Form MVR-63, Power of Attorney – North Carolina

Form MVR-63, Power of Attorney, is the NCDMV form on which a buyer, seller or legal owner of a motor vehicle irrevocably appoints an attorney to sign the vehicle's certificate of title in the owner's name, place and stead.

The printed text describes the vehicle by Year, Make, Body Style, Series and VIN, and names the attorney. It authorizes that person to sign any certificate of title for the vehicle in whatever manner is necessary to transfer the title, to apply for a duplicate of the title, or to apply for a new certificate of title, as the attorney deems fit and proper. The owner ratifies and confirms whatever the attorney does under it.

The form is an executed instrument: the owner signs and dates it ("In witness whereof, the undersigned has executed this instrument this ___ day of ___"), and a notary certifies on the same page that the principal personally appeared and voluntarily signed. The notary block has lines for the principal's name, the notary's signature, printed or typed name, seal and commission expiration.

Form MVR-63 may not be used when the title is held by a lienholder. A footnote on the form says titles held by a lienholder, physically or electronically, require MVR-63A, Secure Power of Attorney, a different form.

The main users are the people the form names as principal: the buyer, the seller or the legal owner of a motor vehicle who wants another person to sign title documents on their behalf. The person appointed is the attorney named on the form. The form does not require that person to be a particular kind of representative.

Use Form MVR-63 only for the three purposes it prints: signing a certificate of title to transfer it, applying for a duplicate title, or applying for a new certificate of title for the vehicle described.

Do not use Form MVR-63 when the title is held by a lienholder. The form says so directly, and the footnote adds that titles held by a lienholder either physically or electronically require MVR-63A, Secure Power of Attorney.

The form is written for one or more principals ("my (or our) true and lawful attorney"), and the notary section has room for the name(s) of the principal(s) who appeared before the notary.

Complete and sign Form MVR-63 before the attorney signs any title document for the vehicle, because the form is what gives the attorney that authority. The form prints no deadline and no validity period of its own.

Use it when the purpose is one of the three the form lists: transferring the certificate of title, applying for a duplicate title, or applying for a new certificate of title. If a lienholder holds the title, physically or electronically, MVR-63 cannot be used; the form points to MVR-63A, Secure Power of Attorney, instead.

Form MVR-63 prints no mailing address, portal or office, so it does not name a submission channel of its own. It is an authorization: the attorney it names signs the vehicle's certificate of title or title application in the owner's name, as the form describes.

Before it is used, the principal signs it and the notary completes the acknowledgment block (signature, printed or typed name, seal and commission expiration date). The NCDMV publishes this form with its other vehicle registration and title forms at https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/downloads/Pages/registration.aspx; contact the NCDMV for where and how the title paperwork it supports is handled.

If the title is held by a lienholder, do not use this form; use MVR-63A, Secure Power of Attorney.

FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the NCDMV's channels.