How to fill out South Carolina TI-008

For a mileage figure that is already printed on an issued South Carolina certificate. TEA-1 fixes an assignment before it becomes a title; this fixes the title. It is a documented request rather than a declaration - the Department's own warning is that original documents must prove to its satisfaction that the printed reading was wrong, and without them the correction will probably not be made.

Written against TI-008 (05/2024), issued under S.C. Code Ann. 56-19-240 and 49 U.S.C. 32701-32711. Read the four brand boxes on both lines before writing anything. This form changes the number and the brand together, and asking for a corrected figure while leaving the brand boxes untouched asks the Department to guess.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank TI-008 from the dmv.sc.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank TI-008 — Odometer Correction Request PDF at dmv.sc.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual TI-008, 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

South Carolina form TI-008 filled in: Delphine R. Ravenel of 214 Meeting House Rd, Summerville, requests correction of title number 812440936177105 for a 2017 Honda Pilot, vehicle identification number 5FNYF6H52HB412907, which was issued showing 8,461 miles marked actual, to 84,610 miles marked actual, explaining that a digit was dropped when the assignment was keyed, and dated 3 October 2026. — Both readings and both brand boxes are completed, because the form changes the number and the status together. The second date at the foot is greyed - it belongs to the SCDMV employee accepting the application - and neither signature rule on this form has a fillable box behind it.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Name of person requesting change
Your name, both addresses, a daytime phone, and the vehicle's VIN, year, make and model.
Watch out: The perjury declaration further down says you are the owner or acting on behalf of the owner, so this is not a form a previous owner can file about a car they have sold.
2
You fill this in
The reading the title was issued with
The number as it appears on the certificate now, plus which of the four boxes - actual, exceeds, exempt, not actual - it carries.
Watch out: Copy it exactly, wrong digits and all. This line is the Department finding the record, not the place to start correcting it.
3
You fill this in
Please correct the odometer reading as follows
The true reading in whole miles, and the brand it should carry.
Watch out: The reading here has to be the reading on the original date of application, not today's. The Department's note asks for documentation proving the new mileage accurately records that reading.
4
You fill this in
The incorrect reading was put on the title because
Two ruled lines, and extra sheets if they are needed.
Watch out: Be specific and be dull. A dropped digit, a figure read off a trip meter, a transposition - a clerk is looking for an explanation that accounts for the exact difference between the two numbers.
5
You fill this in
Gather the records first
At least two repair or oil change records from the last twelve months showing the mileage.
Watch out: Two invoices, both dated, both showing miles. A workshop's computer system will usually reprint them, and that phone call is worth more to this application than anything written on the form.
6
You fill this in
Sign under the perjury declaration
One signature and one date, certifying you are the owner or acting for the owner and that the information is correct.
Watch out: No notary. The second signature rule underneath belongs to the SCDMV employee accepting the application and is left alone.
7
You fill this in
Post it with four things
The $15.00 title fee, the incorrect title, this form and the supporting documentation, to the Title Section at PO Box 1498, Blythewood, SC 29016-0024.
Watch out: The incorrect certificate goes in the envelope. There is no way to hold on to it while a corrected one is produced, because the corrected one replaces it.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Requester block	Name of person requesting change, last, first, middle; a residence address row and a mailing address row, each with city, state and ZIP; a daytime phone; and the vehicle's VIN, year, make and model.
Identification	Driver's licence, beginner's permit or identification card number, and an SCDMV customer number.
Update voter registration	Two opt-out boxes: do not update my residence address, do not update my mailing address.
The two readings	One printed sentence carrying both. South Carolina title number ___ was issued with an odometer reading of ___, with four brand boxes beside it - actual, exceeds, exempt, not actual - then a second line reading please correct the odometer reading on the title as follows, ___ miles, with the same four boxes again.
The reason	Two ruled lines under the words the incorrect reading was put on the title because, with a note that extra sheets may be used.
The important note	A block of warnings: original documents must be provided, the lack of documentation will likely result in the Department's inability to change the title, and documentation over one year old will not be accepted.
The documents to send	A series of repair or oil change records - at least two in the last twelve months - that show the vehicle mileage; and a warning that statements from previous owners cannot be used to certify actual mileage and will require WARNING - NOT ACTUAL MILEAGE to be added instead.
Perjury declaration and signatures	A declaration that the applicant is the owner or acting on behalf of the owner, then a signature and date, and a second rule for the signature of the DMV employee accepting the application.
What to enclose	A numbered list at the foot: the $15.00 title fee, the incorrect title, this form, and documentation to support the request.

What gets this one rejected

•Nothing attached. The Department's stated position is that a lack of documentation will likely result in its inability to change the title.
•Records more than a year old. The note says documentation over one year old will not be accepted, in the same paragraph.
•Only one service record. It asks for a series, at least two in the last twelve months.
•A letter from the previous owner as the evidence. Statements from previous owners cannot be used to certify actual mileage and produce a not-actual brand instead of a clean correction.
•A corrected reading lower than the one on the record. The SCDMV's own training is that the odometer can never decrease.
•The incorrect title kept back. It is item two on the list of what goes in the envelope, and the corrected certificate replaces it.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•A correction does not guarantee ACTUAL MILEAGE. The form says so in terms: if the request does not prove to the department's satisfaction that an error was made, the title will be marked WARNING - NOT ACTUAL MILEAGE.
•A Department error is a different route. Where the SCDMV itself keyed the wrong figure, the form says the correction may be requested at any DMV branch office rather than posted with evidence.

Every line here was read off TI-008 (05/2024) 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.

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How to fill out South Carolina TI-008

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Name of person requesting change

The reading the title was issued with

Please correct the odometer reading as follows

The incorrect reading was put on the title because

Gather the records first

Sign under the perjury declaration

Post it with four things

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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