The undo button South Carolina publishes and most states do not. Slip on the assignment - a name misspelled, a date wrong, a strikeover in the buyer's name, the wrong odometer box ticked - and this form voids that assignment on the seller's signature. Then the seller either completes the next assignment block on the same certificate or issues a secured bill of sale. No duplicate title, no fee, no waiting for the post.
Written against TEA-1 (Rev 12/2023), issued under S.C. Code Ann. 56-19-360.
It voids one assignment, not the certificate. The title itself survives and is used again in the next block - which is why the SCDMV's own words for what this does are void that specific reassignment of the title.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TEA-1 from the dmv.sc.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
This is the actual TEA-1, rendered from the PDF the South Carolina 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
One error, one box, one date. The two starred reasons at the foot are greyed because each of them needs a signed statement from the buyer attached, which is a different kind of correction from a misspelling - and the two signature rules are printed lines with no fillable box behind them, so the form goes to the branch in ink.
Field by field
Every line, in the order you meet it
1
You fill this in
Title number and state
The number off the face of the certificate, and the state that issued it.
Watch out: The state cell is there because South Carolina uses this form on out-of-state titles too. On a South Carolina certificate the number is the long one printed at the top right.
2
You fill this in
Year/make and vehicle identification number
The model year and make on the short rules, then the full VIN.
Watch out: Copy it from the face of the certificate, not from the assignment you are about to void - the whole point of this form is that something in that block is wrong.
3
You fill this in
Tick the error
One box from the list: typographical error, strikeover in buyer's name, signed in the wrong place, assigned title to self, wrong date of sale, wrong sale price, incorrect odometer mileage written, incorrect odometer block checked, changed mind, wrong individual, or other.
Watch out: Assigned title to self is on the list because it happens: a seller reads the buyer block as their own and fills their own name into it. It is a tick box, not an argument.
4
You fill this in
The sub-boxes under typographical error
Name is misspelled, signed my name incorrectly, or other with a line for the reason.
Watch out: If the wrong odometer brand was ticked, the sub-boxes under that heading name which of the three - exempt, not actual mileage, or excess of its mechanical limits - was checked in error.
5
You fill this in
The two starred reasons
Customer changed his/her mind, and assigned title to wrong individual. Both need a signed and dated statement from that person.
Watch out: The statement has to say two things: what happened, and that they never took possession of the vehicle. The SCDMV's training adds that it must carry the VIN, year, make and model.
6
You fill this in
Date and signature of seller
One date, one signature - and the co-seller rule underneath where two owners signed the assignment being voided.
Watch out: No notary, no witness, no fee. This is the lightest correction route of any state in the south, and it is why a South Carolina slip is a nuisance rather than a disaster.
7
You fill this in
Then do the transfer properly
Mark an X through the ruined block, and either complete the next assignment on the same certificate or issue a secured bill of sale with the right details.
Watch out: The second route needs a document a private seller cannot download: the Secured Bill of Sale, numbered 4031 in the SCDMV's Dealer and Wholesaler Manual, is a secure document held at branches and by the dealer associations. So the practical answer for a private seller is the next block on the title.
At a glance
What goes where
On the form
What to put in it
The instruction at the head
Three sentences setting out the whole procedure: if any error is made in the reassignment portion of the title, the seller must complete this form to void the reassignment, and must then complete a secured bill of sale or complete the second assignment on the back of the South Carolina title with the correct reassignment information and signatures.
Title number and state
Two cells across the first row, so the form works on an out-of-state certificate as well as a South Carolina one.
Year/make and vehicle identification number
One row, with the VIN running onto a second rule.
Typographical error
A tick box with three sub-boxes under it: name is misspelled, signed my name incorrectly, and other with a line to state the reason.
The six single-box errors
Strikeover in buyer's name; signed in the wrong place; assigned title to self; wrong date of sale; wrong sale price; incorrect odometer mileage written.
Incorrect odometer mileage block checked on title
Its own tick box, with three sub-boxes naming the three brands that could have been checked wrongly: exempt, not actual mileage, and excess of its mechanical limits.
The two starred errors
Customer changed his/her mind and assigned title to wrong individual, both marked with a double asterisk and a printed condition underneath: a signed and dated statement from the buyer or wrong individual must accompany this form, indicating what happened and that they never took possession of the vehicle.
Other
A final box with a rule for stating the reason.
Signatures
A date and a signature of seller, then a date and a signature of co-seller. No notary block, no witness line.
What gets this one rejected
•Signed by the buyer. The instruction names the seller - and where a dealer made the error, the SCDMV's training says the dealer or seller from the assignment where the error was made must complete this form.
•A changed-mind or wrong-individual box ticked with nothing attached. Both carry a printed condition: a signed and dated statement from that person saying what happened and that they never took possession.
•Filed with no follow-up. Voiding the assignment leaves the vehicle transferred to nobody, so the correct reassignment has to arrive with it - either on the next block of the certificate or on a secured bill of sale.
•The next assignment used without a sales price. The SCDMV's training makes that conditional: the next reassignment may carry the correction only if the sales price is listed.
•One signature where the certificate reads AND. The form has a co-seller rule because two joint owners both signed the assignment being voided.
•Used to lift a brand from an issued title. This voids an assignment, not a certificate. If the wrong odometer status has already been printed onto a new South Carolina title, the route is a TI-008.
Rules that decide whether it is accepted
•Mark the ruined block with an X. The SCDMV's instruction alongside the form is to mark an X through the incorrect assignment on the back of the title, so the voided block is visible on the document itself.
•No fee and no notary. The form carries neither. Two dates, two signature rules and nothing else at the foot of the page.
Every line here was read off TEA-1 (Rev 12/2023) itself — the PDF is here — and off the South Carolina 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.
