The form you will be handed at a dealership and cannot download to read first. When a car is traded in and the certificate is not there to sign - because a lienholder holds it, or because it is lost and the dealer is applying for a duplicate - federal law still needs a mileage disclosure, and this is where the seller gives the dealer authority to make it. Tennessee prints it on controlled stock and issues it only to dealers who order it.
Written against RV-F1316901 (not published online), issued under 49 CFR 580.4, 580.13, 580.14 and 580.15. Because you cannot read it in advance, read it at the desk. The two things worth checking before you sign are the mileage written into it and the name of the dealership being appointed - both of them are statements you are making, not the dealer's.
There is no download link for the RV-F1316901 here because there is not one anywhere - the Vehicle Services Division does not publish it. The card below explains where it does come from.
There is no filled-in example here because the Department does not publish this form at all: it is printed on controlled stock and supplied to licensed dealers who order it, and the only public description of it is the article in the county clerk guide that names its form number.
| On the form | What to put in it |
|---|---|
| Part A, the seller's appointment | Completed at the moment the vehicle is sold or traded to a dealer. The seller gives the dealer power of attorney to disclose the odometer reading on the seller's behalf, in the two situations the Department names: the title is in the lienholder's possession, or it has been lost and the dealer is applying for a duplicate for the seller. |
| Part B, the new buyer's appointment | Used where the vehicle has been resold and the title is still not available. The new buyer gives the dealer power of attorney to review the title documents for odometer discrepancies. |
| Part C | Completed only where both Part A and Part B have been completed. |
There is no RV-F1316901 to read: the Vehicle Services Division does not publish it, so nothing on this page describes its contents beyond what the agency itself says about it — that is here — and what is on 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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