The power of attorney for the one situation an ordinary one cannot cover: the title is not available on the day of sale, because a lienholder is holding it or because a duplicate has to be obtained, and somebody has to sign the assignment and the mileage disclosure when it does arrive. Federal rules require it on secure paper, so what the Department publishes is a watermarked sample and the real thing has to be ordered.
Written against Form 5086 (Rev 07-2026), issued under RSMo 407.536 and 49 CFR Part 580. This is the Missouri equivalent of a secure document you cannot print, and it is worth knowing before you promise a buyer a Tuesday handover. Ordering the form takes days, the appointment only works while the title genuinely is unavailable, and if the lienholder releases the title in the meantime the ordinary route is quicker.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank Form 5086 from the dor.mo.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
There is nothing here that could honestly be shown filled in. The Department publishes Form 5086 as a picture of the document with SAMPLE printed diagonally across it in grey, because federal odometer rules require a secure power of attorney to be issued on secure paper with its own control number - so the file on the forms page carries no fillable boxes at all, and the watermark runs straight through the ones that are printed. A completed picture of it would be a picture of a document no license office would accept. The real form is ordered from the Department.
| On the form | What to put in it |
|---|---|
| Part A - power of attorney to disclose mileage or transfer ownership | The conditions in two numbered clauses across the top, then the vehicle identification number, year, make, title number, model and body style. |
| The appointment sentence | I appoint ______ as my attorney-in-fact, to apply for a duplicate title if needed, and to sign the title on the above referenced vehicle for the purpose of transferring ownership and to disclose the mileage on the title for the vehicle described above exactly as stated in my following disclosure. |
| Odometer reading (no tenths) | The reading, with two exception boxes beside it: the mileage stated is in excess of mechanical limits, and the odometer reading is not the actual mileage - the second one carrying a REASON REQUIRED rule. |
| Seller's block | Date of statement in eight cells, seller's signature, seller's hand printed name, street address and city, state and ZIP, under the printed instruction that all sellers must sign and hand print their names in the space provided. |
| Purchaser's block | Purchaser's signature, hand printed name, street address and city, state and ZIP, with the note that only one purchaser is required to sign. |
| Part B - review title documents | Completed only when a dealership is selling the vehicle before the title is received: the purchaser appoints the dealership, and the dealership restates the mileage. |
| Part C - certification | The dealership certifies, after inspecting the title that finally arrives, that the mileage it disclosed is consistent with what the seller provided. |
Every line here was read off Form 5086 (Rev 07-2026) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Missouri Department of Revenue 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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