Lost title · Hawaii

Replacing a lost car title in Hawaii

Hawaii does not issue titles at state level at all: the counties do, and the $10 figure here is Oahu’s.

An empty document sleeve and a set of car keys on a kitchen table

What Hawaii charges

The replacement title fee is $10. Oahu fee as of 2026 using form CS-L(MVR)10. Mailed applications must be notarized; if a lienholder is on record only the lienholder may apply. Other counties' duplicate fees are not stated in the facts.

That figure comes from County Motor Vehicle Registration offices — City & County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Division of Motor Vehicles (Hawaii has no state DMV; each county's finance/customer-services department titles and registers vehicles), read from its own page and current as of August 2026. The hub compares all fifty states if you want to see where Hawaii 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 form is CS-L(MVR)10, filed with the City and County of Honolulu’s motor vehicle registration office. A posted application has to be notarised; an in-person one does not. The fees charged by the other counties are not published in the source we verified, so the honest position is that $10 is Oahu’s number and Maui, Hawai‘i and Kaua‘i counties should be asked directly rather than assumed to match.

Hawaii CS-L(MVR)10: Duplicate Certificate of Title, with every box filled in

That is the document Hawaii wants, and we publish a worked example of it: Hawaii CS-L(MVR)10: Duplicate Certificate of Title.

One rule is unusually strict here. Where a lienholder is on record, only the lienholder may apply for the duplicate — the owner cannot, even with the lender’s blessing. That makes the payoff and release the first call rather than the second.

Sources

County Motor Vehicle Registration offices — City & County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Division of Motor Vehicles (Hawaii has no state DMV; each county's finance/customer-services department titles and registers vehicles) — replacement title fee — Where the Hawaii figure of $10 was read, current as of August 2026
County Motor Vehicle Registration offices — City & County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Division of Motor Vehicles (Hawaii has no state DMV; each county's finance/customer-services department titles and registers vehicles) — agency home — The agency that issues Hawaii titles

Common questions

What people ask about this

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

$10. Oahu fee as of 2026 using form CS-L(MVR)10. Mailed applications must be notarized; if a lienholder is on record only the lienholder may apply. Other counties' duplicate fees are not stated in the facts.