Certificate of title — Mississippi Permit Test
Certificate of title on the Mississippi permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Every vehicle in Mississippi must have a Certificate of Title.
The title is the proof of who owns the car; without it you cannot show the car is yours to sell.
Every vehicle must have a Certificate of Title.
New and used car dealers furnish the title applications for the vehicles they sell.
Buyers who know the dealer starts the title paperwork can check that it was done before driving off.
Title applications are furnished by new and used car dealers for the vehicles they sell.
A Mississippi title application must be supported by a bill of sale and two years' tag receipts.
Without proof of the sale and past tags, the state cannot be sure the seller had the right to sell.
Title applications must be supported by a bill of sale and two years’ tag receipts.
If you bring a vehicle into Mississippi, you need only present your out-of-state title to apply for a Mississippi title.
New residents who know what to bring save a wasted trip and get titled in time.
If you are bringing a vehicle into Mississippi, you need only present your out-of-state title to apply.
By law, all licensed motor vehicle dealers and all county tax collectors must be qualified to accept title applications.
Knowing where titles are taken keeps you from handing papers to someone who cannot file them.
All licensed motor vehicle dealers and all county tax collectors must be qualified, by law, to accept title applications.
On the test
Which vehicles in Mississippi must have a Certificate of Title?
Every vehicle. The title is the proof of who owns the car; without it you cannot show the car is yours to sell. Mississippi Driver's License Manual, p.75: “Every vehicle must have a Certificate of Title.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Mississippi Driver's License Manual, published by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS.pdf (Mississippi Driver's License Manual, Revised December 2024, Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS-exam.html (31 Miss. Code. R. 1-2.3 as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json under examSource)
- https://www.driverservicebureau.dps.ms.gov/Drivers/Learners_Permit (read 2026-10-04; links the manual, states no count or mark)
- https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000383c.pdf (Title 31 Part 1, Driver Services Administrative Code; Rule 2.3 item 9: "A grade of 80% will be required on any and all tests issued for a Temporary Permit.")
- https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00013644b.pdf (the 2006 filing whose "30 question" sentence the 2013 and 2014 re-filings struck; not used)