A one-page mileage certification on its own, for the transfers where the title's own odometer block will not do the job - a title that has run out of assignment space, a correction to a reading already made, or a clerk who asks for the disclosure separately. It repeats the certification word for word: the transferor states the reading and swears it reflects the actual mileage unless one of two statements is checked.
Written against BMV 3724 (12/25), issued under Ohio Revised Code 4505.06 and 49 CFR Part 580.
This does not replace the odometer block on the title or on BMV 3770. It sits alongside them, and where a clerk has asked for it the reading on both has to be the same one.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank BMV 3724 from the dam.assets.ohio.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual BMV 3724, rendered from the PDF the Ohio Bureau 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
The whole form as the BMV publishes it. Neither numbered statement is checked, because the printed sentence above them already certifies the reading as actual mileage unless one of them is - and the band at the foot is left empty on purpose, because the buyer signs it when they take their copy.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
I, ______
Your printed name on the opening rule, above the label PRINT TRANSFEROR'S NAME.
Watch out: The name on the title, spelled as the title spells it. This is a sworn statement about mileage, and the person swearing it has to be the person selling the car.
2
You fill this in
reads ______ (no tenths) miles
The current reading, in whole miles.
Watch out: Read it off the dash rather than off a service record. If the trip meter and the odometer disagree on which is showing, it is the odometer.
3
You fill this in
The two numbered statements
Check one only if it is true: mileage in excess of the odometer's mechanical limits, or a reading that is not the actual mileage.
Watch out: The second one carries the words WARNING - ODOMETER DISCREPANCY into the buyer's new title, where a clerk enters it against the mileage. It follows the car for good, which is why it is worth being sure.
4
You fill this in
The vehicle
Make, body type, model, vehicle identification number and year, copied off the title.
Watch out: The VIN row has no ruled line under its label on this form - the space to the right of the words VEHICLE ID NUMBER is where it goes.
5
You fill this in
Your details, the date and your signature
Printed name, street address, city, state and ZIP; the date of the statement; then the signature, with your printed name repeated underneath it.
Watch out: The date of statement is the day of the handover, not the day you filled the form in beforehand. It has to match the date of transfer on the assignment.
6
You fill this in
The buyer's details
The transferee's printed name, street address, city, state and ZIP.
Watch out: Same spelling as on the assignment. This form and the assignment are read side by side by the clerk, and a different middle initial on the two of them is a query.
7
The buyer fills this in
Receipt of copy acknowledged
The band at the foot: the buyer's signature and printed name, acknowledging that they were given a copy.
Watch out: Federal law entitles them to one. Hand it over at the same moment you hand over the keys, and keep a photograph of the signed form for yourself.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
I, ______ state that the odometer now reads ______
Your printed name on the first rule, the reading in whole miles on the second. The label under the second one reads no tenths.
The two exception statements
Numbered (1) and (2). The first certifies that to the best of your knowledge the reading reflects the amount of mileage in excess of its mechanical limits. The second certifies that the reading is NOT the actual mileage, under a bold WARNING - ODOMETER DISCREPANCY.
Vehicle block
Make, body type, model, vehicle identification number and year, then the replica question with its own make, model and year boxes.
Transferor block
Your printed name, street address, city, state and ZIP; the date of the statement; your signature; and your printed name again beneath it.
Transferee block
The buyer's printed name, street address, city, state and ZIP.
Receipt of copy acknowledged
A band across the foot with the buyer's signature and printed name. It is signed when the buyer is handed their copy.
What gets this one rejected
•Tenths of a mile. The box says no tenths, and a reading with a decimal in it is not the reading the clerk will key.
•Both exception statements checked. They are alternatives - the mileage has either exceeded the odometer's mechanical limits or it is not the actual mileage, not both.
•Neither statement checked when one is true. The printed sentence certifies the reading as actual mileage unless one of them is checked, so silence is itself a statement.
•A reading that disagrees with the one on the assignment. Two documents about the same handover that do not match is a discrepancy, and the clerk resolves it by believing neither.
•Filling in the buyer's acknowledgement band for them. It is headed receipt of copy acknowledged - they sign it when they receive their copy.
Every line here was read off BMV 3724 (12/25) itself —
the PDF is here — and off the Ohio Bureau 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.
