Wisconsin title forms · Fixing or picking up a title
Form MV1020: getting a mistake on your title corrected
Short answer
MV1020 is how you ask WisDOT to fix an error on a title, registration certificate or Confirmation of Ownership it already sent you. You mark the kind of error, describe it, sign, and mail it with the document that has the mistake to the Vehicle Research Unit. It cannot add or remove an owner, and it is not for a title someone wrote on wrong when signing it over.
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MV1020 at a glance
- Form
- MV1020, Title/Registration Correction Request
- Version we read
- Revision 3/2024, checked 2026-10-31
- Fee
- The form lists no fee for a plain correction. A lien correction may need the loan filing fee.
- Paid to
- WisDOT, if a fee applies
- Where it goes
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Vehicle Research Unit, P.O. Box 8070, Madison WI 53708-8070
- What goes with it
- The original registration certificate, title or Confirmation of Ownership that has the error
- For an and/or change, the current title and the signatures of every owner
- For a lien correction, the current title and the lien release
What MV1020 can fix
Think of it as a typo report. WisDOT printed something, and what it printed does not match the facts. You send back the document, WisDOT corrects its record and mails you a new one.
If the title or registration came from a recent purchase at a Wisconsin dealer, WisDOT says to go back to the dealer. The dealer starts the correction for you.
What it cannot fix
Adding or removing a co-owner is not a correction. Wisconsin treats it as a transfer of ownership, so it needs a properly signed-over title, any lien release, and a new title application (MV1), done by mail or online.
A change, erasure or cross-out on the title itself, in the buyer, lien holder or odometer area, is handled with a different form: MV2489, the Statement of Intent. That is the usual fix when a seller wrote the wrong name or mileage while signing over a title.
Adding a lessee or driver to a registration uses form MV2627, not this one.
What each part of MV1020 asks
In our words, not WisDOT's. Read the form's own instructions before you sign; your answers are yours to give.
- Vehicle and owner block
- Year, make and body style, title number, plate number and full VIN, then the owner or lessee name, phone number and address. Copy these from the document you are sending back.
- And or or between owner names
- The word joining two owners decides whether both must sign to sell later. Changing it needs the current title and every owner's signature.
- Owner names
- For a name WisDOT got wrong on its own document, such as a misspelling. Send the current title or Confirmation of Ownership.
- Lien
- A loan that WisDOT shows wrongly on the title. Send the current title, the lien release and the loan filing fee, if one applies.
- Plates and registration
- A plate number that does not match the registration, the wrong plate transferred, a wrong weight class or registration period.
- Odometer and VIN
- For mileage, the form asks you to say whether the reading, the status, or both are wrong. For the VIN, a digit that does not match the vehicle.
- Other, description and signatures
- Anything else, such as color, with extra pages if needed. Then a plain description of the error, the owners' signatures, and an optional email address if you would rather WisDOT contact you by email than by letter.
Where people get stuck
- The document with the error is not enclosed. WisDOT corrects by replacing it, so it needs the original back.
- The request is really a change of owners. WisDOT will treat it as a transfer, which needs the title signed over and an MV1.
- An and/or change without every owner's signature.
Common questions
The VIN on my title is one digit off. Is this the right form?
Yes, if WisDOT's printed title or registration does not match the vehicle. Mark the VIN line, describe the wrong digit, and send the original document.
My seller crossed out the mileage on the title. MV1020?
No. Changes or erasures in the odometer, buyer or lien area of a title go on form MV2489, the Statement of Intent.
Can I use MV1020 to take my ex off the title?
No. Removing a co-owner is a transfer of ownership in Wisconsin, so it goes through a signed title and a new MV1.
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Related forms and answers
What if the seller filled out the Wisconsin title wrong?
Usually fixable without a bond. Use WisDOT form MV2489 for buyer, lien or odometer errors. If White-Out was used, the owner orders a $20 replacement.
Read this guide →How do you remove a name from a car title in Wisconsin?
A living co-owner comes off by signing the title over and filing MV1 ($214.50). A deceased owner comes off with MV2300; a spouse pays no title fee.
Read this guide →What does AND versus OR mean on a Wisconsin title?
AND means every owner on a Wisconsin title must sign to sell. OR means any one owner can. The word also decides what happens after a death.
Read this guide →What is Wisconsin form MV2119?
MV2119 is WisDOT's Replacement Title Application for a lost, stolen or damaged title. $20, signed by the owner of record, or the lender if one holds it.
Read this guide →Form MV2300, explained
Moves a Wisconsin-titled vehicle out of a person's name after they die, without probate papers in most family cases.
Read this guide →Sources, checked 2026-10-31: WisDOT: form MV1020 (3/2024) · WisDOT: title and registration corrections · WisDOT: form MV2489, Statement of Intent. Forms are revised from time to time; use the current version from WisDOT.
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