Replacing a lost car title in Wisconsin
Wisconsin charges $20 on Form MV2119, and adds $5 if you would rather hand it over in person.
What Wisconsin charges
The replacement title fee is $20. Form MV2119 Replacement Title Application — $20 replacement title fee, plus a $5 counter service fee if applying in person at a WisDOT service center. Signed by the current owner of record; checks payable to Registration Fee Trust.
That figure comes from Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV), read from its own page and current as of August 2026. The hub compares all fifty states if you want to see where Wisconsin 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 replacement title fee is $20, with a $5 counter service fee for applying at a WisDOT service center. That is one of the few states where the in-person route is dearer than the postal one rather than faster and cheaper. The application has to be signed by the current owner of record, and cheques are made payable to the Registration Fee Trust rather than to the Department — a small detail that gets applications returned when it is got wrong.
Wisconsin MV2119: Replacement Title Application, with every box filled in
That is the document Wisconsin wants, and we publish a worked example of it: Wisconsin MV2119: Replacement Title Application.
Related: what a replacement title costs in every state, and why the wait matters more than the fee · every Wisconsin form a seller meets · selling a car in Wisconsin.
Sources
- Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV) — replacement title fee — Where the Wisconsin figure of $20 was read, current as of August 2026
- Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV) — agency home — The agency that issues Wisconsin titles