A Texas motor vehicle power of attorney (POA) is a legal document that lets a vehicle owner name someone to act for them in a vehicle transaction. The Texas form is called VTR-271. It is one type of power of attorney form, and our guide to Texas POA forms lists the others. Fill out the FormsPal template online and print it.
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A vehicle power of attorney is a short document that lets another person or an entity act for the owner with a specific vehicle. The owner is the principal, also called the grantor. The person who receives the authority is the attorney, also called the grantee. The form on this page uses the terms grantor and grantee.
Every state has its laws that govern these documents. It often has to be notarized. Sometimes public authorities of the state recommend a vehicle POA template.
A vehicle POA usually contains:
Laws regulating the creation of POA forms in Texas are prescribed in Section 501.076 of the Texas Transportation Code. For a vehicle POA, notarization is not required in this state; however, the vehicle owner must sign the form.
In Texas, a vehicle POA form is also referred to as the VTR-271 Form.
This table summarizes the FormsPal template. It shows the document name, the state form name, the average time to fill out the form and the available format, and links to the state agency.
| Document Name | Texas Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney Form |
| State Form Name | Texas Form VTR-271 |
| Relevant Link | Texas Department of Motor Vehicles |
| Avg. Time to Fill Out | 7 minutes |
| # of Fillable Fields | 16 |
| Available Formats | Adobe PDF |
The steps below follow the FormsPal template this page hands out, which uses the layout of Texas Form VTR-271. The form fits on one page and has three blocks to fill in: the vehicle, the people involved and the signature.
The screenshots under each step show the FormsPal Texas Motor Vehicle Power of Attorney template filled with sample entries in blue, so you can see where each answer goes. The names, addresses, dates and amounts are examples only.
Once every field is filled in, print the form and read it through with the person you named as grantee. Check that the names on the form match the names on your IDs, and that the vehicle details match the title.
It is a document in which a vehicle owner, the grantor, names another person or an entity, the grantee, to act for them in a vehicle transaction. The Texas version is called Form VTR-271.
It has spaces for these details:
The grantor is the vehicle owner who gives the authority. The grantee is the person or entity the owner names to act for them.
Yes. Select Create My Document at the top of this page, answer a few questions, then download or print the finished form. You can also download the PDF and fill it in with the PDF editor.
Check that the vehicle details match the title, that the names match the IDs, and that the date is filled in. Then keep a signed copy with your vehicle documents.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
