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
- 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.
- Current Washington title for the vehicle or boat — not a copy.
- 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 9043
Olympia, WA 98507-8500
How to change the business name on a company vehicle
- 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.
- 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 9043
Olympia, WA 98507-8500
Options and fees
| Type of document | Fee | When you’ll get it |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Available at any vehicle licensing office. |
$10 Some vehicle licensing offices may charge an additional service fee. |
Given to you immediately. |
| Name change: Regular title Available at any vehicle licensing office. |
$31 — Vehicles $17.25 — Boats |
Mailed to you in 8–10 weeks. |
| Name change: Quick Title Available only at Quick Title offices. Quick titles aren’t available for vehicles or boats:
|
$81 — Vehicles $67.25 — Boats |
Mailed or given to you immediately. |
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.
