How to fill out Nebraska RV-707

The buyer's form, shown here so a Nebraska seller knows exactly what happens to the certificate they signed. One page: five brand boxes across the top - Salvage, Previously Salvaged, Flood, Non-Transferable, Manufacturer Buyback - a vehicle description down to GVWR, capacity/propulsion and a taxi-use question, room for three owners with a survivorship election, Transfer On Death beneficiaries, and a lien section that decides whether the new title exists on paper at all. The fee is printed on its face: $10.00, plus $7.00 if a lien is noted. Nothing on it is yours to sign, and one question on it - the OR-versus-AND election - will govern how this car is sold the next time.

Written against RV-707 (Rev 7/2018), issued under Neb. Rev. Stat. s. 60-144, application to a county treasurer on the form prescribed by the department. If your buyer asks you to sign this application - and buyers do, waving the pen at every line with a signature rule - decline with a clear conscience. Your signatures belong on the certificate's Seller's section and on Form 6 or the bill of sale. A seller's name on the title application would put you among the applicants for the new title, which is the opposite of what either of you is trying to achieve.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank RV-707 from the dmv.nebraska.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our RV-707 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Every line, in the order you meet it

1. 1
   The buyer fills this in

   The brand boxes stay empty on a clean car

   Salvage, Previously Salvaged, Flood, Non-Transferable and Manufacturer Buyback are ticked only when the surrendered title already carries the brand.

   Watch out: A brand cannot be shed by leaving the box blank - the county reads the surrendered certificate - and ticking one that does not apply invents a brand the record will then carry.

2. 2
   The buyer fills this in

   Vehicle description, from the old title

   VIN, year, make, model, body style, color, GVWR and capacity/propulsion, copied from the certificate rather than the windshield.

   Watch out: The taxi-use question is not filler - Nebraska tracks taxi service on the record, and Yes here follows the vehicle.

3. 3
   The buyer fills this in

   The survivorship election

   For two or more owners: No joins the names with And and sends the car through probate at a death; Yes joins them with Or and passes it to the survivor on a death certificate.

   Watch out: The form explains the stakes in its own parentheses, which almost nobody reads at the counter. Read them - this tick is the difference between a death certificate and a court file.

4. 4
   The buyer fills this in

   Owner information, every owner

   Name as it should print, Nebraska driver's license number or SSN or EIN, and date of birth, for up to three owners.

   Watch out: The name field is 35 characters and the county enters it surname first - a suffix like JR belongs after the given names, never in the last-name field.

5. 5
   The buyer fills this in

   Transfer On Death, if wanted

   One or two beneficiaries who take the vehicle at the last owner's death, printed on the title with the TOD tag.

   Watch out: A TOD beneficiary has no interest while the owners live and the designation can be changed at any time without their consent - it is revocable ink, not a gift.

6. 6
   The buyer fills this in

   Residential address, street only

   The residential line fixes situs - which county taxes and registers the car - and must be a street address; the mailing line may differ.

   Watch out: Situs is where the vehicle is housed the majority of the time, not where its owner would prefer to pay taxes. Counties compare notes.

7. 7
   The buyer fills this in

   The lien section, and what it does to the paper

   Yes requires the lienholder's name, PLID and address, a copy of the lien instrument, and $7.00. The title then exists electronically at the DMV until the loan clears.

   Watch out: A buyer financing the purchase should expect no paper title in the mail - that is the design, not a lost document, and the seller-side page on lien releases explains how it comes back.

8. 8
   The buyer fills this in

   Sign, under the sworn statement

   Every owner going on the title signs and one dates it, beneath the warning about false or fictitious names and concealed material facts.

   Watch out: The exceptions are the form's own: one spouse may sign for the other, and a parent, legal guardian, foster parent or agent signs for an owner who is handicapped, disabled or too young.

What gets this one rejected

• •A seller's signature anywhere on it. All owners listed above shall sign, the form says, and the owners are the buyers - the seller's signatures live on the certificate being surrendered, nowhere here.
• •An application unsigned by a co-owner. Every listed owner signs, with the form's own exceptions: spouses may sign for each other, a parent or guardian signs for an owner too young or unable, and one owner suffices when an out-of-state title transfers with no ownership change.
• •A survivorship election left blank when two names go on. The And-or-Or choice is not clerical - the No box means probate will be required, in the form's own words, and the county cannot guess which future the buyers wanted.
• •A post office box on the residential line. The address on a Nebraska certificate must be a street address to establish situs; the county manual allows a P.O. Box only for leasing companies and Address Confidentiality Act participants.
• •A lien ticked Yes with no lien instrument attached. The form requires a copy of the security agreement or equivalent with the application, and the county cannot note - or charge $7.00 for - a lien it has not seen.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

• •Thirty days, at any county. s. 60-144 lets an application for a vehicle with Nebraska situs be filed with the county treasurer of any county, and requires it within thirty days after delivery of the vehicle. The DMV's page adds what the wait costs: title and registration wait on the sales tax being paid.
• •The OR election is the cheapest estate planning in Nebraska. Or between two names means the survivor sells alone with a death certificate; And means a county judge decides in probate first. The buyers choose with one tick, and most discover which they chose years later.
• •TOD beneficiaries ride on the title itself. A named beneficiary takes ownership at the last owner's death on presentation of a death certificate, outside probate, and may be changed at any time by filing a new application - without the beneficiary's consent.
• •An electronic title is a feature, not an error. If a lien is noted, the DMV retains the certificate electronically until the lien is satisfied - the buyer will not receive paper. The non-resident question exists because an out-of-state buyer may need the printed title anyway, to title in their home state.
• •The county treasurer signs and seals what comes out. Upon printing, the treasurer signs and affixes a seal to the bottom portion of the new certificate - which is why a Nebraska title cannot be conjured by mail order and why the counter matters.

What it costs

Every line here was read off RV-707 (Rev 7/2018) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Driver and Vehicle Records Division 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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