How to fill out Illinois VSD 707

Every line, in the order you meet it

1. 1
   You fill this in

   The relationship, inside the sentence

   I/We acknowledge that such transfers are allowed only to immediate family members. The transferee is my/our ______.

   Watch out: Check the footnote against the answer before you write it. Son-in-law is in - the spouse of a child - but a grandparent is not, and neither is a nephew.

2. 2
   You fill this in

   Plate Number and specialty category

   The plate being released, and the specialty category if it has one.

   Watch out: Copy it exactly as it reads on the plate, including any space. This is the record being moved.

3. 3
   You fill this in

   The vehicle the plates are on now

   Make, model and year on one row, then the vehicle identification number.

   Watch out: The car you are selling, not the car the plates are going to. This block establishes what is being released.

4. 4
   The buyer fills this in

   Person to whom the plates are to be transferred

   Their name and a two-line address.

   Watch out: Their address, not yours. The registration will follow the person.

5. 5
   You fill this in

   Transferor column

   Printed name, signature and date.

   Watch out: If two names hold the registration, both release it - and VSD 393 statement 1 is what does that where this form has room for only one.

6. 6
   The buyer fills this in

   Transferee column

   Printed name, signature and date.

   Watch out: They sign too, on the same sheet, under the same affirmation. A form signed by only one side has half a statement on it.

What gets this one rejected

• •A buyer. The footnote defines immediate family as the transferor's spouse, father, mother, children, brothers, sisters and grandchildren; the father, mother, brothers and sisters of the transferor's spouse; and the spouse of a child, brother or sister of the transferor. A purchaser is not on the list.
• •Leaving the relationship blank empty. It sits inside the sentence rather than under a label and it is the first thing that gets missed.
• •One signature. Both parties print, sign and date - and if the plate is registered in two names, everyone releasing an interest signs.
• •A specialty plate without its category. There is a box for it and specialty plates carry eligibility rules the ordinary ones do not.
• •Using it to move a plate between two vehicles you both own. That is a transfer on a VSD 190, not this.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •Read the footnote before the form. The asterisk at the foot is the operative part of this document. Everything above it assumes you already qualify, and the list is exact: grandchildren are in, grandparents are not; a spouse's siblings are in, a spouse's grandchildren are not.
• •Under penalty of perjury. The line above the signatures reads that the undersigned hereby affirm that the information set forth above is correct. The relationship you wrote in the first blank is part of that affirmation.

Every line here was read off VSD 707 (VSD 707.2, March 2026) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Illinois Secretary of State pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

Forms that go with this one

• VSD 76 · Affirmation of Registration Information

A plate can move to another person with this form, but an I-PASS Sticker Tag can't move to another car; see updating your I-PASS account when you sell in Aurora.

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