Information for current DMV-regulated business licensees
See below for log sheets concerning the $100 fee motor vehicle dealers are required to collect for vehicles that are traded in:
Hub dealers (processing registrations for other Connecticut dealerships)
- Making changes to a registration
- Compliance issues
- Dealership withdrawals
Transferring a customer's registration
The new system calculates the equity remaining on the customer’s registration and charges the remaining amount for the full three-year registration.
Please see page 62 of the dealer online manual to see examples of how registration transactions are calculated.
Make a correction after a vehicle title issuance for title-only transactions
The DMV assigns a permanent registration and title when a vehicle is registered in our online system. To make corrections to a title that’s already issued:
- Complete an H-13 Form (do not fill out the dealer section)
- Odometer reading with the current mileage
- Seller: Must be the name listed on the current title.
- New or used: Must be “used”. **
- Pay fee by check or money order
- $65 with lienholder
- $55 without lienholder
- Mail fee and H-13 Form to:
Department of Motor Vehicles
Attn: Specialized Registry Services
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06161
If you have any questions, please contact the Dealer Processing Unit at 860-263-5181.
After a title is issued, all errors are processed as ownership transfers.
Examples of common errors on vehicle titles:
- Loan agreements don’t match the current registration and title.
- The lease company’s name isn’t the name the lease company wanted i.e., Nissan Infiniti LT vs. NILT Inc.
- The customer wants to add or drop a name on the new vehicle.
Errors can’t be corrected by going back to the original application. Once an application is completed and processed, a new application for registration and title are necessary.
Required documents for title corrections
Required documents for title corrections
Please provide these documents to process after-title-issuance changes:
- Form H-13 (see above)
- Outstanding certificate of title properly assigned from seller (the name that appears on the front of the title) to buyer (how the vehicle should be registered and titled).
- A letter of lien release for lien correction (if applicable).
- A current Connecticut Insurance Card in the name of the applicants(s).
- Photocopies of the current applicant’s driver license.
- The proper fees for a record transfer, title, and lien fees (if applicable).
- A power of attorney is needed if the lienholder or dealer is signing paperwork for applicant, accompanied by that person’s photo ID.
- A photocopy of the current registration.
** In order to keep the vehicle listed as “New” a letter from the dealer, on dealer letterhead, must be submitted within six months from the title issuance date. The letter must state that the lienholder or lease company requests, a new title because it is registered and titled incorrectly.
Online Dealer Registration Submission Process
When submitting work to the processing unit at DMV, please follow the procedures below:
- When issuing a registration and title document through the online dealer system, please be sure all the data is accurate before committing the transaction.
- Print a transaction detail report (Transmittal Sheet) with same day’s work. Multiple days must not be submitted with one transmittal sheet. The work is filed by date, so there should not be more than one day of work per transmittal sheet.
- Please scan all the documents you are submitting (aside from the driver’s license or ID card).
- You must submit a completed CT registration and title application (Form H-13B), MCO or title, federal odometer statement, insurance card, a copy of driver’s license or ID card, any additional required documents if needed (Q-1, etc.), and an imaging cover sheet for each transaction.
- Attach the transaction detail report and put the transaction(s) in the order that indicated on the transmittal sheet.
- You must attach all the transactions indicated on the transmittal sheet.
- Send all work to the DMV:
Core Customer Operations
Room 305, 60 State St
Wethersfield, CT, 06161
Adding a customer for online DMV processing
To add a customer, please fax a completed CT registration and title application (Form H-13B) to the DMV at 860-326-0522. Be sure to include:
- Customer name
- Current address (mailing & residency)
- Date of birth
- A clear, legible copy of the customer's driver’s license or ID card
The address on the CT credential must match what’s on the application form. If different, a change of address request (Form B58) must also be included.
Please include a cover sheet with the contact information (name and phone # or email) of requestor.
It will take approximately one hour to add the customer to the DMV system during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.). This transaction can only be completed via fax and not by phone.
Dealership customer address change
When processing customer paperwork, the dealer can direct the customer to an online change of address if needed. The customer will receive a receipt once the transactions has been completed.