How to fill out Texas VTR-203

Another one that turns up in searches and belongs to somebody else. It is restricted to dealers, used automotive parts recyclers and metal recyclers, for a junk vehicle whose title has already been surrendered to the TxDMV.

Written against VTR-203 (Rev 05/20), issued under Texas Transportation Code 501.0918 and 683.077. If a scrapyard asks you to sign this, ask why. The form's own instructions put the licence number and the surrendered-title requirement on their side of the transaction, not yours.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank VTR-203 from the txdmv.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank VTR-203 — Bill of Sale for a Junk Motor Vehicle PDF at txdmv.gov · new tab

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Who may use it	A dealer or used automotive parts recycler transferring a junk vehicle, but only where the title was already surrendered on a Form VTR-340.
Metal recycler certification	Completed after the vehicle is permanently destroyed, and surrendered to a TxDMV Regional Service Center before the 61st day following that destruction, on a Form VTR-340-M.
Junk vehicle information	VIN, year, make, body style, model.
Entity blocks	Name as listed on the licence, licence number and address - for the dealer or recycler, and again for the metal recycler.

What gets this one rejected

•A private individual using it to sell a scrap car. There is no licence number to write, and that is the field that gives it away.
•Using it before the title has been surrendered on a VTR-340.
•A metal recycler filing it late. The window is the 61st day after permanent destruction.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•['What a private seller does with a junk car', "Sell it with the title signed over, the way you would any other vehicle, and file the VTR-346. If the title is gone, the certified copy on a VTR-34 comes first. The junk-vehicle paperwork starts at the recycler's end, not yours."]

Every line here was read off VTR-203 (Rev 05/20) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Texas 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 Texas VTR-203

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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