Georgia Department of Revenue
1800 Century Blvd, NE Atlanta GA 30345-3245        Tel: 404-417-4477        Toll Free: 1-877-602-8477

Motor Vehicle Services
  **MVD Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday excluding state holidays **

Is a Georgia Title Required for My Vehicle?

Vehicle Title Required

  • 1986 & newer year model motor vehicles
  • 1986 & newer travel trailers
  • 1986 & newer car/tow dollies weighing 2,001 lbs., or more
  • 1986 & newer motorcycles
  • 1986 & newer campers
  • 1963 & newer mobile homes
  • 1963 & newer manufactured homes

Vehicle Title Optional

  • You can title a 1963-1985 year model vehicle if you have a title issued in your name.
  • You can title a 1963-1985 year model vehicle if the owner on the front of the title has assigned the title to you.
  • You can title a 1963-1985 year model vehicle if the owner on the front of the title has assigned the title to a dealer and the dealer has assigned the title to you.
  • A title will not be issued for a 1963-1985 year model vehicle if the vehicle has been registered in someone else's name(s) other than the owner(s) shown on the face of the Georgia title.

Vehicle Title Not Required/Not Issued

  • 1962 and older year model vehicles
  • Agricultural, horticultural or livestock raising equipment or vehicles that are not required to be registered
  • Airplanes, aircraft
  • All terrain vehicles, off-road vehicles
  • Boat trailers
  • Boats, watercraft
  • Buses owned and operated by an urban transit system
  • Cable cars, trolleys
  • Crane
  • Driver education vehicles used in public or private schools
  • Fifth wheel
  • Homemade car/tow dollies
  • Homemade trailers
  • Invalid tricycles
  • Moped
  • Nonresidents' vehicles (vehicles owned by people that do not have a Georgia address)*
  • Pole trailers
  • Self-propelled wheelchairs
  • Tow dollies (car) weighing 2,000 lbs or less
  • Trailers weighing 2,000 lbs or less
  • Vehicles not manufactured for highway use
*A title may be issued to an out-of-state resident in cases of inheritance or repossession when the vehicle is currently titled in Georgia. Also, if you have moved out-of-state and your Georgia title is lost, stolen, or mutilated, a replacement title can be issued and mailed to your out-of-state address.