How to Complete Oregon DMV Form 735-264: Request for Title Correction

Oregon DMV Form 735-264, the Request for Correction of Title Records, is how you fix an error on a vehicle’s Oregon certificate of title. You can use it for a misspelled owner or lienholder name, a wrong year, make, body style, or VIN, an incorrect odometer reading, a title brand applied by mistake, or to add or remove a right of survivorship between co-owners. The form is available as a fillable PDF on the Oregon DMV website or in paper at any field office.¹

What the Form Can Fix

Form 735-264 covers five categories of title errors:

Vehicle description: year, make, body style, or VIN.
Owner or lienholder name misspellings.
Title brand removal, such as “previous damage” or “totaled,” when applied in error.
Odometer reading, for vehicles subject to federal odometer disclosure.
Survivorship, to add or remove right of survivorship between co-owners.

The same form handles all five, but supporting documents, signatures, and fees differ depending on which box applies.¹

How to Fill It Out

Vehicle Identification

The top of the form asks for plate number, VIN, title number, year, make, and body style. Copy these exactly as they appear on your current title, even if one of those fields is the error you’re fixing. The DMV uses them to pull the right record. The corrected value goes in a different section.

Describe the Error and the Correction

The middle of the form has two fields. In one, describe what is wrong. In the other, write what the title should say. Be specific. Rather than “name is wrong,” write something like: Owner’s last name reads “Jonson,” should read “Johnson.” If a field should be blank, the form instructs you to write the word “blank” rather than leave the line empty.¹

Signatures

One registered owner signs for most corrections. A business entity signs through an authorized representative. Survivorship changes are the exception: adding or removing right of survivorship requires signatures from both registered owners on the title. A missing signature is one of the quickest ways to have the form returned, so check this before you send anything.¹

Extra Requirements for Certain Corrections

VIN

If the VIN on the title doesn’t match the VIN stamped on the vehicle, DMV may require a VIN inspection before approving the change. Inspections are done at DMV field offices or by law enforcement. There is no fee to correct a VIN on an eligible Oregon title.¹

Odometer

Federal odometer disclosure applies to all vehicles from model year 2011 forward until the vehicle is 20 years old. Timing drives what you submit. If fewer than 90 days have passed since the error was recorded, Form 735-264 alone may be enough. If more than 90 days have passed, you also need a secure odometer disclosure form and supporting evidence (service records, inspection reports) showing the correct reading. DMV reviews odometer corrections closely, so keep thorough documentation.²

Title Brand Removal

If a brand like “previous damage” or “totaled” was placed on your title in error, explain in the description field why it is incorrect, for example that the vehicle was confused with another or that the brand came from erroneous insurance reporting. Attach any supporting documentation you have: repair records, insurance correspondence, inspection reports. DMV scrutinizes brand-removal requests, and the evidence is what carries them.

Survivorship

Oregon lets co-owners hold a title with right of survivorship, so that if one owner dies the other takes full ownership without probate. You can add or remove the designation with Form 735-264. Both registered owners must sign, and there is no fee for the change on an eligible Oregon title or salvage title.¹

Documents and Fees

Submit your original Oregon Certificate of Title with the completed form. DMV uses the physical title to verify the error. If the original is lost or destroyed, you need to apply for a duplicate under ORS 803.065 before you can proceed with the correction.³

When the correction produces a new physical title, you also complete Form 735-226, the Application for Title and Registration, which captures updated odometer and lienholder information. Standard Oregon title fees then apply, based on the vehicle’s fuel efficiency:

0–19 MPG combined: $101
20–39 MPG combined: $106
40+ MPG combined: $116
All-electric vehicles: $192
Motorcycles, trailers, motor homes, and similar: $101 ($192 if all-electric)
Heavy vehicles over 26,000 lbs GVWR: $90

Two corrections carry no fee: VIN corrections and survivorship changes on an eligible Oregon title or salvage title. Any other correction that triggers a new title falls under the schedule above.⁴

Where to Submit It

You can bring the packet to a local DMV field office or mail it to DMV headquarters in Salem. Going in person lets a technician review your paperwork and flag missing items before it enters the queue, which is worth the trip for odometer or brand-removal corrections that depend on extra evidence. Office locations are listed on the Oregon DMV website.⁵

By mail, send everything to DMV headquarters, not an individual field office:

DMV
1905 Lana Avenue NE
Salem, OR 97314-2250

Headquarters is a mail-processing facility for these transactions. It does not handle walk-in transactions or collect fees in the lobby. Certified mail gives you tracking and proof of delivery, which is worth the small cost when you are mailing an original title.⁶

Processing Time

Oregon DMV lists vehicle title processing at two to four weeks for standard Oregon titles. A straightforward fix like a misspelled name or a wrong model year tends to land on the faster end. Brand removals and odometer corrections that need additional verification take longer.⁷

Once DMV verifies your request against its records, a corrected Certificate of Title is mailed to the primary owner, or to the lienholder if one is listed. Photocopy the whole packet, including the original title, before mailing. If the corrected title does not arrive on time or contains a new error, that copy is your evidence when you call DMV to sort it out.

Legal Name Change Is a Different Process

Fixing a misspelled name on a title is not the same as updating a title after a legal name change from marriage, divorce, or a court order. A misspelling, where DMV or a previous owner recorded your name incorrectly, uses Form 735-264. A legal name change follows ORS 803.220.

Oregon law requires you to notify DMV within 30 days of a legal name change. Submit your current certificate of title with the notification and pay the standard title fee to receive a new certificate in your updated name. If a lienholder holds your title, notify the lienholder within 30 days, and the lienholder then notifies DMV.⁸

The distinction matters because the wrong form delays the request. If you married recently and want your new name on the title, that is a name-change notification. If DMV typed “Smyth” when your legal name has always been “Smith,” that is a correction, and Form 735-264 is the right tool.

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Oregon Department of Transportation. Oregon DMV Request for Correction of Title Records
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Consumer Alert: Changes to Odometer Disclosure Requirements
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Oregon Public Law. Oregon Code 803.065 – Duplicate or Replacement Certificate; Fee; Application; Rules
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Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services. Vehicle Title, Registration and Permit Fees
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Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services. DMV Offices
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Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services. DMV Offices – Headquarters
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Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services. Titling and Registering Your Vehicle
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Oregon Public Law. ORS 803.220 – Notification to Department of Name or Address Change