How to fill out Vermont VT-025

The affidavit for a vehicle that has no record of a previous title or registration anywhere in the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System. It is the narrowest of the three no-title routes and the department gates it hard: if NMVTIS shows a previous title or registration in any jurisdiction, this form is not available and you must obtain that document or go through the title bond process instead. It is also the one page in the Vermont set that explains, in the department's own words, what Act 41 did to the model-year rule - and the explanation is printed on the back where most people never look.

Written against VT-025 (12/2023), issued under 23 V.S.A. s. 2012, s. 2013 and s. 2017 as amended by Act 41 of 2023, sworn under penalty of perjury per 23 V.S.A. s. 202. This is a two-page PDF and the second page carries no fields at all - it is the department's explanation of when the first page may be used. Read it before you book the notary, because it is where you find out whether you are allowed to use this form.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank VT-025 from the dmv.vermont.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our VT-025 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank VT-025 — Affidavit of Non-Titled Vehicle PDF at dmv.vermont.gov · new tab Step 2 · how to fill it in Our filled-in VT-025 guide PDF · print and keep beside you

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual VT-025, rendered from the PDF the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Agency of Transportation 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

A completed Vermont Affidavit of Non-Titled Vehicle, form VT-025, for a 1994 Jeep Wrangler with no record in the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System: the primary registrant named as Stockwell, Bernice A. of Craftsbury with a Vermont licence number, date of birth and phone number, the vehicle identification number 1J4FY19P1RP418302 with year 1994, make Jeep and model Wrangler, the last registration given as plate CVS204 in Vermont and the last registered owner named. The signature line beneath is empty and marked as one that must be signed in the presence of a notary. — Rendered from the department's own PDF. The signature line and the whole notarial block below it have no fillable boxes behind them and are left blank here for a better reason than that: this is the one document in the Vermont seller's set that has to be signed in front of a notary, so a specimen showing a signature already on it would be showing the wrong thing. Nobody in this sample exists.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Name of Primary Registrant
The person who will be registering the vehicle, last name first.
Watch out: On a car you are selling, this is the buyer's affidavit rather than yours. What you supply is the bill of sale and the last registration certificate that make it possible.
2
You fill this in
Vermont License Number and Date of Birth
A Vermont credential. The department has no route here for a non-resident.
Watch out: The number is checked against the licence the notary is looking at. A mismatch stops the affidavit before the DMV ever sees it.
3
You fill this in
Mailing Address, City, State, ZIP, Country
A full address, with a country box for the border cases.
Watch out: A PO box here is fine, because this affidavit is not the registration application. The VD-119 travelling with it is stricter.
4
You fill this in
Vehicle Identification Number, Year, Make, Model
The vehicle. This VIN is the one that was run through NMVTIS and came back with nothing.
Watch out: Have the VT-010 verification done first if you can. It reads the number off the vehicle itself, which is exactly what an affidavit about a vehicle with no record needs behind it.
5
You fill this in
Last Registration if Applicable (Plate # & State)
The last plate the vehicle wore and the state that issued it, where anybody remembers.
Watch out: If you can find the old registration certificate at all, you probably do not need this form - a Vermont-registered untitled car moves on the certificate and a bill of sale.
6
You fill this in
Name of Last Registered Owner
Who had it before. On a barn find that may be two owners back.
Watch out: Write what you actually know and nothing more. This is an affidavit, and a guess written into it is a guess sworn to.
7
You fill this in
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT
Signed in the presence of a notary, not before.
Watch out: Take photo identification, the unsigned form and the VT-010 to the notary in one trip. A Vermont bank or town clerk's office will usually do it.
8
Somebody else fills this in
The notary's acknowledgement
State, county, the date, the name of the person who appeared and the notary's signature.
Watch out: The notary fills this in, not you. A block completed in advance is the one thing guaranteed to void the affidavit.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Name of Primary Registrant (Last, First, Middle, or Business Name), and Former Name	The applicant, in one long box, with a former-name box beside it.
Vermont License Number, Date of Birth, Gender, Email, Phone	A Vermont credential and contact details, with Mobile, Home and Work ticks beside the number.
Mailing Address, City, State, ZIP, Country	A full address line. The country box exists because Vermont borders Quebec.
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), Year, Make, Model	The vehicle, in four boxes. It is the number that will be run through NMVTIS.
Last Registration if Applicable (Plate # & State), and Name of Last Registered Owner	Two boxes that matter more than their size suggests - they are what the department will search against if the affidavit is questioned.
I CERTIFY I have made every reasonable attempt to obtain the previous title issued to the vehicle below	The operative sentence, printed above the vehicle block rather than beside the signature.
SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT, and DATE	With the instruction underneath in brackets: must sign in the presence of a Notary.
BELOW IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE NOTARY	A full acknowledgement block - state, county, day, month, year, the name of the person who appeared, and the notary's signature.
Page 2: I own a vehicle registered in Vermont in my name, but not previously titled	The first of two scenarios, answered in one line: you may obtain a title by completing the appropriate form and paying the applicable title fee.
Page 2: I bought a vehicle not previously titled	The second scenario, split by where it was last registered - Vermont, or anywhere else, in which case the department runs the NMVTIS inquiry and the answer decides which route you are on.
Page 2: the VIN verification requirement	Visual verification of the vehicle identification number on DMV form VT-010 is required when using this form or the title bond process.

What gets this one rejected

•Any NMVTIS record at all. If the system indicates a previous title or registration in any jurisdiction you must obtain the last title, or the last registration if the vehicle was not titleable, and this affidavit is closed to you.
•A signature applied before the notary saw it. The instruction under the signature line is that you must sign in the presence of a notary, not that you must have a signature notarised afterwards.
•No VT-010 with it. The back page makes VIN verification a condition of using this form at all.
•No bill of sale behind it. The department wants the affidavit plus a bill of sale, and an odometer disclosure statement where the vehicle is model year 2011 or newer.
•A last-registered-owner box left blank because it was a long time ago. It is the department's only lead if the affidavit is challenged.
•An out-of-state applicant. Everything in this branch of Vermont's title law - this affidavit and the bond alike - is written for a Vermont resident.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•The back page is the clearest statement of the rule change anywhere. "Act 41 (signed into law in June 2023) amended 23 V.S.A. Section 2012, Section 2013 & Section 2017, requiring titles for all vehicles as of January 1, 2024. Previously, Vermont only titled vehicles 15 years old or newer at registration."
•A Vermont-registered untitled car is the easy case. If the vehicle was last registered in Vermont, the buyer should have the last registration, a bill of sale, and an odometer disclosure statement where one applies. No affidavit, no notary, no bond.
•The NMVTIS answer decides the route, and only two answers exist. A record means the last title or a title bond. No record means this affidavit. There is no third path and no discretion to argue for one.
•An owner of a never-titled Vermont car can simply ask for a title. The department's first scenario on the back page: complete the appropriate form and pay the fee. That is often worth doing before listing the car to a buyer in a titling state.

Every line here was read off VT-025 (12/2023) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Agency of Transportation 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 Vermont VT-025

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Name of Primary Registrant

Vermont License Number and Date of Birth

Mailing Address, City, State, ZIP, Country

Vehicle Identification Number, Year, Make, Model

Last Registration if Applicable (Plate # & State)

Name of Last Registered Owner

SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT

The notary's acknowledgement

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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