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How to fill out Kentucky TC 96-336

The answer to an owner who cannot stand in front of a notary. Kentucky will not accept a signature it has not seen sworn, so an owner who is deployed, hospitalised or three states away signs this instead - once, in front of a notary wherever they are - and names an attorney-in-fact who can then sign the title, disclose the mileage and apply for the certificate. The Cabinet's own line at the top says it prescribes this form for use in vehicle ownership transfer, which is what makes it narrower than a general power of attorney.

Written against TC 96-336 (Rev 05/2022), issued under KRS 186A.215 and KRS 457.030(4). Section 2 exists because the Cabinet built this around a dealership trade, and it is the section most often filled in by mistake. On a private sale there is no trade-in vehicle, and both the second vehicle block and its odometer sentence stay empty.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TC 96-336 from the transportation.ky.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank TC 96-336 — Limited Power of Attorney to Transfer Ownership & Disclose Mileage PDF at transportation.ky.gov · new tab
Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual TC 96-336, rendered from the PDF the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Vehicle Licensing publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.

Kentucky form TC 96-336 filled in: Everett T. Hoskins appoints Alma T. Wheatley of Bardstown as attorney-in-fact to transfer a 2015 Subaru Outback, vehicle identification number 4S4BSANC4F3291746, plate HRT 419, with an odometer reading of 118,436 miles and neither odometer designation marked, signed on 5 August 2026 and notarised by Wanda C. Skaggs whose own name, address and contact details fill Section 4.
Section 2 left grey, which is the normal state of it on a private sale - the trade-in block belongs to a dealership transaction. Section 4 is the half that surprises people: Kentucky wants the notary's own address and phone number on the sheet.
Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

  1. 1
    You fill this in

    Section 1, the vehicle being transferred

    Year, make, model, vehicle identification number, body type and current plate, then the odometer reading into the sentence underneath.

    Watch out: The plate line refers to the plate on the car today. Since January 2024 it comes off at the handover, so it is a description rather than something being passed on.

  2. 2
    You fill this in

    Skip Section 2 unless there really is a trade-in

    A second identical vehicle block, for a vehicle being handed to a dealership in part payment.

    Watch out: Two vehicle blocks on one sheet is the single most common cause of confusion on this form. Private sale, one vehicle, one block.

  3. 3
    You fill this in

    Section 3, the owner

    The absent owner's printed name, email, phone and full address.

    Watch out: This is the person who cannot get to a Kentucky notary, and their details have to match the title. It is not the attorney-in-fact's block.

  4. 4
    You fill this in

    I/we ______, appoint ______

    The owner's name, the attorney-in-fact's full legal name, and the attorney-in-fact's address, city, state and ZIP.

    Watch out: Full legal name means the name on their identification. A nickname on a power of attorney is a rejected application in three weeks' time.

  5. 5
    You fill this in

    Sign, and date it

    Vehicle Owner 1 signature and date, plus Owner 2 if the title names two.

    Watch out: Sign it in front of the notary and not before, and make sure everything above the line is already written - that is exactly what the completeness certification says you are swearing to.

  6. 6
    You fill this in

    Section 4, the notary's own block

    The notary's full legal name, email, phone and address, the identification they checked, the sworn date, commission number and expiry.

    Watch out: Warn the notary before you sit down. Being asked for a home or office address and a phone number catches people out, and it is not optional here.

At a glance

What goes where

On the formWhat to put in it
Section 1, purchased vehicle informationYear, make, model, vehicle identification number, body type and current plate number, then a printed sentence with a rule in the middle of it: the vehicle's odometer reading is ______.
Section 2, trade-in vehicle informationThe identical six-field block and odometer sentence again, for a vehicle being given in trade. A private seller leaves the whole of it empty.
Section 3, vehicle owner or lessee informationPrinted name, email, phone, street address, city, state and ZIP.
The appointmentI/we [vehicle owner name], appoint [attorney-in-fact full legal name], of [address, city, state, zip] as my/our attorney-in-fact - and then the printed scope: to apply for original or replacement certificates of title, disclose the most current mileage, and transfer title.
The two odometer certificationsA boxed instruction to read carefully and only mark this section if the vehicle complies with one of the designations, then a box for mileage in excess of its mechanical limits and a box for the reading being NOT the actual mileage.
The grant, and the completeness certificationA printed paragraph conferring full power to execute any and all documents necessary, including applications, registrations, licence plates and mileage verifications - and then the sentence that matters: the undersigned owner further certifies that this power-of-attorney was completely filled in at the time of its execution.
Two owner signature lines with datesVehicle Owner 1 and Vehicle Owner 2, because a title in two names needs both.
Section 4, notary information and signatureThe notary's own full legal name, email, phone and address - an unusual demand, and the reason this form runs to a full page.
The identification certificationThe notary certifies the owner executed the form in their presence and was proven to be the person named by positive picture identification, with a box for Driver License (preferred) and its number, and a box for Other.
The juratSubscribed and attested before me on this day of, a commission number and a commission expiry in month, day and year.

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

Every line here was read off TC 96-336 (Rev 05/2022) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Vehicle Licensing 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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