Free Mississippi Vehicle Transfer on Death

Free Mississippi vehicle transfer on death form. Name a beneficiary to inherit your vehicle without probate. No notarization required. PDF download.

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Owner Information

Enter your information as the registered owner. If the vehicle is jointly owned, you can add the second owner below.

How is the vehicle titled?*

Choose "Jointly owned" if two people are on the title. Joint owners must hold with right of survivorship, and the designation must be made by all of the joint owners.

I am the sole ownerJointly owned with one other person

First Name*

Middle Name

Last Name*

Driver License / ID Number

Most state titling forms ask for the owner’s driver license or ID number.

Street Address*

City*

State*

ZIP Code*

State Where the Vehicle Is Titled*

County Where You Live

Mississippi files vehicle titles at a county office rather than a central DMV.

Email Address*

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In Mississippi the beneficiary is added with the standard title application, the beneficiary written on the title application. The title then shows it this way: The legal name of the designated beneficiary is included on the certificate of title, and the designation must state that the transfer of an interest in the vehicle to the beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death.

No. Notarization is not required; the owner signs the form.

In Mississippi the designation is filed at your county title office; the Mississippi Department of Revenue (applications made to a designated agent / county Tax Collector) issues the title. The current title is surrendered and reissued in beneficiary form. The standard $9.00 Mississippi motor vehicle title fee applies to issue the title bearing the designation. Article 4 creates no separate beneficiary-designation fee — the enacted act contains no fee provision at all.

Yes. Mississippi lets joint owners name a beneficiary together. Joint owners must hold with right of survivorship, and the designation must be made by all of the joint owners. Owners holding as tenants in common cannot.

Mississippi sets what happens when a beneficiary dies before the owner. If the designated beneficiary fails to survive the owner by 120 hours, the share lapses and is subject to and passes as if the beneficiary designation were a devise made in a will (63-21-259(1)(b)). A surviving joint owner with right of survivorship takes ahead of the beneficiary; the designation becomes effective only on the last surviving owner's death (63-21-259(2)). The designation covers the vehicle alone; a revocable trust set up with SimplyTrust carries the rest of the estate.

Mississippi Vehicle Transfer on Death

Mississippi allows a vehicle transfer-on-death designation: the owner names a beneficiary who receives the vehicle at death, bypassing probate for that vehicle. The designation has no effect during the owner's life; the owner remains the sole owner and can revoke it at will.

In Mississippi, the designation is made through the Mississippi Department of Revenue (applications made to a designated agent / county Tax Collector) using the standard title application. No notary is involved. A new certificate of title is issued showing the beneficiary.

Mississippi extends the designation beyond cars to these title classes: motor vehicle (automobile, motorcycle, truck, truck tractor), trailer, semitrailer, or mobile trailer, and all-terrain vehicle. Only property within the chapter's 'motor vehicle' definition may carry a beneficiary designation. Manufactured homes and mobile homes are defined separately throughout Chapter 21 (63-21-5(h), (m), (n), (o)) and are not 'motor vehicles,' so the Article 4 designation does not reach them. 63-21-5(l) also excludes vehicles moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, electric bicycles, and personal delivery devices.

The designation reaches one vehicle at a time. A family with assets beyond a vehicle covers everything in one place with a revocable living trust, which adds incapacity planning; the trust vs. will comparison shows the trade-offs.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated August 25, 2026

Legal Sources

Miss. Code Ann. 63-21-261 (Title 63, Ch. 21, Art. 4, 63-21-251 to 63-21-261)

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