How to fill out Nevada VP 206, the Lost Title Affidavit
For a title the DMV issued but you never received. It is not the same thing as a title you lost, and choosing correctly between this and VP 012 is worth $20 — an approved affidavit waives the duplicate title fee outright.
Written against VP 206 (2/2023), issued under the Nevada DMV's Central Services and Records Division, which verifies the mailing before the affidavit is approved.
February 2023 revision. The distinction is the whole point: this is for a recently-issued title that never arrived in the post. If the title reached you and then went missing, this is the wrong form and VP 012 is the right one.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank VP 206 from the dmv.nv.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our VP 206 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is the actual VP 206, 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-206 completed by an owner whose title was posted to a previous address in Sparks and never arrived. The mailed-to address and the current address are deliberately different here, because that gap is the usual explanation.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Nevada certificate of title number
The number of the title that was issued to you.
Watch out: It is on your registration paperwork and in your MyDMV account. If you genuinely cannot find it, the Records Section can give it to you — do not estimate it.
2
You fill this in
Issued on, and the vehicle
The date the title was issued, then year, make and model.
Watch out: The issue date is what separates this from an ordinary lost title. A title issued years ago that has since gone missing is a VP 012, not this.
3
You fill this in
Vehicle Identification Number
One character per box.
Watch out: Copy from the registration, since the title is the thing you do not have.
4
You fill this in
Where the DMV mailed it
The address the department's records show the title was sent to.
Watch out: Their record, not your memory. If you moved and did not update the DMV, this line is the old address, and writing the new one here defeats the purpose of the form.
5
You fill this in
Your mailing address
Where post reaches you now.
Watch out: This is where the replacement goes. Get it right and get it updated on your DMV record at the same time.
6
You fill this in
Your physical address
Where you actually live.
Watch out: "Same as mailing" if they match. A PO box belongs on the line above, not this one.
7
You fill this in
Affiant's printed name
Your name, printed.
Watch out: It has to be an owner of record. A relative helping out cannot swear this on your behalf without a power of attorney.
8
You fill this in
Licence or ID number, or date of birth
Your Nevada driver's licence or identification card number.
Watch out: Date of birth is the fallback if you hold neither.
9
You fill this in
County, date, signature and notary stamp
Sworn in front of a notary or an authorized DMV representative.
Watch out: Doing this at a DMV office rather than a notary can save a step, since a DMV representative can witness it and the Department Use block gets completed in the same visit.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
The title
The Nevada certificate of title number and the date it was issued.
The vehicle
Year, make, model and VIN.
Where it was sent
The address DMV records show the title was mailed to.
Your addresses
Your current mailing address and your physical address.
Affiant
Printed name and Nevada licence or ID number or date of birth.
DMV use
A block the DMV completes itself after checking with Records in Carson City.
What gets this one rejected
•Using it for a title that arrived and was then lost or destroyed. That is a duplicate title application, VP 012, and it carries the fee.
•Guessing the title number or issue date. Both are checked against the DMV's record.
•Filling in the Department Use block. That belongs to a DMV supervisor, who contacts the Central Services and Records Division to confirm the title was not returned as undeliverable.
•Not correcting the address first. If the title went to an old address, updating your record is part of fixing this, otherwise the replacement follows it there.
•Signing before you get to the notary, or altering it afterwards.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•You are also promising something ongoing: if the missing title turns up later, you surrender it to the DMV immediately.
•The waiver is not automatic — it follows approval, and approval follows the DMV verifying with Records that the title was never returned as undeliverable.
•The address block the DMV asks about first is the one they mailed to, not the one you want the replacement sent to. They are often different, and that difference is usually the answer.
What it costs
Duplicate title fee waived when the affidavit is approved
$20
Every line here was read off VP 206 (2/2023) 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.
