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Virginia bill of sale for vehicle - do you enter the residence or mailing address?

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For a private vehicle sale in Virginia, here’s how you should handle the addresses on the Bill of Sale:

  • Address on the Title
    The title already shows your residence address (your permanent/home address on file at the time the title was issued).
    That is the address DMV uses to confirm ownership, and it doesn’t automatically update just because you changed your mailing address.
  • Address on the Bill of Sale
    Virginia DMV does not require the Bill of Sale to match exactly with the address on the title. The key identifiers are:
    Seller’s printed name and signature
    Buyer’s printed name and signature
    Vehicle details (VIN, year, make, model, mileage, price, date)
    You may use either your residence address or your new mailing address on the Bill of Sale.
    If you want consistency with the title record, use your residence address.
    If you want the buyer to have your up-to-date mailing address for correspondence, you can include that instead.
    Many people list their current mailing address on the Bill of Sale since that’s where the buyer or DMV would send anything in the future.
  • Buyer’s Address
    For the buyer, use the address where they actually reside, which in your case sounds like it will be your residence they are leasing. If they haven’t moved in yet, they can still list it since it will be their new residence.

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Virginia bill of sale for vehicle - do you enter the residence or mailing address?

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I understand that you're looking for clarity on the details of a vehicle bill of sale. Is this bill of sale for a private sale or a dealership transaction?

Private sale

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Are you the seller, the buyer, or both in this transaction?

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Andres Sanchez

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Hello my name is Andres Sanchez and I am an attorney with 20 years of experience. How are you?

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To clarify, I am selling a vehicle in Virginia. Private sale; the title is in my permanent residence address. The buyer is also going to lease my residence in a separate transaction. I just established a new mailing address and submitted a change of mailing address to VA DMV. which addresses should we use on the bill of sell? Permanent residence or mailing?

Andres Sanchez

Andres Sanchez

For a private vehicle sale in Virginia, here’s how you should handle the addresses on the Bill of Sale:

  • Address on the Title
    The title already shows your residence address (your permanent/home address on file at the time the title was issued).
    That is the address DMV uses to confirm ownership, and it doesn’t automatically update just because you changed your mailing address.
  • Address on the Bill of Sale
    Virginia DMV does not require the Bill of Sale to match exactly with the address on the title. The key identifiers are:
    Seller’s printed name and signature
    Buyer’s printed name and signature
    Vehicle details (VIN, year, make, model, mileage, price, date)
    You may use either your residence address or your new mailing address on the Bill of Sale.
    If you want consistency with the title record, use your residence address.
    If you want the buyer to have your up-to-date mailing address for correspondence, you can include that instead.
    Many people list their current mailing address on the Bill of Sale since that’s where the buyer or DMV would send anything in the future.
  • Buyer’s Address
    For the buyer, use the address where they actually reside, which in your case sounds like it will be your residence they are leasing. If they haven’t moved in yet, they can still list it since it will be their new residence.

Thank you. To summarize, I can use either but simplest may be my permanent residence address to match the title. Buyer can use my residence address as well since they will be living here in a few days. So in this case, the address for seller and buyer will be the same.

Andres Sanchez

Andres Sanchez

You're welcome. Yes that pretty much sums it up. I hope everything works out for you.

Thank you. As you say, I can use either mailing or permanent as seller.

Andres Sanchez

Andres Sanchez

My pleasure. Yes.

Thank you. Have a good Sunday.

Andres Sanchez

Andres Sanchez

You're welcome.

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