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Kansas Bill of Sale Requirements

Additional Forms Required in Kansas

• Form TR-212a (Title and Registration Manual Application)
• Form TR-312 (Bill of Sale) — antique vehicles with no title; a title with no price space uses the bill of sale on page 2 of Form TR-12
• Form MVE-1 (VIN inspection — out-of-state vehicles)

Kansas gives private buyers 60 days from the date of purchase — weekends and holidays included — to apply for title and registration, and handles the whole transaction at the county treasurer rather than a central DMV counter. A penalty applies only after that 60-day window closes, but the buyer may not drive the vehicle in the meantime without temporary registration.

The form numbers are where Kansas trips people up, and the two look almost identical in writing. For an ordinary sale of a titled vehicle you usually need neither: the seller fills in the purchase price, date of sale and odometer reading on the back of the title, and both parties print and sign there. A bill of sale comes in only in two cases. If the title assignment has no space for the price, KDOR asks for a bill of sale — page 2 of Form TR-12, the Affidavit to a Fact. And Form TR-312 is the bill of sale for an antique vehicle (35 years or older) with no title; the form itself says only antique vehicles can be transferred by bill of sale. The buyer's title application is Form TR-212a, filed alongside the assigned title.

Notarization is not part of the ordinary Kansas chain — most title assignments, applications, and bills of sale completed inside the state need no notary (a lien release or lienholder consent is the exception). What Kansas does require, for vehicles arriving from another state and for a 1950-or-newer antique car or truck bought in Kansas on a bill of sale, is a VIN inspection on Form MVE-1, performed by the Kansas Highway Patrol. A Kansas-titled vehicle sold between Kansas residents on its title skips that step.

On tax, the state rate is 6.5%, but Kansas's local rates vary — the combined figure in a rural county looks quite different from the Johnson County suburbs in the Kansas City metro. Rather than trusting a single statewide number, check the Kansas Department of Revenue rate locator against the buyer's registration address, since the tax is assessed where the vehicle will be registered. Kansas sales tax applies to private-party vehicle sales too — the buyer pays it at the county treasurer when titling — except for a sale between immediate family members (lineal ascendants or descendants and their spouses). The seller certifies the purchase price on the title assignment, so an accurate price on the back of the title is what the tax rests on.