Two jobs on one sheet, and the tick at the top decides which. Add a lienholder to a title, or correct information printed on the title itself - a misspelled name, a wrong body style, a name changed by marriage. $25 either way, the original certificate has to go in the envelope, and the Registry posts the corrected one back.
Written against TTL104 (TTL104_0822, August 2022), issued under M.G.L. c.90D.
Amending a title and correcting an assignment are different problems with different forms and both cost money, so read which one you have before paying. If the mistake is in something the Registry printed, it is this form. If the mistake is in something a seller wrote on the back, it is the notarised affidavit - and sometimes a duplicate on top of it.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TTL104 from the mass.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual TTL104, rendered from the PDF the Massachusetts Registry 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
Section B is greyed because the tick at the top of the form has already decided this is a correction rather than a lien being added. Two transactions share one sheet, and filling in the half you did not tick is how a $25 payment gets returned.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Tick which transaction
Add a lienholder, or correct a title. The instructions underneath each box tell you which sections to complete.
Watch out: Ticking both is not a shortcut. They are separate transactions with separate fees, and the form is written on the assumption that exactly one box is marked.
2
You fill this in
Section A, the vehicle and the owner
Registration, year, make, vehicle identification number, title number, owner name and address.
Watch out: Enter the owner name as the certificate currently prints it, wrong spelling and all. Section C is where the right version goes.
3
You fill this in
Section C, what needs changing
One block for the information to be corrected.
Watch out: Say what it says now and what it should say. A block that only contains the correct version leaves a clerk guessing which field it belongs to.
4
You fill this in
An odometer correction needs an affidavit
The notarised affidavit of facts goes in the same envelope.
Watch out: The requirement is printed inside section C itself. Mileage is the one field on a Massachusetts title that cannot be corrected on this form alone.
5
You fill this in
Section D, sign and print
Owner or lienholder, signed and printed, under the penalties of perjury.
Watch out: The original certificate goes in with it. The Registry cannot amend a title it does not hold.
6
You fill this in
Section E, where the new title goes
The owner's address on file, a dealership, a lienholder, or an insurance agent.
Watch out: There is a tick box for authorising the Registry to change your address at the same time. If you have moved, use it, or the corrected certificate follows the old address.
7
You fill this in
$25 to MassDOT
Cheque or money order with the form and the certificate, to the Title Division at PO Box 55885, Boston.
Watch out: Amend title, add lienholder and delete lienholder are all $25 on the Registry's fee schedule, and each one is a separate transaction.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Service Type
Two tick boxes with different instructions under each. Add a lienholder means sections A, B and D; correct a title means sections A, C, D and E if applicable.
A, Owner and Vehicle Information
Registration number, year, make, vehicle identification number, title number, the owner's name or organisation, and the owner's address.
B, Adding a Lienholder
Date of lien, lienholder code, lienholder name, corporate name, and address. The original certificate must be submitted with it.
C, Correcting Title
One block for the information to be corrected, with a printed warning: a notarised affidavit of facts must accompany this form to correct the odometer.
D, Signatures
Owner or lienholder signs and prints, under the penalties of perjury.
E, Mail Title to
Where the corrected certificate goes. Only four destinations are allowed - the owner's mailing address on the Registry's system, a car dealership, a lienholder, or an insurance agent.
What gets this one rejected
•Sending the form without the certificate. Every one of sections B, C and D carries the same parenthetical: original certificate of title must be submitted with this application.
•Correcting an odometer reading with nothing attached. The block itself says a notarised affidavit of facts has to come with it.
•Asking for the corrected title to be posted to a friend or a relative. The list of four destinations is the whole list.
•Using it to fix an error in the assignment on the back of the certificate. That is the notarised affidavit for correction, and this form amends the Registry's record instead.
•Two owners with one signature and no power of attorney.
Every line here was read off TTL104 (TTL104_0822, August 2022) 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.
