For a car you own that another state's lender is holding the title to. Montana does not hold titles, but plenty of states do, and a Montanan who moves in with a financed vehicle - or who financed one before moving - cannot produce a certificate to surrender because the bank in the other state has it. This form is the request that asks the secured party to send that title straight to a named Montana county treasurer, so the title and registration can be completed there. The division's instruction is to ask your county treasurer for it, complete and sign it, and mail it to the secured party yourself.
Written against MV63 (8/26), issued under MCA 61-3-218(3), issuance and delivery of the certificate of title.
Do not assume the out-of-state lender knows what Montana wants. The form is addressed to them, not to the department, and section 4 is the only place that tells them where to post a document they are legally holding - so fill it in from the division's own county treasurer list rather than from memory.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank MV63 from the mvdmt.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our MV63 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is the actual MV63, rendered from the PDF the Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, Vehicle Services Bureau 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
Rendered from the division's own PDF and completed as a new Montana resident sends it: one vehicle, one out-of-state lender, and a named county treasurer's office for the title to be posted to. The special mailing block is shaded because the new Montana title is going to the owner, which is what MCA 61-3-218(3) does by default.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Section 1: who is holding the title
The out-of-state secured party's legal name, ELT number, date of security interest and full address.
Watch out: Take the name from the loan statement rather than from the branch sign. A servicer and a lender can be different companies, and only one of them has the certificate in a vault.
2
You fill this in
Section 2: you, and your Montana address
Legal name, identification number and the Montana address you are registering from.
Watch out: Only a Montana resident can hold a Montana title. This address is what makes the whole request coherent to the lender receiving it.
3
You fill this in
The vehicles - up to three
Year, make or manufacturer and VIN for each vehicle whose title the lender holds.
Watch out: Three rows, three vehicles. A household moving with four financed vehicles needs a second form, not a squeezed-in fourth line.
4
You fill this in
The special mailing block, usually left alone
Where the new Montana title should go if not to the owner - and it cannot be an in-state address.
Watch out: Use it only when the out-of-state lender wants the new Montana title back. Filling it in with your own address does nothing, because the default already sends it to you.
5
You fill this in
Section 4: the county treasurer's office
Name and address of the Montana county treasurer's motor vehicle office the title is to be returned to.
Watch out: This is the instruction the lender acts on. Get the street address from the division's county treasurer list, because a title posted to the wrong office is a title in transit for another month.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Section 1, Secured Party Information
The lender currently holding the out-of-state title: full legal name, ELT number, the date of the security interest, and a full address.
Section 2, Vehicle and Registered Owner Information
Your name, identification number and Montana address, then up to three vehicles by year, make or manufacturer and VIN or hull number - under the printed request that the secured party send the original titles to your county treasurer so you may comply with Montana statutes.
The second section 2, Special Mailing Authorization
The form's own numbering repeats. Under MCA 61-3-218(3) the title is mailed to the owner; this block redirects the new Montana title to a secured party instead, and prints the limit - titles will not be mailed to in-state addresses.
The name and address of the county treasurer's motor vehicle office the title should be returned to, with a link to the division's list of county offices.
What gets this one rejected
•A county treasurer's office named without an address. Section 4 is the delivery instruction the out-of-state lender will follow, and a county name alone is not one.
•A Montana address in the special mailing block. The form says plainly that titles will not be mailed to in-state addresses - that block is for sending the new Montana title back to an out-of-state secured party.
•More than three vehicles. There are three rows; a fourth vehicle needs a second form.
•A missing ELT number where the lender uses one. It is how the department and the lender identify the electronic record the interest sits on.
•Sending it to the department instead of the lender. The division's instruction is to mail the form to the secured party, asking that the out-of-state title be released to your county treasurer's office.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•The title goes to the owner unless redirected. MCA 61-3-218(3) is the default, and the special mailing block is the exception the form provides for.
•The county treasurer completes the transaction. The division: when the county treasurer's office receives the secured party's request and the out-of-state title, you then complete a title and registration in your local Montana county treasurer's office.
•The same route covers a private title holder. The division's FAQ extends it beyond banks: you would follow this same process if an out-of-state party is holding the title to your vehicle.
•New residents have sixty days. The division's registration page: new residents must apply for a Montana title and register their vehicles within 60 days of establishing residency - which is the clock this form is racing.
•Out-of-state paperwork has its own notary rules. The manual: if a bill of sale is on another state's form that does not require a notary, the department won't require a notary either - and it points to Appendix A of the Title Manual for other states' requirements.
