{"id":14620,"date":"2020-04-15T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/duplicates-and-substitutes\/notarized-lienholder-signatures-for-duplicate-certificates-of-title\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:56:35","slug":"notarized-lienholder-signatures-for-duplicate-certificates-of-title","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/duplicates-and-substitutes\/notarized-lienholder-signatures-for-duplicate-certificates-of-title\/","title":{"rendered":"20.055 Notarized Lienholder Signatures for Replacement Certificates of Title (VC \u00a75752)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The legal owner\/lienholder (LO) releasing signature on an Application for Replacement or Transfer of Title (REG 227) form, including when used to transfer an Electronic Lien and Titleholder (ELT), <strong>must <\/strong>be notarized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exception:<\/strong> A notarized signature is <strong>not<\/strong> required when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A sole RO signs the LO section to transfer the legal ownership to a financial institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An insurance company and\/or an agent for the insurance company transfers a total loss salvage vehicle to the insurance company <strong>and<\/strong> an acceptable lien satisfied document from the LO indicated on DMV\u2019s records is submitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span role=\"region\" class=\"format-label--note\"><span class=\"format-label__text\">Note<\/span> The <\/span>LO\u2019s releasing signature <strong>must be<\/strong> notarized if the insurance company sells the vehicle using the REG 227.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notary Requirements<\/strong>\u2014A <strong>California <\/strong>notary\u2019s stamp <strong>must<\/strong> include the notary\u2019s name, the commission number and expiration date, the county and state in which the commission number was granted, and the state seal. An <strong>out-of-state<\/strong> notary\u2019s stamp is acceptable as submitted, since other states may not require the same information as California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notarization may be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Next to the LO\u2019s releasing signature on the REG 227.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On a separate sheet of paper attached to the REG 227.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On any other document submitted in lieu of the releasing signature on the REG 227 that shows satisfaction of the lien, such as a REG 166.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Do <strong>not<\/strong> question the validity of the notarized signature, the notarization stamp, or the notary\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RDF Procedure<\/strong>\u2014When the LO\u2019s releasing signature on a REG227, or an acceptable attachment, is <strong>not <\/strong>notarized as required, return the application on a report of deposit of fees (RDF) using Reason Code B and completed as Signature of \u201cnotary\u201d on Section F with notary\u2019s stamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span role=\"region\" class=\"format-label--note\"><span class=\"format-label__text\">Note<\/span> A<\/span> REG 227, REG 166, and any other type of lien release for a California-titled vehicles two model years old or newer are <strong>not<\/strong> acceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14584,"menu_order":12,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[937,595],"class_list":["post-14620","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-duplicates-and-substitutes","dmv_handbook_category-vehicle-industry-reg-procedures-manual"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>20.055 Notarized Lienholder Signatures for Replacement Certificates of Title (VC \u00a75752) - California DMV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/duplicates-and-substitutes\/notarized-lienholder-signatures-for-duplicate-certificates-of-title\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"20.055 Notarized Lienholder Signatures for Replacement Certificates of Title (VC \u00a75752) - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The legal owner\/lienholder (LO) releasing signature on an Application for Replacement or Transfer of Title (REG 227) form, including when used to transfer an Electronic Lien and Titleholder (ELT), must be notarized. 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