Vehicle Title: Add or Remove a Lien

You can add or remove a lien on your vehicle’s title at your local county tax office. The title fee must be paid at time of application. Your local county tax office can tell you the cost.

Remove a Lien

To remove a lien, you will need:

• The vehicle title.
• The release of lien letter and/or other notifications from the lienholder(s) currently named on the vehicle title.
• A completed Application for Texas Certificate of Title (Form 130-U). (Make sure you sign the application.)

Add a Lien

To add a lien on a title, you will need:

• The vehicle title.
• A complete Application for Texas Certificate of Title, (Form 130-U). (Be sure that lienholder information is complete and that the owner has signed the form.)

Add an Additional Lien

To add another lienholder on the vehicle title, you will need:

• The first lienholder named on the vehicle title must provide the owner of the vehicle or the new additional lienholder the vehicle title.
• You also must complete the Additional Liens Statement (Form VTR-267). (The vehicle owner and new lienholder must sign the Additional Liens Statement.)
• A complete Application for Texas Certificate of Title, (Form 130-U). (Make sure you sign the application.)