In order to register your vehicle, we must submit its authentic prior title, properly signed by the seller and buyer.
Copies, scans, or images of titles are NOT accepted for vehicle registration.
Your vehicle’s prior title assignment
Title assignment is when the seller signs over the vehicle's title to you, and you sign as the buyer.
The vehicle's seller must assign the vehicle's title before it is sent to visitor.us for registration.
Because title assignment errors can cause delays and extra costs, please consult our Prior Title Assignment Guide before writing anything on your vehicle’s prior title.
Shipping your vehicle’s prior title to visitor.us for registration
When you are ready to send your vehicle's title to visitor.us for registration, request a pre-paid shipping label for your prior title within the Your Vehicle's Prior Title section, seen below:
We offer a Fedex shipping label.
If Fedex is not a convenient shipper for your location, you are welcome to ship your prior title with a shipper of your choice.
If you don't use the Fedex shipping label that visitor.us provides, please click the Submit your own tracking number button and enter your shipment's tracking number.
After clicking the Add Sender Address button, you will see this Sender Address form:
Please provide the name and address that should be used in the "From" section of the shipping label.
If you are shipping your title from within the United States, the "From" address does not have to be the exact place where you will ship the package from.
For example, you can supply a "From" address in New York for the shipping label, and actually ship the document from California, 3,000 miles away - the shipment will arrive with visitor.us.
Supplying a "From" address in one country and actually shipping the document from another country will probably result in your shipment getting lost.
We understand that you’ll probably be on the road. So we WILL NOT automatically send your Montana plates, registration, and title to this “From” address.
Instead, when your items are ready, we will ask for a "To" address, which can be in a totally different state (or country) from the "From" address provided at this step.
The shipping label that we generate for you does not have an expiration date - it can be used at any time.
Additional charges are applicable to shipments from outside of the United States.
visitor.us receives your vehicle’s prior title
When we receive your vehicle’s prior title, we’ll upload an image of it to the visitor.us dashboard, and you'll receive an email notification that we have your title.
(We’re a small staff, serving a large client base, so it may take up to one business day after receiving your prior title for us to upload its image.)
Potential title issues
Because title assignment involves humans, ink, and paper, mistakes can happen.
Luckily, most mistakes can be resolved with an electronically signed document.
Here are some of the solutions that may be required:
Statement of Fact. A statement of fact can correct minor title errors, such as an incorrect spelling, or write-over. It must be signed by the person who made the error.
If you made the error, we will send a statement of fact to you to sign electronically, and
If the seller made the error, we will ask you for the seller’s email address, so that we can send a statement of fact to him or her to sign electronically.
Bill of sale. A handful of situations require a bill of sale in order to complete registration. If the seller didn’t sign the title, or signed it incorrectly, a bill of sale from him or her to you may be required.
Odometer disclosure. If a bill of sale is required, and the vehicle is model year 2011 or newer, an odometer disclosure may be required.
Potential fees for title correction
We reserve the right to charge fees to cover additional work that may be required to correct title issues, so please complete your vehicle’s prior title carefully!