The form that lets you sell a car whose title you cannot find, without waiting for a duplicate to arrive first. Section 49-502(2) permits it and also fences it in: the owner may dispose of the vehicle by delivering to the purchaser a completed application for duplicate title together with an assignment, but only for a vehicle of the 2010 or older model year, one with no odometer device, one over 16,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, or a vessel. Anything newer than 2010 with a working odometer is outside it, because there would be no certificate to write the federal disclosure on. The form itself opens with a warning addressed to the buyer, not the seller, which tells you who carries the risk.
Written against 3369 (Rev 4/24), issued under Idaho Code 49-502(2).
The felony warning in Section 7 is about the price, not the mileage: it is a felony to enter a false selling price, name, or address on this document. And the tax box means the figure you write here is worked at 6% on the spot, so a number invented to help the buyer is a number the county will calculate from.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank 3369 from the itd.idaho.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our 3369 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is the actual 3369, rendered from the PDF the Idaho Transportation Department, 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 2008 vehicle, which is what makes this route legal at all - the form is barred for anything newer than 2010 with a working odometer. Section 6, the dealer reassignment, is washed grey because it cannot be completed by anyone without a dealer number, and the notary block beside Section 7 is left empty because it is a printed rule rather than a field.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Check the model year before anything else
2010 or older, no odometer device, over 16,000 lb, or a vessel. Otherwise this form is not available to you.
Watch out: Newer than that and the route is a plain duplicate on ITD 3367 first, then an ordinary assignment when it arrives.
2
You fill this in
Sections 1 and 2: the vehicle and you
VIN and description, then your name exactly as the recorded title has it, with the Or / And box matching.
Watch out: Names joined by AND on the old record mean every one of you signs Section 7, notarised, each of you.
3
You fill this in
Selling price, sales tax and date sold
Three boxes inside your own block. The tax line is worked at 6% of the price.
Watch out: This is unusual - most Idaho forms leave the tax to the counter. Here the arithmetic is on the sheet, so the price has to be the real one.
4
You fill this in
Section 3: the buyer
Full legal name, Idaho driver's licence number or SSN, physical and mailing addresses, and their signature.
Watch out: The form warns the buyer they must be an Idaho resident. A buyer taking the car out of state needs a different route entirely.
5
The buyer fills this in
Section 4, if a lender is still showing
The lienholder of record signs the release. A separate release attached to the application also works.
Watch out: Do this before the notary appointment, not after. An unreleased lien is the second thing the buyer's warning tells them to check.
6
You fill this in
Section 7, in front of a notary
Print your name, sign, and swear that the original title is lost - or tick Illegible or Mutilated and attach it.
Watch out: The Idaho Transportation Department agent line beside the notary means a county deputy can take the oath instead, which is usually quicker and cheaper.
7
You fill this in
Hand the whole packet over
The signed, notarised form goes to the buyer, who takes it to a county assessor's motor vehicle office.
Watch out: Add a bill of sale anyway. It costs nothing and it is the buyer's 72-hour permit while the title is being issued.
8
You fill this in
File your release of liability
Five days from delivery, exactly as in any other sale.
Watch out: Missing certificate or not, section 49-526 does not care why the paperwork was awkward. The clock runs from the day the car left.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Section 1 - Vehicle/Vessel Information: Vehicle/Hull Identification Number, Title Number (if known), Year, Make and Model
The vehicle, on one rule, under a heading the form marks Required.
Section 2 - Owner(s) Name(s) Shown on Currently Recorded Title, with the Or / And box
You, as the record has you - not as you would write it today.
Selling Price, Sales Tax (6%), Date Sold
Three boxes inside the seller's block. This form collects the tax figure on its face, which the ordinary certificate does not.
Lienholder of Record, City, State, Zip
Any lender still showing on the record.
Section 3 - Purchaser #1, #2, #3: Full Legal Name / ID Driver's No. or SSN, or Business Name / EIN
The buyers, each with the Or / And / LSR / DBA boxes, plus the new owner's physical and mailing addresses and their signature rule. Multiple owners joined by And must all sign here.
Section 4 - To Release Lien on Current Title: Lienholder of Record, Address, City, State, Zip, Authorized Representative's Signature, Date
Where the old lender signs off.
Section 5 - To Record Lien on Purchaser's/Transferee's New Title: Lienholder Name, Address, City, State, Zip
Where the buyer's new lender goes on.
Section 6 - Dealer Reassignment, Dealer Use Only
Dealership name, dealer number, address, agent's name and signature releasing interest, plus its own purchaser block. The instructions say this section cannot be completed by anyone other than a licensed dealer.
Section 7 - Owner or Lienholder of Record's Notarized Signature - Required
The seller's half. It combines a duplicate application with an assignment: the original title has been lost unless otherwise indicated, with Illegible and Mutilated tick boxes, and I also transfer all interest in this vehicle or vessel to the party listed in Section 3.
The notary block beside Section 7
Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of ___, 20___, with a seal or stamp area and a rule for the Notary Public or Idaho Transportation Department Agent's signature.
What gets this one rejected
•A vehicle newer than model year 2010 with a working odometer. The form's own limit, printed above everything else: it may be used only for 2010 or older motor vehicles, vehicles designed with no odometer, vehicles over 16,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and vessels.
•An un-notarised Section 7. It is headed Notarized Signature - Required, and the warning to the buyer says the buyer will not receive a title without it.
•A lien on the record that has not been released. The buyer's warning names it as the second of two things that must be complete, and points them at their county office if they are unsure.
•A buyer who is not an Idaho resident. The same warning: the buyer must be an Idaho resident.
•A dealer reassignment completed by somebody without a dealer number. Section 6 is dealer use only in the instructions' own words.
•Sections 1, 2, 3 and 7 anything less than complete. The instructions list all four as required, and say failure to complete any of them results in the application being returned.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•It is two documents in one signature. Section 7 is simultaneously an application for a duplicate and an assignment of the vehicle. That is why it is notarised when a plain assignment on a certificate is not.
•The price and the tax go on the form. Selling Price, Sales Tax at 6%, and Date Sold sit in Section 2, so this sheet doubles as the tax record a bill of sale would otherwise carry.
•The conditional-title route points here. ITD's conditional title fact sheet offers this form as an alternative to chasing a vanished owner - if you purchased the vehicle from the titled owner, a completed ITD 3369, signed and notarised, on the same 2010-or-older terms.
