How to fill out Louisiana DPSMV 1823

Three boxes and one paragraph, for one specific mess: the title was issued, posted, and came back to the state because the address was wrong. The record now carries a title in file flag, the certificate is sitting at OMV headquarters, and nothing will move it until somebody signs this. It is a seller's problem more often than it looks - a title generated after a house move, or after a lien was released to an address the lender had on file from three years ago.

Written against DPSMV 1823 (no revision printed), issued under R.S. 32:707.6, expedited title procedure. There is no revision anywhere on this form - the footer reads DPSMV1823 and stops. The rules behind it did change on 22 January 2024, when the department set out which transactions an expedited title can be processed for, so the current policy is a better guide to what is possible than the undated sheet is.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank DPSMV 1823 from the public.powerdms.com copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank DPSMV 1823 — Expedited Title Request PDF at public.powerdms.com · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual DPSMV 1823, rendered from the PDF the Louisiana Office 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

A Louisiana DPSMV 1823 expedited title request filled in: Roselle M. Boudreaux named in the opening sentence about a title sent back to the State and flagged as a title in file, her printed name below the blank signature rule, and a date of 2 September 2026. — The actual DPSMV 1823. Three fillable boxes on the whole sheet, and the paragraph between them carries the department's own typo - a $68.50 tile fee - which has survived at least one round of publishing.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
I ______
The single blank in the opening sentence.
Watch out: The registered owner's name as the record holds it. This is not a covering letter - the sentence around your name is the request itself, and the name in it is what the department checks against the flagged record.
2
You fill this in
Owner's Printed Name
The box under the signature rule at the foot.
Watch out: Print it even though you have already written it into the paragraph above. The signature rule carries no fillable box on the PDF, so this printed line is the only legible statement of who signed.
3
You fill this in
Date
The last box on the sheet.
Watch out: Date it the day you sign it, in front of whoever is processing it. There is no notary on this form and nobody has to witness it - which makes it one of the very few Louisiana title documents you can complete on your own.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
The paragraph	The whole form, essentially. I understand that my original title was sent back to the State, flagged as a title in file and is being held until a better address is provided. I understand that this title can be generated for no additional fee and sent to the provided address. These titles can generally be received in approximately 10 days.
I ______	The one blank inside that paragraph, for your name.
The fee sentence	The rest of the paragraph, and the part worth reading twice: I am requesting the title in file flag be removed and expedited title be generated. By doing so, I understand I will be paying a $68.50 tile fee, $8.00 handling fee and a $10.00 expedite title fee. The typo in tile fee is the department's.
Owner's Signature	A rule with no fillable box behind it. Print the form and sign it in ink.
Owner's Printed Name	The box under the signature rule.
Date	The last box on the sheet.

What gets this one rejected

•Signed by anyone other than the registered owner without a power of attorney in the file, and a copy of the signer's driver's licence or identification card with it.
•No better address anywhere in the file. The whole point of the request is to give the department somewhere to send the certificate.
•Sent to an OMV field office expecting a next-day title. Expedited title is a service of participating Public Tag Agents, and it is only at the office where it was processed that the certificate can be collected.
•Used for a title that was simply never received rather than returned. A title applied for but not received after thirty days and before sixty may qualify for a free replacement instead, which is a different route and cheaper.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•Read the two sentences against each other. The paragraph says the title can be generated for no additional fee and then lists three fees. What it means is that removing the flag costs nothing on its own; generating a fresh certificate costs the ordinary title and handling fees, and asking for it next business day costs the expedite fee on top.
•Only a Public Tag Agent can do it. The department's own definition is a title processed by a public tag agent, at the request of an applicant, that is available for pick up the following business day. Not every PTA offers it.
•It is not the only expedited case. The same service covers duplicate title requests by an owner or lienholder, insurance company retained salvage and certificates of destruction, and licensed dealers with a vehicle in their own name. This form specifically covers the returned-title case.

Every line here was read off DPSMV 1823 (no revision printed) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Louisiana Office 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.

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How to fill out Louisiana DPSMV 1823

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

I ______

Owner's Printed Name

Date

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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