One sheet with a priced menu at the top: Replacement $10.00, Add Lien $11.50, Replace and Add Lien $21.50, Remove Lien $10.00, Replace and Remove Lien $20.00. For a seller the first box is the one that matters - a lost, mutilated or illegible certificate replaced for ten dollars, by mail or at the county treasurer's counter - because Kansas will not let you sell without the certificate, and its instructions carry the state's defining catch: Kansas is an electronic title state, and only vehicles with no lien holder will have a paper title issued.
Written against TR-720B (Rev 04/22), issued under K.S.A. 8-135(c)(4).
Order the replacement before you advertise the car, not after you shake hands. The application is ten dollars and a form, but the certificate arrives on the Division's schedule, and a Kansas sale cannot lawfully close without it - a buyer standing in your driveway while the replacement is somewhere in the post is how sellers get talked into the handshake deals the statute voids.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TR-720B from the ksrevenue.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our TR-720B guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is all 2 pages of the actual TR-720B, rendered from the PDF the Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of 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
Page 1 of 2. The application: Replacement ($10.00) ticked, reason Lost, and the certification sworn by the one owner the record names.Page 2 of 2. The instruction page, worth reading for three lines - Kansas is an electronic title state, the 2025 license-copy rule for powers of attorney, and the warning that missing signatures void the application.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
One fee box
Replacement ($10.00) for a lost, mutilated or illegible certificate - the other four boxes manage lien records.
Watch out: Check the registration receipt first. A lienholder on it means the record is electronic and the replacement route is shut until the release arrives - that is the sheet's own instruction, not caution.
2
You fill this in
The reason
Lost, Mutilated or Has become Illegible.
Watch out: The second and third both say attach title - a certificate ruined by a spilled coffee or a spoiled assignment entry is surrendered with this application, which is also the honest fix for a botched correction.
3
You fill this in
Owner identity
Kansas driver's license, ID or FEIN beside each owner's name, address, and the phone number the sheet marks required.
Watch out: Every owner on the record signs, and the signatures must match the names on the face of the current Kansas title record - the and/or rule reaches even the replacement of the paper.
4
You fill this in
The vehicle
VIN, year, make, plate number, and the Kansas county the vehicle is or was titled in.
Watch out: The county field is how the Bureau finds the record without the certificate you no longer have - the registration receipt or an old insurance card carries the VIN if nothing else does.
5
You fill this in
Where the new title goes
The mail-to block, only if different from your address.
Watch out: Selling soon? Mail it to yourself, always - a replacement sent to a helpful relative's address is a second delay on a sale the statute will not let close without it.
6
You fill this in
Swear and sign
The certification - owners, liens listed, information true - and a signature and date per owner.
Watch out: Take it or mail it to the county treasurer's motor vehicle office with a check or money order; the sheet's own header says do not send cash.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
The fee menu
Check one of five boxes, each with its price printed beside it, from Replacement ($10.00) to Replace and Add Lien ($21.50).
Reason for replacement
Lost; Mutilated, with the instruction attach title; or Has become Illegible, also with attach title.
Owner Information
Three paired rows of Kansas driver's license, Kansas ID or FEIN beside each owner's name, then the IRP/CMV account and US DOT numbers that idle for private owners.
Address, phone and email
One address line - street, city, state, ZIP - with the note on the sheet that a phone number is a required field, area code included.
Vehicle Information
VIN, year and make, the license plate number, and the county the vehicle is or was titled in.
Address to Mail Title
Completed only if the title should go somewhere other than the owner's address above.
Lien holder blocks
First and second lien holder name and address rows - the halves of the sheet used when the application is adding or removing a lender rather than replacing paper.
The certification and signatures
By my/our signature(s), I/we swear that I/we are the owner(s), that all liens and encumbrances, if any, are listed, and that all information stated herein is true and correct - with two signature-and-date lines beneath it.
What gets this one rejected
•A replacement request while a lien is on the record. The FAQ is categorical: a duplicate title application cannot be accepted at the county treasurer's office, nor will the Division issue one, as long as a lienholder is indicated on the vehicle's computer record - the lien release comes first, and what then issues is a reissued title with the lender removed.
•A mutilated or illegible title left at home. Both reasons carry the same printed instruction: attach title. The ruined certificate is surrendered with the application that replaces it.
•Signatures that do not match the record. The instructions require signatures of the owners to match the names on the face of the current Kansas title record - and where two owners are joined by and, all persons must sign this application.
•A missing signature anywhere. The instruction page says it in five words: missing signatures will void this application.
•No phone number. The sheet marks it required in its own text - you must provide a phone number as this is a required field - and asks for the area code.
•Using this form to add a second lien on an ordinary vehicle. The instructions divert vehicles with a GVWR of 26,000 lbs or less to the Refinance Secured Title Application, form TR-720R.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•Since 2025, a power of attorney needs a license copy. The instructions date the rule: January 1, 2025 and going forward, a replacement or duplicate transaction submitted with a simple power of attorney or TR-41 must include a copy of the driver's license or state ID of the owner who signed it.
•Someone else can collect it, with paper. If a person other than the owner presents the form to pick up the title, the instructions require a signed power of attorney - otherwise the title goes to the address on the sheet.
•Check the registration receipt before applying. The Division's own diagnostic for whether a lien blocks you: if a lienholder is shown on the registration receipt, there is a lien on the vehicle record - and the replacement route is closed until it is released.
Every line here was read off TR-720B (Rev 04/22) 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.
