Q: What is a vehicle Title?

A: To prove ownership of a vehicle, the Georgia Motor Vehicle Division issues a paper document called “Georgia Certificate of Title”. When a title is issued, it is mailed or an electronic notification is sent to the first lienholder or security interest holder. If there are no lienholders or security interest holders, the title is mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.

Q: What Information does a Vehicle Title Contain?

A: The front title document lists the following information:

    • The owner or owners  of the vehicle including address
    • The description of the vehicle, year, make, model, color, VIN etc.
    • The lien-holder information
    • Title meta info (number, issue date etc.)

The rear of the title has spaces that facilitate the transfer of ownership of the vehicle from a private seller to to another private seller or licensed dealer as well as dealer only section for reassignment. There are a total of 3 reassignment sections on the rear of a Georgia title.

Sample Georgia Certificate of Title (8.5 x 11) PDF

Q: When are Titles Not Required in Georgia?

A: Vehicle titles are not required or issued by the Department of Revenue for the following vehicles:

• 1962 or older year model vehicles
• Agricultural, horticultural, or livestock-raising equipment or vehicles that are not required to be
registered
• Airplanes or aircraft
• All-terrain and off-road vehicles
• Boat trailers
• Boats or watercraft (Contact Department of Natural Resources for more information)
• Buses owned and operated by an urban transit system
• Cable cars and trolleys
• Cranes (Special equipment, not a truck with a crane attachment)
• Driver education vehicles used in public or private schools
• Fifth wheels
• Golf carts
• Homemade and manufactured car-tow dollies weighing 2,000 pounds or less
• Homemade trailers
• Trailers weighing 2,000 pounds or less
• Invalid tricycles
• Mopeds
• Motorcycles and scooters running on less than 50 cc engines
• Nonresidents’ vehicles (owned by people that do not have a Georgia address)
• Pole trailers
• Self-propelled wheelchairs
• Vehicles not manufactured for highway use

Q: When are Titles Optional in Georgia?

A: You can title a 1963 to 1985 year model vehicle if:
• You have a title issued in your name;
• The owner on the front of the title has assigned the title to you; or
• The owner on the front of the title has assigned the title to a dealer and the dealer has assigned
the title to you.

Q: When are Titles Required in Georgia?

A Georgia title is required for the following:
• 1986 and newer year model motor vehicles, motorcycles, campers, travel trailers, and car/tow
dollies weighing 2,001 pounds or more,
• 1963 or newer year model mobile and manufactured homes.

For more information about titles and tags in Georgia, contact:

Georgia Department of Revenue
Motor Vehicle Division
Attn: Research Title Processing
P. O. Box 740381
Atlanta, GA 30374-0381