Lost title · Alaska

Replacing a lost car title in Alaska

Alaska charges $15 for a replacement title, and it is one of the few states that wants the application notarised before it will look at it.

An ageing sedan parked at a residential kerb on a grey morning

What Alaska charges

The replacement title fee is $15. $15 plus a notarized Affidavit of Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Title (Form 809); only the owner or lienholder of record may apply, in person or by mail to DMV headquarters in Anchorage.

That figure comes from Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (Alaska DMV, Department of Administration), read from its own page and current as of August 2026. The hub compares all fifty states if you want to see where Alaska sits — the spread runs from $5 to $101, which is wider than most people expect for the same piece of paper.

The part that catches people out

The document is the Affidavit of Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Title, Form 809, and the notarisation is not optional. Alaska also restricts who may even ask: only the owner of record or the lienholder of record, which rules out a family member handling it on someone’s behalf without a power of attorney. Applications go to DMV headquarters in Anchorage, in person or by post, so a resident outside the road system is posting the affidavit and waiting.

Alaska Form 809: Application for Duplicate Title, with every box filled in

That is the document Alaska wants, and we publish a worked example of it: Alaska Form 809: Application for Duplicate Title.

Sources

Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (Alaska DMV, Department of Administration) — replacement title fee — Where the Alaska figure of $15 was read, current as of August 2026
Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (Alaska DMV, Department of Administration) — agency home — The agency that issues Alaska titles

Common questions

What people ask about this

How much does it cost to replace a lost car title in Alaska?

$15. $15 plus a notarized Affidavit of Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Title (Form 809); only the owner or lienholder of record may apply, in person or by mail to DMV headquarters in Anchorage.