it, if it was your car

   Nothing on this form. Your route is a title stop on ITD 3702, or a lawyer.

   Watch out: And check your own paperwork: if you had already sold the vehicle and filed a release of liability, section 49-526(2) is the sentence that keeps the storage and towing charges off you.

What gets this one rejected

• •A repossession date that post-dates the sale in the lower half. The lender cannot assign what it did not yet hold.
• •A lienholder name that is not the lienholder of record. The affidavit's whole basis is the lien noted on the certificate or on the department's electronic record.
• •A purchaser block half filled in. If the lender is naming a buyer it warrants the vehicle to them, and Idaho wants the identifier as well as the name.
• •Use by anybody who is not the lienholder. The certification is that the lienholder of record is the lawful owner - there is no version of this affidavit for a private party.
• •Filing it while the ownership is genuinely disputed rather than merely unpaid. Section 49-523A and ITD 3702 are the route for a dispute, and a recorded lienholder repossessing is one of the events that lifts a title stop.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •It works without your signature, by design. Section 49-514 covers transfer of ownership by operation of law, which is the doorway repossession comes through - and it is why the affidavit carries an indemnity clause in place of the borrower's consent.
• •The plates do not go with it. Section 49-431(4) says that on a transfer by operation of law the registration expires and the registration card and plates are surrendered to the department. The repossessed vehicle cannot be driven until the new owner registers it.

Every line here was read off 3366 (Rev 10/23) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Idaho Transportation Department, 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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