How to fill out Massachusetts TTL102

The only way to fix something already written into the assignment on the back of a Massachusetts certificate. The Registry's rule is that the assignment can never be voided and nothing may be crossed out; instead you swear an affidavit that says what the error was and what the correct information is, and you take it to a Service Center with the certificate itself.

Written against TTL102 (TTL102_1119, November 2019), issued under M.G.L. c.90 s.24B. There is a limit to what this affidavit can rescue. The Registry's own guidance says minor cross-outs in the odometer field or the address field on the back of a title may be correctable this way, but any other alteration or erasure means a duplicate title has to be obtained before the transaction can go through - and the duplicate carries a new title number and a new issue date, which then has to be used everywhere.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TTL102 from the mass.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Every line, in the order you meet it

1. 1
   You fill this in

   Section A, the vehicle

   Vehicle identification number, title number, state, year, make and model.

   Watch out: The state box exists because the Registry sees out-of-state certificates too. For a Massachusetts title it is MA, and the title number is the one printed at the top left of the certificate.

2. 2
   You fill this in

   Section B, who is swearing

   Print the name of everybody who signed the assignment being corrected.

   Watch out: If two owners signed the certificate, both of them are correcting it, and both appear in front of the notary.

3. 3
   You fill this in

   The error

   Write out what was entered wrongly, in the block headed the error(s) made consist(s) of.

   Watch out: Quote the wrong entry exactly as it appears on the certificate. A clerk has to match your sentence against the document in front of them.

4. 4
   You fill this in

   The correction

   Write out what it should have said, in the block underneath.

   Watch out: One correction per affidavit reads far better than three. If several boxes went wrong the Registry is more likely to send you for a duplicate than to accept a list.

5. 5
   You fill this in

   Date and sign, in front of the notary

   The day, the month and the year written out, then the signatures.

   Watch out: Signed under the penalties of perjury, with false statements punishable by fine, imprisonment or both under chapter 90 section 24B. That is printed on the form, not added here.

6. 6
   Somebody else fills this in

   Section C, the notary

   The notary records the date, the signer's name, what identification was produced, and their own signature, commission expiry and seal.

   Watch out: Take photographic identification. The notary is certifying that they proved your identity through satisfactory evidence, and a utility bill is not that.

7. 7
   You fill this in

   Take it to a Service Center

   With the certificate of title and whatever else the transaction needs.

   Watch out: Not by post. This is one of the few Registry title forms whose instruction is to appear in person.

What gets this one rejected

• •Using it to correct anything other than an assignment on a Massachusetts certificate. The requirement line on the form is that narrow, and an error on the Registry's record is amended on a different form.
• •Signing before you are in front of the notary. The notary certifies that the signer personally appeared and swore to the contents.
• •A vague description of the error. Two blocks are provided precisely so the wrong entry and the right one can both be read.
• •Sending it in the post. The instruction is to bring it to an RMV Service Center with the certificate of title and the other required documents.
• •Trying to correct mileage on it alone where the title record is also being amended - the Registry's amendment form says a notarised affidavit of facts must accompany it to correct the odometer.

Every line here was read off TTL102 (TTL102_1119, November 2019) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Massachusetts Registry 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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