When you can't prove ownership of a vehicle, Arizona lets you get a bonded title — file a surety bond under A.R.S. 28-2058 and the Motor Vehicle Division issues the title. Premiums start from $100, and the amount is one and a half times the vehicle's value; your exact price appears at the application.
















No long underwriting queue for the standard title bond — apply, see your price, pay, and take the executed bond to the MVD. Here is the whole thing:
Your details, the vehicle, and the bond amount (1.5x the vehicle's value) — that is the entire application. No credit information is collected on this form.
Most applications approve instantly and the executed bond generates as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Take the executed bond, your vehicle inspection, and the bonded title application to the MVD to get your bonded title. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
When you buy or inherit a vehicle and the paperwork is missing, lost, or defective, Arizona lets you establish ownership with a bonded title under A.R.S. 28-2058. You post a surety bond, the Motor Vehicle Division issues a certificate of title in your name, and the bond protects anyone who later proves a superior claim to the vehicle.
The bond amount is one and a half times the vehicle's value as determined by the MVD. The MVD also requires a Level III vehicle inspection and a bonded-title application affidavit certifying that you own the vehicle and explaining why you need a bonded title.
If someone with a better claim comes forward and is harmed, they can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. The bond stays in effect until three years after the vehicle is no longer registered in Arizona, after which a clean title can issue.
Submit the application with your bond amount (1.5x the vehicle's value) — most title bonds generate instantly, ready to take to the MVD.
Start the application →Premiums from $100. Enter your amount and take it to the MVD the same day.