Change your name: Vehicles & boats

If you’ve changed your name, you must update your vehicle or boat record.

• Changing your name on 1 vehicle doesn’t automatically change it on other vehicles or boats.
• If you have a loan/lien on your vehicle or boat you must change your name through the lienholder and not the Department of Licensing.
• To change the name on your driver license, see Change your name on your driver license or ID card.

How to change your name on your vehicle or boat

1. Get all of the following:
   • Current Washington title for the vehicle or boat — not a copy.
     or
     If you don’t have the title, an Affidavit of Loss form.
   • A completed Vehicle Certificate of Ownership Application.
   • A copy of the court order authorizing the name change, or a Vehicle/Vessel Owner Name Update Affidavit for Individual, certified at a vehicle licensing office or notarized by a notary public.
2. Submit your forms and documents:
   • In person with check or cash for the fee at any vehicle licensing office or Quick Title office.
   • or
   • By mail (for vehicles only), with a check or money order for the fee (payable to Department of Licensing), to:
     • Any vehicle licensing office or Quick Title office.
     • or
     • Refunds and Title Services
       Department of Licensing
       PO Box 9909
       Olympia, WA 98507-8500

How to change the business name on a company vehicle

1. Get all of the following:
   • Current Washington title for the vehicle — not a copy.
   • A copy from the Secretary of State’s Office showing you’ve changed your company name.
   • A Declaration of Use Tax form from the Department of Revenue.
   • A Vehicle Certificate of Ownership Application.
2. Submit your forms and documents:
   • In person with check or cash for the fee at any vehicle licensing office or Quick Title office.
   • or
   • By mail, with check or money order for the fee (payable to Department of Licensing), to:
     • Any vehicle licensing office or Quick Title office.
     • or
     • Refunds and Title Services
       Department of Licensing
       PO Box 9909
       Olympia, WA 98507-8500

Options and fees

Don’t forget to update your Good To Go! account

If you have a Good To Go! tolling pass, be sure to update your contact information on the account:

• Online: www.wsdot.wa.gov/goodtogo/
• By phone: 866.936.8246

Terms we use

Record: This is the information we have on your vehicle: your name, address, endorsements, restrictions, etc.

Title: This is your proof of ownership. It’s issued when you 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.