How to fill out Nevada VP 019, the Erasure Affidavit
The fix for a title you have written on wrong. A crossed-out name, a corrected date, an entry in the wrong box — Nevada does not treat those as automatically fatal. Someone signs this to take responsibility for the change, and the transfer goes on.
Written against VP 019 (07/2022), issued under NRS 482.245 and NRS 490.66.
July 2022 revision. This is the form people do not know exists, which is why a scribbled-on title so often turns into an unnecessary duplicate title application. It is not a licence to edit freely: whoever made the mark signs for it, under penalty of perjury.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank VP 019 from the dmv.nv.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our VP 019 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is the actual VP 019, rendered from the PDF the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles 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
VP-019 completed for the most common title mistake there is: writing the buyer's name on the seller's line, crossing it out, and writing it again below. The three middle lines are where you say exactly that.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Year, make, model and body type
The vehicle the marked-up document belongs to.
Watch out: Body type is the one people skip. It is on the face of the title — 2dr, 4dr, PK for a pickup, UT for a utility.
2
You fill this in
Off-highway vehicle tick box
Only for a side-by-side, dune buggy, ATV or snowmobile.
Watch out: Leave it alone for a car. Ticking it sends the paperwork down the NRS 490 route, which is a different department.
3
You fill this in
Vehicle Identification Number
One character per box.
Watch out: Copy it from the document you are correcting, not from a second source. If the VIN itself is what you wrote wrong, say so on the description lines rather than quietly putting the right one here.
4
You fill this in
What the error was
Three lines describing what the mistake is and where on the ownership document it appears.
Watch out: Be specific and physical: which block, which line, what you wrote, what it should say. "Wrote the buyer's name on the seller's line in the Transfer of Ownership block on the back" is the level of detail that gets accepted.
5
You fill this in
Affiant's full legal name
The person taking responsibility, across first, middle and last.
Watch out: The person who made the mark, or the person being removed from the ownership documents. Not the buyer being helpful.
6
You fill this in
Licence number, date of birth or FEIN
Nevada licence or ID number, date of birth if there is none, FEIN for a business.
Watch out: A business also has to name its authorized representative — the form says so in the paragraph at the top.
7
You fill this in
Physical address
Where the affiant actually lives.
Watch out: Street address. The DMV compares this against its record for you.
8
You fill this in
Mailing address
Where post goes, if different.
Watch out: Write "same as physical" rather than leaving it blank.
9
You fill this in
State, county, date, signature and notary stamp
The block at the foot of the page.
Watch out: Note this one says State of ___, not State of Nevada — an affidavit sworn out of state is fine. It is filled in at the notary's desk and nowhere else.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
The vehicle
Year, make, model, body type, and an off-highway tick box if it applies.
VIN
Seventeen boxes.
What went wrong
Three lines to describe the error and where on the document it is.
Affiant
The person taking responsibility: full legal name, licence number or date of birth, physical and mailing address.
Notarization
Sworn in front of a notary, or in front of an authorized DMV representative at the counter.
What gets this one rejected
•Someone else signing for the mistake. The form is explicit — the individual taking full responsibility signs it, and if a person is being removed from the ownership documents, that individual has to sign.
•A vague description. "Error" tells the DMV nothing; it wants what the error is and where on the document it sits.
•Sending it without the marked-up document. The affidavit explains an attached title — on its own it explains nothing.
•Using it to change a figure that should not change. This covers a mistake in completing the document, not a rewrite of the sale.
•Signing it in advance. Notarization means signing in front of the notary, and no changes after that.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•A business making the correction has to show both the business name and the name of the authorized representative.
•The off-highway tick box is for side-by-sides, dune buggies, ATVs and snowmobiles — those title under NRS 490, which is why the form cites both statutes.
•One affidavit covers the error described on it. Two unrelated mistakes on two documents are two affidavits.
Every line here was read off VP 019 (07/2022) itself —
the PDF is here — and off the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles pages.
This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ,
theirs governs.
