The form for a certificate that has already been issued with something wrong on it. Its instructions are unusually generous with the word cannot, and that is the useful part: it lists four things it will not do and five it will, and knowing which side of the line your problem falls on saves a fortnight. There is no fee at all to correct a VIN or to add or remove survivorship, and the title has to travel with the form — it says so in capitals across the top.
Written against 735-264 (1-26), issued under ORS 803.075 and ORS 803.140.
Revised January 2026. The single most important line on it is the one in capitals at the top — the certificate goes in the envelope with the form, which means the car cannot be sold while it is in the post.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank 735-264 from the oregon.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual 735-264, rendered from the PDF the Oregon Department of Transportation, Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division 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 735-264 at revision 1-26, correcting a misspelled registered owner on an issued certificate. Correcting a name spelling is free of the extra fees a VIN correction can attract, but the certificate still has to travel with the form.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Description of vehicle
Plate, VIN, title number, year, make and style across the top band.
Watch out: Copy from the certificate you are about to post, and photograph the whole thing first. It will be out of your hands for as long as the correction takes.
2
You fill this in
Please make the following correction to the attached title
The first of two request lines, for the five corrections this form can make.
Watch out: Read the list before ticking. Four things it cannot do are printed underneath, and marriage, divorce, a new address and a change of ownership are all on that side.
3
You fill this in
Please correct the attached title to indicate survivorship
The second request line, its own transaction and free of charge.
Watch out: Two signatures from the registered owners are required to add or remove survivorship, which is why the form carries two signature lines.
4
You fill this in
Describe the error or erasure
A free-text block for what is wrong on the issued certificate.
Watch out: Say what the title says and what it should say. A description that only says the name is wrong leaves the clerk to guess which part of it.
5
You fill this in
The entry should read as follows
The corrected wording. If there should be no entry at all, write “blank”.
Watch out: The department reissues the title from this box. Whatever you write here is what gets printed, spelling and all.
6
You fill this in
Correct name, ODL / ID / customer number, date of birth
Three boxes for the person whose name is being put right.
Watch out: The customer number is how DMV knows this is a correction rather than a different person. Without it a misspelled name looks like a new owner.
7
Somebody else fills this in
Business name, phone number and email address
For a dealer or security interest holder making the request.
Watch out: The form requires one or the other: if you are a dealer or security interest holder, you must provide either a direct phone number or an email address in case DMV has questions about your request.
8
You fill this in
Signature of applicant or representative of business, and date
Two signature lines at the foot.
Watch out: One signature is enough for most corrections. Survivorship is the exception, and a survivorship request with one signature comes straight back.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Description of vehicle
Plate, VIN, title, year, make and style across one band.
The two request lines
Please make the following correction to the attached title or salvage title, and a second option: please correct the attached title or salvage title to indicate survivorship.
Describe the error or erasure
A free-text block, mirroring the wording on the 735-502.
The entry should read as follows
A second free-text block, with the same “blank” instruction if there should be no entry.
Correct name, ODL / ID / customer number, date of birth
Three boxes for the person whose name is being corrected.
Business name and phone number
For a dealer or security interest holder making the request, plus an email address — the form says either a direct phone number or an email address is required in case DMV has questions.
Signature of applicant or representative of business
Two signature lines with dates, because adding or removing survivorship needs two signatures from the registered owners.
The five things it can do
Correct the vehicle year, make, body style or identification number; correct a misspelled or incorrect registered owner or security interest holder; remove a brand such as previous damage or totaled placed in error; correct an odometer reading; and add or remove survivorship.
The four things it cannot do
Change a name on the title due to marriage or divorce; change ownership information; show a new address on the title; or change vehicle information when the vehicle is altered, such as an assembled or reconstructed vehicle.
What gets this one rejected
•Sent without the title. The instruction is printed across the top of the form: THE TITLE OR SALVAGE TITLE MUST ACCOMPANY THIS FORM.
•An odometer correction requested more than 90 days after title issuance with nothing but an explanation. Inside 90 days the party who made the error submits a certified statement; past 90 days it takes a secure odometer disclosure and evidence such as service records.
•An odometer correction on a vehicle that is exempt from federal odometer requirements. DMV will not correct a voluntary reading.
•A brand removal with no evidence. Removing a brand placed in error needs evidence of DMV error, or a statement from the party who notified DMV of the brand in error.
•One signature on a survivorship change. Two signatures from the registered owners are required to add or remove survivorship.
•A dealer or security interest holder's request with no direct phone number and no email address, which the form requires.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•A VIN correction may cost you an inspection. The form says that if the vehicle identification number needs to be corrected, DMV may require a VIN inspection. That is $9 and somebody has to physically look at the car.
•A name change is not a correction. Marriage and divorce are explicitly outside this form. DMV issues titles using the customer name in its own system unless the application indicates a name change, which is a different transaction entirely.
•If a lender holds the title, work with them. The instructions anticipate it: you can work with the security interest holder to submit the title for correction, and the corrected title will be mailed back to them.
•Some of it is free. There is no fee to correct a VIN or to add or remove survivorship on an eligible Oregon title or salvage title. The other corrections carry the title fee.
