Chapter 7 – Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney/Odometer Disclosure Form 82995

Form 82995, Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney/Odometer Disclosure, is a secure power of attorney form, published by the Escambia County Tax Collector, that lets an owner disclose a vehicle's odometer reading to a dealership and appoint it to execute the title when it becomes available.

The form is meant for three situations: the title is lost, the title is being held by a lienholder, or the title is held electronically and will remain electronic. Because the title is not available, Part A works as the Federal Odometer Disclosure between the seller and the purchaser. When the title arrives, the information disclosed in Part A is transferred onto the title.

The form has three parts:

• Part A, Seller's Power of Attorney to Disclose Mileage, is completed by the owner for the dealership. It records the odometer reading and gives the dealership power of attorney to execute the title.
• Part B is used if the vehicle is sold before the title becomes available. The dealership, now the seller, discloses the odometer to the purchaser, who is the customer.
• Part C, Certification By Attorney In Fact, is completed by a dealership representative when the title is received. The person who completes Part C signs the title.

The top of the form also asks for a vehicle description: VIN, year, make, body type and title number.

The main users are vehicle owners who are dealing with a dealership while the title is unavailable. The form says to use it when the title is lost, when a lienholder is holding the title, or when the title is held electronically and is remaining electronic.

• Owners (sellers): complete Part A, printing their name, disclosing the odometer reading and signing. A co-seller signs on the co-seller lines if there is one.
• Dealership representatives: sign for the dealership in Part A, and in Part B when the vehicle is sold before the title is available.
• The attorney in fact: the person who completes Part C must be the person who executes the title, and that person signs it as power of attorney.

The dealership representatives who sign in Parts A, B and C do not have to be the same person. The exception is Part C: whoever signs it must be the one who transfers the information to the title and signs as power of attorney.

The form is not meant for situations where the title is in hand, because its use is tied to an unavailable title.

Use Form 82995 when the title is unavailable: it is lost, held by a lienholder, or held electronically and remaining electronic. Part A is completed at that stage, when the owner gives the dealership power of attorney and discloses the odometer reading.

Part B is completed only if the vehicle is sold before the title becomes available. Part C is completed by a dealership representative when the title is received. The form prints no separate due date.

The form's summary states the permitted combinations: Parts A and C, or Parts A, B and C. Never complete only Parts B and C.

The form prints no mailing address, portal or appointment rule. It is exchanged between the owner and the dealership: the owner completes Part A for the dealership, and the dealership keeps it until the title is available.

• Part A and Part B: these disclose the odometer reading between the seller and the purchaser while the title is unavailable.
• Part C: when the title is received, a dealership representative completes Part C, transfers the information disclosed in Part A to the title and signs the title as power of attorney.

Ask the Escambia County Tax Collector how the completed form should be handled with the title paperwork. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.