How to fill out Tennessee RV-F1311401

One named person, one named vehicle, and a list of transactions to tick. It is what an owner uses when somebody else has to sign the title or stand at the clerk's window for them - a relative selling a car for a parent in hospital, a title service filing an application, an owner living out of state. It is not the dealer's form and the Department's purpose paragraph says so in its second sentence.

Written against RV-F1311401 (Rev 2-21), issued under Tenn. Code Ann. 34-6-101 and 34-6-102. Fill in the attorney-in-fact's name before you sign, never after. A signed appointment with the name left blank is a blank authority over your title, and the form's own void-if-blank rule is the reason it should never leave your hands that way.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank RV-F1311401 from the tn.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank RV-F1311401 — Power of Attorney for Vehicle Transactions PDF at tn.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual RV-F1311401, rendered from the PDF the Tennessee Department of Revenue 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

Tennessee form RV-F1311401 filled in: on 7 August 2026 Loretta J. Bramblett appoints Adrienne M. Kesterson of Knoxville as her attorney-in-fact for a 2016 Toyota 4Runner, vehicle identification number JTEBU5JR9G5318472, ticking duplicate title and transfer of title, identifying the granting party as an individual, and signing and dating the acknowledgment. — Two transactions ticked and five left grey, because the ticks are the authority. Note the vehicle block in the middle: the appointment is limited to the vehicle listed there, so a second car means a second form.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Date it, and name yourself
The date at the head of block A, then your name in the sentence beginning I, ______, do hereby appoint.
Watch out: Use the name the certificate of title holds. If it differs from your licence, a General Affidavit reconciling the two travels with this.
2
You fill this in
Name the attorney-in-fact
Their name, the business or title service if any, and their full street address.
Watch out: Write it in yourself, in front of them if you can. This is the one line on the form that turns a piece of paper into an authority over your car.
3
You fill this in
The vehicle
Make, vehicle identification number, model, body type and year, in the block under the appointment sentence.
Watch out: The printed words are that this authority is limited to the vehicle listed below. That limitation is a feature - do not weaken it by leaving a box empty.
4
You fill this in
Tick only what you mean
Seven transaction boxes, from a duplicate title through to a transfer of title.
Watch out: Transfer of title is the one that lets somebody sign the assignment for you. If all you need is a duplicate ordered, tick that one and leave the rest alone.
5
You fill this in
The granting party block
Individual or business, your printed name, physical address, telephone and email.
Watch out: Physical address, not a post office box - the clerk is matching it against the record and the proof of residency.
6
You fill this in
Sign the acknowledgment
The affiant certification statement in block B, with a signature and a date.
Watch out: Then check the whole sheet for empty lines before it leaves you. Void if any information has been left blank is the form's own rule and clerks apply it.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
A. Affiant information	A date, the affiant's name, the name of the attorney-in-fact, the business or title service if there is one, and the attorney-in-fact's street address, city, state and ZIP.
The appointment sentence	As my attorney-in-fact to sign my name to all applicable documentation relative to any title or registration transactions for the vehicle described herein, with an acknowledgement that these documents may contain the federally mandated odometer disclosure and that the affiant is responsible for the disclosures made in them.
The vehicle	Make, vehicle identification number, model, body type and year - and the printed words limiting the authority to the vehicle listed below.
The transaction ticks	Seven boxes: duplicate title, noting of lien, request for verification of ownership on vehicles found abandoned, immobile or unattended, vehicle information request, application for title and registration, transfer of title, and other with a line to specify.
The granting party block	Individual or business, then the printed name of the individual or business owner, the business name where there is one, a physical street address, city, state, ZIP, telephone and email.
B. Acknowledgment	One printed certification sentence, the affiant's signature and the date it was signed.

What gets this one rejected

•A blank anywhere on it. The instruction is explicit: this document is void if any information has been left blank or if any information entered hereon has been erased or altered by any means.
•No transaction ticked. The authority is defined by the boxes, and an untickled form appoints somebody to do nothing.
•A second vehicle written in the margin. The authority is limited to the vehicle listed, and a second car needs a second form.
•A dealer using it to disclose the odometer as both buyer and seller. The Department's guide says that is what it cannot be used for, and points at the secure power of attorney instead.
•Using it to complete a one-and-the-same person affidavit. The Department's answer is that the owner must complete that themselves, and a dealership cannot do it under a power of attorney.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•The disclosure stays yours. The appointment sentence says the affiant is responsible for the odometer disclosures made in the documents the attorney-in-fact signs. Handing over the pen does not hand over the certification.
•No notary. There is no acknowledgement block for one, and the Department's answer for the secure version of this form is that Tennessee's does not require notarization, unlike some other states'.

Every line here was read off RV-F1311401 (Rev 2-21) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Tennessee Department of Revenue 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 Tennessee RV-F1311401

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Date it, and name yourself

Name the attorney-in-fact

The vehicle

Tick only what you mean

The granting party block

Sign the acknowledgment

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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