The form for a seller whose name or address no longer matches the certificate of title. New Hampshire runs one record across driver licence, registration and title, so this single sheet changes all three at once - which is convenient and also the reason to read the warning at the top before filling it in.
Written against DSMV 30 (Rev 2/26), issued under RSA 263:41 and RSA 263:42.
Do this before you advertise the car, not between accepting an offer and meeting the buyer. A name change means an appointment at a DMV office with documents, and the title record does not update the instant you walk out - while a buyer with cash in hand is generally not in a mood to wait for Concord.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank DSMV 30 from the dmv.nh.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our DSMV 30 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.
This is the actual DSMV 30, rendered from the PDF the New Hampshire Division 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
Five numbered sections and most sellers need one of them. Section 3 is the one that matters here - and it carries its own instruction, printed above the boxes, that a name change means appearing in person at a DMV office with supporting documentation rather than putting this sheet in an envelope.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Section 1, who you are
First, middle, last, date of birth, licence or non-driver ID number, phone and email.
Watch out: The licence number is how the Division finds the single record that carries your title, your registration and your licence together.
2
You fill this in
Section 2, the address
Mailing address, then the legal address if it is different.
Watch out: Legal address means where you actually live. New Hampshire treats domicile and residence as the same thing and your town of domicile decides which clerk registers your car.
3
You fill this in
Section 3, the name
New first, middle, last and suffix.
Watch out: Read the sentence above the boxes before you fill them in. This section cannot be posted - it needs an appearance and documents.
4
You fill this in
Section 4, only if something else has changed
Height, weight, eye colour, hair colour, date of birth.
Watch out: Leave it alone for a title problem. Nothing in this section affects a certificate of title.
5
You fill this in
Section 5, the donor boxes
Consent under RSA 263:41, or revocation.
Watch out: Unrelated to selling a car, and easy to tick by accident when working down the page. Ticking it is a decision, not a formality.
6
You fill this in
Sign and date
Under penalty of unsworn falsification.
Watch out: And budget $10.00 if you want the licence itself reprinted with the new details - the fee is set by RSA 263:42 and named on the form.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
1, person's information
First, middle, last, date of birth, driver licence or non-driver ID number, best contact phone and email address.
2, address change
Mailing address as street, city or town, state and ZIP; a tick box for 'legal address same as mailing'; a legal address block if it is not; and a tick box to have the legal address appear on the back of the licence.
The veteran indicator
A tick box, requiring proof of honorable discharge.
3, name change
New first, middle, last and suffix - and a note that you must appear in person at a DMV office with supporting documentation.
4, other personal identification information
Height, weight, eye colour, hair colour and date of birth, with a note that changing a date of birth also means appearing in person.
5, donor information
A consent box under RSA 263:41, and a revocation box.
Signature and date
Certified under penalty of unsworn falsification pursuant to RSA 641:3.
What gets this one rejected
•A name change posted in. Section 3 says you must appear in person at any DMV office with supporting documentation.
•A date of birth change posted in, for the same reason - an original or certified copy of a birth certificate or a valid US passport, in person.
•An address change expected to produce a new licence for nothing. The form says the application and the $10.00 fee under RSA 263:42 must be submitted to a DMV office to obtain a replacement licence or ID with the updated address.
•A form filled in for a temporary change. The Division asks that it be completed for permanent changes only.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•One form, every record. The note at the head is the whole point of the document: this request will change data on all DMV records - registration, driver licence, title.
•Which sections can be done by post and which cannot. An address change can be. A name change and a date-of-birth change cannot: both require an appearance with documents.
•Why a seller ends up here. Because a clerk is matching the name on your assignment to the name on the face of the certificate and to the photo identification card the statute requires them to see. A married name on a licence and a maiden name on a title is a stop, not a shrug.
Every line here was read off DSMV 30 (Rev 2/26) itself — the PDF is here — and off the New Hampshire Division 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.
