For the person who moved to Indiana still owing money on the car, and whose certificate is sitting in a filing cabinet in another state. A branch sends this to the lienholder or leasing company, the paper title comes back to that branch, and the Indiana application goes ahead. Six sections, of which the last is branch-only, and the deadlines printed in the instructions are the part worth reading twice.
Written against State Form 1014 (R7 / 11-24), issued under IC 9-17.
This is a request, not a demand, and the branch may end up sending it twice - section six has boxes for a first and a second request. If you are trying to sell rather than to re-register, settle the loan and get a release instead; a title held by a lender in another state is not something you can hand a private buyer.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank State Form 1014 from the forms.in.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual State Form 1014, rendered from the PDF the Indiana Bureau 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
Filled in for a move into Indiana with a loan still running. Section six is entirely grey because it is entirely the branch's - including the two request-sent dates that tell you whether the lender has been chased once or twice.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Section 1, where the title is to be sent
The Indiana BMV branch name and number and its street address.
Watch out: Instruction 2 lets the branch associate fill this in, and it is worth letting them. The title is coming back to a specific counter and they know which one.
2
You fill this in
Reason for Request of Title
One line at the top of section 2 explaining why the title is being asked for.
Watch out: Be concrete. A lender's title department is deciding whether to release a document worth a car on the strength of that sentence.
3
You fill this in
Name as listed on the current title
The owners or lessees exactly as the out-of-state certificate names them.
Watch out: As listed on the current title, not as you would write it now. The lender is matching this against their own file and a difference stalls it.
4
You fill this in
Present and former addresses
Two full address blocks, one for where you live now and one for where you lived when the loan was written.
Watch out: The former address is what lets the lender find the account. Leaving it out because the move is the whole reason for the form is the commonest way to lose a fortnight.
5
You fill this in
Section 3, the vehicle
Year, Make, Color, the identification number and the purchase date on one row.
Watch out: Color is on this form and on few others, and it is not decoration - it is one of the things a lender's clerk uses to be sure they have the right file open.
6
You fill this in
Section 4, the lien or lease
Effective date of the lien, the lender's name and address, and the Indiana ELT ID number if they have one.
Watch out: Ask the lender for their Indiana ELT number rather than guessing. If they are in the programme the title never gets printed, which removes the sixty-day risk entirely.
7
You fill this in
Section 5, sign it
Signature, printed name and date, under the consent and the perjury affirmation.
Watch out: The consent is real: your details on this form go to the lender. That is unavoidable here and it is the reason the form is signed rather than simply submitted.
8
You fill this in
Then watch the calendar
The branch may hold the received title for a maximum of sixty days.
Watch out: Sixty days from the branch receiving it, not from you signing. If the Indiana transfer is not completed inside that window the original goes back to the lender and nothing has been achieved.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
SECTION 1 - MAIL REQUESTED TITLE TO
Indiana BMV Branch name and number, and the branch's street address, city, state and ZIP. Instruction 2 allows the branch associate to complete this section.
SECTION 2 - REQUEST FOR MOTOR VEHICLE / WATERCRAFT TITLE
Reason for Request of Title, the name of the owners or lessees as listed on the current title, and then two addresses - present and former.
SECTION 3 - MOTOR VEHICLE / WATERCRAFT DESCRIPTION
Year, Make, Color, the Vehicle or Hull Identification Number and the Purchase Date, all on a single row.
SECTION 4 - LIEN / LEASE INFORMATION
Effective Date of Lien / Lease, the lienholder or leasing company name, an Indiana ELT ID Number box, and the lender's address.
SECTION 5 - SIGNATURE OF OWNER / LESSEE
Signature, printed name and date, under a consent that personal information on this form may be provided to the lienholder or leasing company named.
SECTION 6 - FOR BRANCH USE ONLY
Dates of the first and second requests sent to the lienholder, who completed them, a customer UID, a telephone number, insurance details, and two yes/no boxes for a thirty-day permit and a VIN check.
What gets this one rejected
•A lienholder address taken from a payment stub. It goes to a title department, and the address on the lien section of the current certificate is the one to use.
•Leaving the former address blank after a move. The section asks for present and former street addresses precisely because the lender's file still shows the old one.
•Signing without reading the consent. The signature releases your personal information on this form to the lienholder or leasing company named in the request.
•Filling in section six. Every box in it is marked for branch use only, including the permit and VIN check questions.
•Expecting the branch to keep the title indefinitely. The instructions cap it: the license branch may hold the title for a maximum of sixty (60) days from receipt.
•Letting the sixty days lapse. If the owners or lessees fail to transfer the title to Indiana within sixty days, the original title is returned to the lender by mail and the exercise starts again.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•The lender does not release the lien. The instruction to lienholders is explicit - mail the requested title to the BMV branch address listed in Section 1, and do not release your lien. The lien survives the move; only the paper changes hands.
•An ELT number keeps it electronic. Where the lienholder participates in Indiana's Electronic Lien & Title programme, its Indiana ELT ID number goes in section 4 and the new title is issued electronically instead.
•The new title goes back to the lender. After processing, the new Indiana title will be mailed to the lienholder or leasing company - not to the owner.
Every line here was read off State Form 1014 (R7 / 11-24) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Indiana Bureau 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.
