What is needed to obtain a Georgia Title for a vehicle after court action?

First, click here to see if your vehicle is eligible for a Georgia title.

• A completed MVD MV-1 title application - Except for the signature(s), type, electronically complete and print or print legibly by-hand in blue or black ink in your full legal name(s). If jointly owned, each owner's full legal name, valid driver's license number and signature is required. An individual's full legal name would be his/her complete name as it appears on his/her valid driver's license. For individual owners, enter each owner's valid driver's license number in the spaces provided. This application can be used to apply for both a tag and title for your vehicle at your County Tag Office. Click here to view what is required to register and obtain a license plate (tag) for your vehicle. Click on any form name or number on this page to electronically complete and print it for signing and submission. If all owners go in person to their County Tag Office with their valid driver's license, the required documents, and applicable fees and taxes, this application can be completed and printed electronically for your signature(s) and processing.
• Original valid title and any other available ownership documents;
• A certified copy of the Court Order. A certified copy of any court document requires the Clerk of the Court's signature and his or her seal or stamp.
• A certified copy of the Levying Order if the vehicle's description (year model, make of vehicle and the vehicle's identification number) is not included in the Court Order;
• A completed bill of sale (form T-7) conveying ownership to you, the purchaser(s) - Except for the signature, type, electronically complete and print or legibly hand print in blue or black ink in the purchaser(s)' full legal name(s) and signed by the person authorized by the Court to sell the vehicle.
• A completed Form T-22B, Certification of Inspection, is required when the title, issued for the vehicle, is not submitted. Except for the signature, this form must be typed, electronically completed and printed or legibly hand printed, in blue or black ink. A Georgia law enforcement officer or a Georgia County Tag Agent or his/her designated employee must complete and sign this form after making a visual inspection of your vehicle's serial plate. All documents submitted for title issuance must reflect your vehicle's correct and complete vehicle identification number (VIN) as shown on the vehicle's serial plate.
• For all vehicles sold pursuant to court action, a public sale is required unless otherwise instructed in the Court Order. See the definition of a public sale below. If you were the highest bidder of this vehicle at the public sale and you are also the person authorized by the Court to sell the vehicle, you must submit an affidavit to this effect.
• Submit a copy of the newspaper advertisement or the advertisement posted at the courthouse where other legal notices are posted including the vehicle's description (Year model, make of vehicle and serial number) and announcing the sale of the vehicle when you are applying for a title in your name and you are also the person authorized by the Court to sell the vehicle;
• A completed and signed Form T-158 Report of and/or Surrender of GA License Plate.
• The vehicle's license plate, if left on the vehicle must be submitted.
• $18.00 title fee.
• $10.00 title penalty will be assessed if the purchase date shown on the transfer document has been altered.
• $10.00 penalty is due if you, the purchaser(s), fail to apply for a Georgia title in your name(s), for vehicles requiring a Georgia title, within ninety-days (90) of the vehicle's purchase date

  • Pay all fees due with cash, check or money order payable to the office processing your application, Department of Revenue or the Office of the Tax Commissioner. Please do not send cash through the mail! Some counties accept credit cards.

A Georgia title will not be issued for a 1985 or older year model vehicle or for a vehicle that does not require a Georgia title (i.e. Airplanes, boats, pole trailers, mopeds, etc.) based on a Court Order. Click here for a list of vehicles that do and do not require a Georgia title.

Where to Apply

For vehicles requiring a Georgia title, you should apply for your Georgia title as soon as possible after you purchase the vehicle at the Tag Office in the county in Georgia where you reside or with Motor Vehicle Division.

If you are also applying for a license plate for the vehicle, you must apply at your County Tag Office. You have thirty-days (30) from the date of sale to register and obtain a Georgia license plate for your vehicle or to transfer a valid license plate from a vehicle you no longer own to this vehicle to avoid fines if stopped by law enforcement. For vehicles requiring a Georgia title, you will be unable to register and obtain a Georgia license plate for your vehicle or a tag transfer without a Georgia title already issued in your name or without applying for a Georgia title at the time of registration. Click here for what is required to register and obtain a Georgia tag for this vehicle.

"Public sale" means a sale:

1. Held at a place reasonably available to persons who might desire to attend and submit bids; and

2. At which those attending shall be given the opportunity to bid on a competitive basis; and

3. At which the sale, if made, shall be made to the highest bidder; and

4. Except as otherwise provided by law for advertising or dispensing with the advertising of public sales, of which notice is given by advertisement once a week for two weeks in the newspaper in which the sheriff's advertisements are published in the county where the sale is to be held, and which notice shall state the day and hour, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and the place of sale and shall briefly identify the goods to be sold.