Change your name or address: Vehicle title and registration
What would you like to do?
- Change the address on your vehicle
- Change your name on your vehicle
- Change the business name on a company vehicle
Change the address on your vehicle
- Online: Change your address online.
- In person: Visit a vehicle licensing office.
For personally-owned vehicles
You must provide your residence street address. You also have the option to include an alternate mailing address.
- Note: You don’t need to provide your residence street address if any of the following are true:
- You’re exempt from paying motor vehicle excise taxes or fees.
- Your vehicle is exempt from motor vehicle excise taxes or fees.
- You’re homeless.
For business-owned vehicles
You must provide the street address of the Washington principal place of business for the vehicles registered to your business.
Changing the address on your boat or driver license
Changing your address on 1 vehicle doesn’t automatically change it on your other vehicles, driver license, or boat. If you need to change the address for:
- Your driver license, go to update your driver license.
- Your boat, visit a vehicle licensing office.
Changing the address on your Good To Go! account
If you have a Good To Go! electronic tolling pass, be sure to update the address on your account with the Department of Transportation:
- Online: www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/
- By phone: 1-866-936-8246
Change your name on your vehicle
If you’ve changed your name, you must update it on your vehicle record. This will update the title and registration of your vehicle, but not your driver license. To change your name:
In person
Visit a vehicle licensing office and bring all of the following:
- The current Washington title for your vehicle (not a copy).
- If you don’t have the title, bring a completed Affidavit of Loss.
- One of the following:
- A copy of the court order authorizing the name change.
- A completed Vehicle/Vessel Owner Name Update Affidavit for Individual, which must either be certified by a licensing clerk at a vehicle licensing office or notarized by a notary public.
- Cash or check to pay the $9 fee. (Some offices may charge an additional service fee.)
By mail
Mail all the following items to a vehicle licensing office:
- Your current Washington title for your vehicle (not a copy).
- If you don’t have the title, send a completed Affidavit of Loss.
- One of the following:
- A copy of the court order authorizing the name change.
- A completed Vehicle/Vessel Owner Name Update Affidavit for Individual, which must be notarized by a notary public.
- A completed Vehicle Certificate of Ownership Application.
- A check or money order for $9, payable to the Department of Licensing. (Some offices may charge an additional service fee.)
Do you have a loan on your vehicle?
If you have a loan on your vehicle, you have a lien holder. You must make arrangements to change your name through the lien holder and not Department of Licensing.
Changing the name on your Good To Go! account
If you have a Good To Go! electronic tolling pass, be sure to update the contact information on your account with the Department of Transportation:
- Online: www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/
- By phone: 1-866-936-8246
Change the business name on a company vehicle
To change the business name on a company vehicle, submit all of the following to a vehicle licensing office in person or by mail:
- The current Washington title for the vehicle (not a copy).
- A copy of documentation from the Secretary of State’s Office showing you have changed the name of your company.
- A completed Declaration of Use Tax form from the Department of Revenue.
- A completed Vehicle Certificate of Ownership Application.
- A check or money order for $9, payable to “Washington State Dept of Licensing.” (Some offices may charge an additional service fee.)
Do you have a loan on your vehicle?
If you have a loan on your vehicle, you have a lien holder. You must make arrangements to change your name through the lien holder and not Department of Licensing.
Changing the name on your Good To Go! account
If you have a Good To Go! electronic tolling pass, be sure to update the contact information on your account with the Department of Transportation:
- Online: www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/
- By phone: 1-866-936-8246
Terms we use
Record: This is the information we have about your vehicle, such as your name, address, endorsements, restrictions, etc.
Title: This document is your proof of ownership. It is issued when you first purchase your vehicle. You want to keep this in a safe place and not in the vehicle.
Registration: When you renew your tabs each year, you receive a new registration document to sign and keep in your vehicle.
