Replacing a lost car title in Montana
Montana replaces a title for $10.30 on Form MV7, either through Helena or at any county treasurer’s motor vehicle office.
What Montana charges
The replacement title fee is $10.3. Form MV7 (Application for Replacement Certificate of Title), $10.30, by mail to the Vehicle Services Bureau in Helena (PO Box 201431, Helena, MT 59620) or at any county treasurer's motor vehicle office. Adding a lien at the same time costs an additional filing fee (amount not stated).
That figure comes from Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Montana Department of Justice — Vehicle Services Bureau, read from its own page and current as of August 2026 (notary requirement repealed effective October 1, 2025). The hub compares all fifty states if you want to see where Montana 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 two routes matter for timing rather than cost. Posted, the application goes to the Vehicle Services Bureau in Helena; in person, any county treasurer’s office will take it, which removes the postal leg from both directions. Montana also lets you add a lien at the same time as replacing the title, though that carries an additional filing fee the state does not publish as a single figure.
Montana MV7: Certificate of Title Replacement Application, with every box filled in
That is the document Montana wants, and we publish a worked example of it: Montana MV7: Certificate of Title Replacement Application.
Related: what a replacement title costs in every state, and why the wait matters more than the fee · every Montana form a seller meets · selling a car in Montana.
Sources
- Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Montana Department of Justice — Vehicle Services Bureau — replacement title fee — Where the Montana figure of $10.3 was read, current as of August 2026 (notary requirement repealed effective October 1, 2025)
- Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Montana Department of Justice — Vehicle Services Bureau — agency home — The agency that issues Montana titles