Eighteen numbered lines and a set of instructions on the back that are more useful than the form. It replaces a certificate that has been lost, destroyed or mutilated — and there is a large, badly known exception to needing it at all. Oregon has no separate duplicate-title fee, so the replacement costs exactly what a transfer costs, off the same MPG-banded chart.
Written against 735-515 (9-23), issued under ORS 803.065 and ORS 803.070.
Revised September 2023, which makes it one of the older forms in this set — check the code in the footer against the copy you download. DMV was quoting about a week for Oregon replacement titles when this page was written.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank 735-515 from the oregon.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is all 2 pages of the actual 735-515, 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
Page 1 of 2. The application itself, completed by the registered owner before the sale. The security interest and lessor lines are greyed because nothing is financed, and the ownership block is filled in to match the last title DMV issued rather than the sale being planned.Page 2 of 2. The instructions, and the most useful half of the document: the test for whether an odometer disclosure is required, what to do when it is not, and the order the transfer runs in afterwards.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Line 1 — VIN and Oregon Title #
The vehicle identification number and, if you have it, the number of the title you have lost.
Watch out: The title number is on the registration card as well as on the certificate, which is useful when the certificate is the thing that has gone missing.
2
You fill this in
Line 2 — plate, year, make, style
The vehicle as DMV holds it.
Watch out: Copy from the registration card. Guessing at a style that does not match the record is a query letter, and a query letter is another week.
3
You fill this in
Line 3 — owner or lessee, name, customer number, date of birth
The printed instruction is to list ownership information currently on DMV records.
Watch out: Not the ownership you are about to create. If you have married, moved or added a partner since the title was issued, this form still shows what DMV shows — the change comes later, on a different application.
4
You fill this in
Lines 4 to 7 — addresses and counties
Residence, mailing if different, and a county for each.
Watch out: This is where the replacement title will be posted, unless there is a security interest holder — in which case it goes to them and you get nothing in the post at all.
5
You fill this in
Lines 11 to 14 — security interest holder and lessor
Any lender or lessor currently recorded.
Watch out: If a lender holds the original, the replacement goes to them too. That is worth a phone call before you spend the fee.
6
You fill this in
Line 15 — Title Only, Reg. Only or Both
Three small boxes.
Watch out: Title Only on a replacement before a sale. Picking Both starts a registration transaction you did not want and adds fees to it.
7
You fill this in
The certification
That the title has been lost, destroyed or mutilated, and has not been signed or transferred to another party.
Watch out: That last clause is the one to read twice. A title you have already signed over and then mislaid is not a lost title — it is somebody else's problem now, and certifying otherwise is a Class A misdemeanour.
8
You fill this in
Lines 16 and 17 — signature of owner, security interest holder or lessor
At least one owner or security interest holder listed on DMV records has to sign one of these two lines.
Watch out: Above them, in capitals: SIGNATURES ON THIS FORM DO NOT RELEASE INTEREST. Signing here is not signing the car over to anybody.
9
Somebody else fills this in
Line 18 — signature of a person who is not an owner on DMV records
For somebody certifying what happened to the title when the owner cannot.
Watch out: The instructions add that if the owner cannot certify what happened to the title, the person signing on line 18 certifies to the statements above. It is the estate and power-of-attorney case.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
Lines 1 and 2
Vehicle identification number and Oregon title number; then present Oregon plate number, year, make, style, equipment number and a registration weight or length, with a GVWR over 26,000 pounds pair.
Line 3 onwards, ownership
Owner or lessee, printed full legal name last, first, middle, customer number and date of birth — completed to match the ownership information currently on DMV records rather than what you intend it to become.
Lines 4 to 8
Residence address, mailing address if different, two city rows each with a county, and two joint owner rows.
Lines 9 and 10
A one-time mailing address used for this transaction only, and a vehicle address for a vehicle that lives away from the residence.
Lines 11 to 14
Security interest holder, secondary interest holder and lessor, each with a customer number, date of birth, telephone and full address.
Line 15, Title Only, Reg. Only or Both
The three-way tick that says what is being applied for.
The certification
I am requesting a replacement title and certify to the best of my knowledge the title for this vehicle has been lost, destroyed or mutilated and has not been signed or transferred to another party — with an added line that if mutilated, the remaining pieces are attached.
Lines 16 and 17, signatures
Signature of owner, security interest holder or lessor. At least one owner or security interest holder listed on DMV records must sign one of them.
Line 18
A signature line for a person certifying the title is lost, destroyed or mutilated who is not an owner shown on DMV records.
The note above the signatures
Printed in capitals: PLEASE NOTE — SIGNATURES ON THIS FORM DO NOT RELEASE INTEREST.
What gets this one rejected
•Using it as the ownership document on a vehicle that needs an odometer disclosure. Chapter H states it directly: an Application for Replacement Title cannot be used as the presented ownership document for a vehicle subject to federal odometer laws.
•Ownership entered as the applicant would like it to read. The instructions say to complete this form to match ownership information on the last title issued.
•A form signed by somebody who is neither an owner nor a security interest holder on DMV records, without line 18 completed.
•A mutilated title with nothing attached. The certification says that if mutilated, the remaining pieces are attached, and it means the pieces.
•Treating the signature as a release. The capitalised note above the signature block exists because people do exactly that.
•Filing it at all on a 2010-or-older vehicle whose buyer only needs a title. The 735-226 has a Replacement Oregon Title box in its certifications section that does the same job inside the transfer.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•Whether you need this form turns on one question. The instructions on the back split on it. If an odometer disclosure is required — the vehicle was manufactured with an odometer, is 2011 or newer and under 20 years old, and is rated at 16,000 pounds or less — the replacement has to be issued and the reading disclosed on it. If a disclosure is not required, DMV's own words are that you do not need this form.
•A seller has to order it, not the buyer. DMV's odometer page puts the duty on the right person: if you bought a 2011-or-newer vehicle and the title is lost or destroyed, the seller must get a replacement title. The reading can then be disclosed on the back of the new one.
•It is not a duplicate fee, it is a title fee. Oregon does not have a separate charge for duplicate titles. The department's own fee page says the chart applies to originals, duplicates and replacements alike, and it is banded by the vehicle's combined MPG rating.
•Then the transfer runs normally. The instructions set out the order: previous owner and new owner complete the odometer disclosure on the back of the new title, the new owner completes a 735-226, and the whole package goes to DMV with the releases from every previous owner and security interest holder.
