• Buyer’s information
  • Full name
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Email address
• Seller’s information
  • Full name
  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Email address
• Vehicle information
  • Vehicle description (year, make, model, body type, color)
  • Vehicle identification number (VIN)
  • Odometer reading
• Sale information
  • Date of sale
  • Purchase price
  • Whether the vehicle failed an emissions test and received a time extension waiver in the past 12 months
  • Salvage, rebuilt, or totaled disclosure, if applicable
• Signatures
  • Seller’s signature
  • Buyer’s signature

In Vermont, if the vehicle is model year 2011 or newer and no separate odometer disclosure statement is submitted, the odometer disclosure must be completed on the back of the bill of sale form. If the vehicle is jointly owned, both sellers must sign the bill of sale.

Source: Vermont DMV Bill of Sale (Form VT-005)

Visit your nearest Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles with the following forms and filings:

• Bill of Sale & Odometer Disclosure Statement (Form VT-005)
• J.D. Power Value Printout: Required if registering by mail for taxes.
• Properly Assigned Title: All owners listed on the title must sign as sellers, the new owner’s name must be entered on the “transferred to” line, and any listed liens must be released.
• Registration/Tax/Title Application (Form VD-119)

Out-of-State Purchase

• Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin (MCO) or Title

Notes

• Purchase and Use Tax is due at the time of registration and/or titling.
  • The tax is based on the purchase price or the J.D. Power clean trade-in value, whichever is greater, minus any allowable trade-in value or credits.

Source: Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (Registration, New)