Our friends at Maryland MVA have provided the following updates:
Vehicle Services – Tips & Reminders
- The Affidavit in Lieu of a Title form (VR-449A) is to be used when the current Maryland title is not available, but a previous Maryland title was submitted to the dealer. The form must be accompanied by the older Maryland title and cannot be submitted as an ownership document alone. If it is submitted without the Maryland title, the customer will not receive a new title. This form will not be allowed if the previous title state was an out-of-state title.
- All questions pertaining to Glen Burnie Branch portal requests can be submitted to the email box MDDTTS@mdot.maryland.gov. All other branches can be reached at the email addresses provided on a forthcoming bulletin later this month.
- Customers who are 100% disabled veterans will be mailed a permanent non-expiring registration card and black registration sticker for any plate they are issued. If you are transferring a plate for a 100% disabled veteran, please make sure the customer submits the most recent registration card with the registration expiration date of 12/31/9999.
Business Licensing & Compliance Updates
- The MVA is working on additional enhancements to dealer transactions that involve Trade-Ins. In the near future, there will be two new required fields that must be addressed with every Trade-In. All ERT vendors have been given the technical requirements needed for this update. We do not yet have an exact date of this change, but we anticipate it being sometime in January. The two new required fields are listed below:
- The Book value of the Trade-In vehicle
- A note/written explanation as to why the Trade-In was given that value.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What are the MVA requirements regarding Power of Attorneys?
- The MVA recommends a power of attorney, either the VR-279 (dealers – order via the Warehouse) or VR-470 (T&T), be completed and uploaded for all title and registration transactions if the dealer or title service is signing or picking up title work on behalf of a customer or entity.
- Can dealers transfer plates from an original lease to a lease buyout transaction via ERT?
- Currently the ability to transfer plates from a lease to a lease buyout is not available for standard plates but MVA development is working on a solution. Both organizational and vanity plates can be transferred if a permission letter from the leasing company is attached.
- What use type should be used if loaner vehicle is not an option with my ERT vendor?
- The loaner use type is available on all ERT vendor systems
- How do you reply to a pending rejection in the portal?
- Once you receive a pending rejection notification on your portal account, there is a reply option as well as an attachment link on the bottom right side of the screen to submit any missing information or documentation to the submitted transaction.
- Why are duplicate titles printing incorrect names or omitting the co-buyer’s name?
- The MVA is aware of this issue and has our development team working to rectify the issue.
- How can you apply for a duplicate title on the portal if there is not a trade in but a purchase from a customer?
- Currently, the MVA development team are in the second phase of the duplicate title process enhancement, and we plan to allow a dealer to order a duplicate title without the trade-in requirement.
If you have a topic, you’d like us to cover in a future newsletter, please send it to Kristin Orlando-Dillahunt at korlando@mdot.maryland.gov.
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