Change your name: Vehicles & boats
Starting January 1, 2023, vehicle registrations allow the removal of your address. New registrations have your address located on the bottom. There's a dotted line showing where to cut it. This is optional and intended to provide address privacy in case of theft.
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/Release of Interest form. - A completed Vehicle Title Application (English, Español, Русский, and more).
- 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
- Application & Issuance
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 copy of the business license in the new business name with the same UBI number.
- A Vehicle Title Application (English, Español, Русский, and more).
- 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
- Application & Issuance
Department of Licensing
PO Box 9043
Olympia, WA 98507-8500
| Type of document | Fee | When you'll get it |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Available at any vehicle licensing office. |
$14.50 | Given to you immediately. |
| Name change: Regular title Available at any vehicle licensing office. |
$35.50 — Vehicles $26.75 — 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:
|
$85.50 — Vehicles $76.75 — Boats |
Mailed or given to you immediately. |
Don't forget to update 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: 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.
