How to fill out Kansas TR-41

Kansas's downloadable power of attorney for vehicles only: I the undersigned vehicle owner appoint a named attorney-in-fact to apply for a certificate of title and/or registrations, and to endorse and transfer title, for one described vehicle - representing in that transfer that the title is free and clear of all liens and encumbrances except any listed. It is the tool for an owner who cannot be at the sale, and it carries, in its last paragraph, the sentence that limits every Kansas power of attorney: nobody may sign for both buyer and seller and disclose mileage in the same transaction unless the vehicle is exempt.

Written against TR-41 (Rev 07/24), issued under K.S.A. 8-135(c)(1). Pick the attorney-in-fact for the paperwork they will actually face. If your title is electronic because a loan is still on it, this is the wrong sheet - the TR-40 is built for that sale and carries the odometer disclosure this form cannot. And if the plan was to hand the buyer your signing rights, the last paragraph of the form itself is the veto: not on a disclosure-age vehicle, not without a dealer's secure form.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TR-41 from the ksrevenue.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our TR-41 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

   Name the agent

   The attorney-in-fact who will sign the assignment, the application, or both, in your place.

   Watch out: Not the buyer, on any vehicle young enough to need a mileage disclosure - the form's own last paragraph is the rule, and the county enforces it at the counter.

2. 2
   You fill this in

   Describe the vehicle

   Year, make, style and the full VIN.

   Watch out: This power is per-vehicle. A second car needs a second sheet, and a VIN with a transposed character appoints your agent over a vehicle that does not exist.

3. 3
   You fill this in

   List the liens, or write None

   First and second lienholder lines - the exceptions to the free-and-clear representation your agent will make.

   Watch out: If there is a live lien, stop and reconsider the tool: the title is electronic, no paper exists to endorse, and the TR-40 or a lien release is the actual path.

4. 4
   You fill this in

   Print, sign, date - in ink

   Hand printed owner name, signature, date, under the sworn-statement sentence.

   Watch out: Original ink is the whole game: the Division accepts no fax or photocopy, so the physical sheet must travel to wherever your agent and the buyer will meet. Post it early.

5. 5
   You fill this in

   Send the license copy when the job is a replacement

   A copy of your driver's license or state ID, whenever this power accompanies a TR-720B replacement application.

   Watch out: The rule is dated January 1, 2025 in the TR-720B's own instructions - an agent at the counter with a TR-41 and no license copy is making a second trip.

What gets this one rejected

• •A faxed or photocopied form. The Division's FAQ is explicit for every vehicle power of attorney: a faxed or photo copy of the form will not be accepted, all signatures must be in the original ink.
• •An appointment by a deceased owner. The FAQ again: a power of attorney is not valid if the person making the appointment is deceased - an estate transfer runs on the death-situation affidavits instead.
• •Blank lienholder lines. The form's instruction is if none, write None - an empty line is not a representation, and your attorney-in-fact is about to warrant the title clear on your behalf.
• •Using it so the buyer can sign your side of a disclosure-age sale. The form's own last paragraph forbids one person signing for both buyer and seller where mileage must be disclosed - that specific manoeuvre requires the Secure Power of Attorney, which only licensed Kansas dealers stock.
• •Since 2025, sending it with a replacement-title application and no license copy. The TR-720B's instructions now require a copy of the signing owner's driver's license or state ID alongside a TR-41.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •It reaches the whole transaction. Application for title, registration, endorsement and transfer - and the Division's FAQ adds collection: bringing the application to and picking up the printed title at the Bureau are acts an appointed agent can do.
• •The secure version is a dealer document. Kansas has three powers of attorney - this TR-41, the TR-40 for electronic titles, and the Secure Power of Attorney, which the FAQ says may be obtained from a licensed Kansas new or used vehicle dealership, for a fee, and is not printable at home.
• •Exempt vehicles escape the both-sides ban. The printed exemptions - heavy trucks, 2010 or older at ten years, 2011 or newer at twenty - are the vehicles where one person may lawfully sign both halves, because there is no mileage disclosure to conflict.

Every line here was read off TR-41 (Rev 07/24) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of 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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