Free Tennessee Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney Template

A Tennessee motor vehicle power of attorney appoints an attorney-in-fact to sign your name to title and registration documents for one described vehicle. The Department of Revenue publishes it as Form RV-F1311401, Power of Attorney for Vehicle Transactions.

Form RV-F1311401, revised February 2021, cites Tennessee Code Annotated sections 34-6-101 and 102.

Complete Every Field

The instructions say the document is void if any information is left blank, or if anything entered has been erased or altered by any means.

Check Each Transaction Type

On the form, the owner checks a box for each transaction authorized: duplicate title, noting of lien, vehicle information request, application for title and registration, transfer of title, or other. A separate box covers requests to verify ownership of vehicles found abandoned, immobile, or unattended.

The Owner Stays Responsible for Mileage

By signing, the owner acknowledges that the documents may contain the federally required odometer disclosure, and that the owner is responsible for those disclosures.

Authority Is Limited to One Vehicle

The form limits the authority to the vehicle listed, described by make, model, VIN, body type, and year.

Dealers Use a Secure Form

Dealers must use a secure power of attorney, Form RV-F1316901, to transfer ownership when the original title isn’t available for the owner’s odometer disclosure.

Not on the Department of Revenue’s form. RV-F1311401 has no notary block; it ends with an affiant certification, signature, and date.

That certification still carries weight. The owner certifies the statements are true and correct, and the form warns that fraudulent statements could bring denial and criminal and civil penalties.

Tip: A blank field voids a Tennessee motor vehicle power of attorney on this form. Check every line before you sign.

Fill in everything:

1. Date the form and enter your name.
2. Name your attorney-in-fact, any business or title service, and the address.
3. Describe the vehicle by make, VIN, model, body type, and year.
4. Check each transaction type you authorize.
5. Complete the individual or business section with address, phone, and email.
6. Sign and date the affiant certification.
7. Give the completed form to your attorney-in-fact.

RV-F1311401 asks for:

• Date and your name
• Attorney-in-fact’s name, business if any, and address
• Make, VIN, model, body type, and year
• The transaction types authorized
• Your address, phone, and email
• Your signature and date on the certification

Document Genius’s guided form covers each field, so your Tennessee motor vehicle power of attorney is ready to sign in minutes.