The only downloadable duplicate-title application Michigan publishes, and it is written for somebody who no longer lives here. If you still live in Michigan there is no paper form at all: the department expects you to order the duplicate through your online Secretary of State account or at an office, and no printable version of that exists.
Written against ISS-TITLE (06/26), issued under Public Act 300 of 1949, as amended.
A duplicate replaces the certificate, so anything already written on the old one goes with it. If you have half-completed an assignment and then lost the title, say so at the counter rather than quietly ordering a fresh one - the department reissues on the record, not on what was written by hand.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank ISS-TITLE from the michigan.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual ISS-TITLE, rendered from the PDF the Michigan Department of State 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
Filled in for a Michigan owner who has moved south. The card block at the foot is greyed rather than completed - it is a real part of the form and it has to be filled in, but a sample page is not the place to print a card number.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Vehicle owner name
Your name in first, middle, last order, with a phone number and email underneath.
Watch out: As the department holds it on the record. A married name on the application and a maiden name on the title is a mismatch that stops the application.
2
You fill this in
Michigan address
The Michigan address, city and ZIP code the department has for you.
Watch out: This is the old address, not the new one. The next block is where the new one goes, and the form needs both to make sense of the move.
3
You fill this in
Out-of-state address
Street address, apt number, city, state and ZIP code.
Watch out: Marked required, in capitals, twice. Without it the application does not process, and it is what makes you eligible to use this form rather than an office visit.
4
You fill this in
Vehicle identification number
The VIN, under the year, make and plate number.
Watch out: Verify first that the title is not electronic. A financed Michigan vehicle has no paper certificate, so there is nothing for a duplicate to replace.
5
You fill this in
Reason for duplicate title
Lost, stolen or mutilated - select one.
Watch out: Mutilated is for a certificate that still exists but has been damaged, and it is the honest answer where a title has been torn or water-marked rather than lost.
6
You fill this in
Total fees
The fee box, on the payment row.
Watch out: The duplicate title fee of $15 is printed on the form, and an additional $1 fee applies if you are also removing a lien - which needs a signed termination statement attached.
7
You fill this in
Payment information
Card provider, number, cardholder name, expiration date, signature and billing ZIP code.
Watch out: Your signature further up authorises the charge, so the certification and the card block are two halves of the same permission. A processing fee is charged on top of the fee itself.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Customer information
Vehicle owner name, phone number, email, and a Michigan address with city and ZIP code - the address the department already has on the record.
Out-of-state address
Street address, apt number, city, state and ZIP code, under a printed warning that it is required and must be included in order to process. It is what makes you eligible to use the form.
Vehicle information
Vehicle year, make, plate number and the vehicle identification number.
Reason for duplicate title
Three tick boxes, select one: lost, stolen or mutilated.
Certification
One signature and a date. It certifies that the statements are true and, separately, authorises the department to charge the card below for the applicable fees.
Payment information
Credit card provider - AMEX, DISCOVER, MASTERCARD or VISA - card number, cardholder name, expiration date, cardholder signature, billing ZIP code and a total fees box.
Where it goes
Faxed to the Internal Services Section on the number printed at the foot, or posted to 7064 Crowner Dr, Lansing. Dealers and other businesses are required to post it.
What gets this one rejected
•An electronic title. The instruction above the tick boxes says to verify that this is not an electronic title before submission - a financed vehicle has no paper certificate to duplicate.
•No out-of-state address. The form marks it required and repeats in capitals that it must be included in order to process.
•No photocopy of identification. The vehicle owner must provide a photocopy of their valid driver's licence or state ID card with the application.
•Removing a lien without the paperwork. An additional $1 fee is due if you are removing a lien from your title, and a signed termination statement from the lienholder has to be included.
•Ticking more than one reason. Lost, stolen and mutilated are marked select one.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•The fee is printed on the form. There is a duplicate title fee of $15, stated on the face of the application above the tick boxes, plus a processing fee for paying by card.
•Five business days, then ring. Allow five business days for processing. If after five business days your card has not been charged, the form gives a number in Lansing to call.
•If you still live in Michigan. Use your online Secretary of State account instead. Checked against all 316 documents in the department's forms index: this is the only duplicate-title application published, and it is not the one a Michigan resident uses.
Every line here was read off ISS-TITLE (06/26) itself —
the PDF is here — and off the Michigan Department of State pages.
This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ,
theirs governs.
