How to fill out Minnesota PS2067A

The form for a Minnesota title that has gone missing, and the first thing anybody selling a car they cannot find the paperwork for has to fill in. DVS requires the assignment of ownership to take place on the most current title issued, so a lost certificate is not a detour - it is the whole job, and most deputy registrars can print the replacement over the counter while you wait.

Written against PS2067A (06/24), issued under Minnesota Statutes 168A.09. The fee boxes on this form are blank because the amounts are not printed on it - its own instruction is to contact DVS or your local deputy registrar to determine fees. Take the figures from the department's fee page rather than from any form.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank PS2067A from the assets.dps.mn.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

   Title number of missing document

   The number of the certificate you cannot find, in the first box of the top row.

   Watch out: It is on your registration renewal notice and on the vehicle record. If you genuinely do not have it, take the vehicle identification number to a deputy registrar rather than inventing a number.

2. 2
   You fill this in

   Plate, make and model year

   The rest of the top row - Minnesota plate number, make, model year.

   Watch out: In Minnesota the plate is still on the car you own, so this is simply what is bolted to the back of it.

3. 3
   You fill this in

   Vehicle identification number

   The wide line under the vehicle row.

   Watch out: Take it from the registration card or the doorpost rather than from memory. This is what the record is found by when the title number is wrong.

4. 4
   You fill this in

   Applicant's full name

   Last, first and middle name, driver's licence number and date of birth for the first owner, and the same again for an additional owner if the title names one.

   Watch out: The names have to be the ones on the title. A married name that never reached the vehicle record is a separate problem to fix first.

5. 5
   You fill this in

   Address of first owner

   Street address, city, county, state and zip - the permanent address, in the form's own word.

   Watch out: The duplicate is posted here unless the temporary address block is filled in, and a title posted to an address you left two years ago is the next duplicate application.

6. 6
   You fill this in

   Tick Title

   One of the four document boxes: Title, Reg. Card, Cab Card, Lien Card.

   Watch out: The technology surcharge footnote applies only to a duplicate title, which is a small clue as to why the four are separated - they are four different transactions on one sheet.

7. 7
   You fill this in

   Tick why it needs replacing

   Stolen, Destroyed, Lost, Mutilated, Illegible, Not Received, or Given to Buyer.

   Watch out: Mutilated and Illegible both require the document itself to be attached. Not Received is for a title the post lost between DVS and you, and it is worth choosing accurately.

8. 8
   You fill this in

   Applicant is the Owner

   The tick at the foot, then the signature on the rule beside it and the date.

   Watch out: If the applicant is a secured party instead, the title of the agent goes on the line underneath - and a person acting for an owner needs a power of attorney, which Minnesota does not publish a form for.

What gets this one rejected

• •A buyer applying. The important notice on the form is that DVS will issue a duplicate certificate of title only to the owner or legal representative of the owner named on the original certificate, and a legal representative needs a power of attorney.
• •Applying after signing. The certification says the original document has not been assigned and/or surrendered to anyone - a title you have already signed over is not a title you can replace.
• •Ticking Mutilated or Illegible without attaching the document. Both boxes say to attach it, and both are refused without it.
• •Ordering plates as well. The instruction runs across the top of the form: duplicate plates and stickers are not required when applying for a duplicate title.
• •Guessing at the title number. It is the number of the missing document, and where it is unknown a deputy registrar can look the vehicle up rather than have a wrong one keyed.
• •Forgetting that the replacement cancels the original. If the original certificate of title is recovered, it must be returned to DVS - two live titles for one car is the thing this form is designed not to create.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •One owner's signature is enough here. The form says so beside the ownership tick: if jointly owned, only one owner's signature is required. The assignment on the title is not so forgiving, where every owner signs.
• •Given to Buyer is a real box and a warning sign. It exists for a seller who handed over the certificate and is now filing an affidavit of sale. If somebody is asking you to tick it, find out first why the buyer never titled the car.
• •Same day, mostly. Most deputy registrars print duplicate titles in the office. Where they cannot, it is printed and posted from the central office in St Paul, which is the slow route and the reason to ring ahead.

Every line here was read off PS2067A (06/24) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services 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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