Dealer Resources
Idaho dealer forms, fees & contacts — one page.
Every form an Idaho dealer touches, explained, along with ITD's fee list, the exact-match rule, and a packet pre-check. Free to use.
Start here
Start with ITD’s vehicle dealers page. It has the current list of licensed Idaho dealers. Every ITD form as a PDF and every Dealer News newsletter are at the bottom of that page.
Form finder
Every form, what it's for, and how it gets rejected
Grouped by stage. Every link goes to ITD's own site.
Getting licensed
ITD 3170Application for a dealership licenseGetting licensed
The dealer license application itself, with ITD's packet checklist and the fees printed on it. File it with $190.00, plus $300.00 ICAR for a retail dealer, once your class certificate, bond, insurance and zoning are ready.
ITD 3171Personal history and salesperson applicationGetting licensed
With the application, one for each owner, officer or director. Later, anyone you hire to sell needs a salesman license on this same form, $36.00 on ITD's fee list. Once signed and mailed with the fee, a copy acts as the salesperson's temporary license for up to 60 days from the signature date.
ITD 3635Application for dealer platesGetting licensed
How a licensed dealer orders dealer plates. Current plate prices are printed on the order form the investigator gives you at inspection (ITD 3635 for dealer plates, ITD 3169 for loaner plates) — ITD updates them without notice, so use the form’s price. All your dealer plates renew with the license.
ITD 4014Credit card payment authorizationGetting licensed
The form for paying ITD by card instead of by check. Credit card payments to ITD carry a service fee.
ITD 3181Personal history and application for factory representativeGetting licensed
For a manufacturer's factory representative only. It is not the owner's personal history form — owners file ITD 3171.
ITD 3188Application for out-of-state distributor licenseGetting licensed
For an out-of-state distributor, not for an Idaho dealership.
ITD 0501Statement of authorization to sell new vehiclesGetting licensed
For a dealership selling a new-vehicle line. The manufacturer's statement or certificate of origin is reassigned to the buyer and kept by the dealership for five years.
ITD 3198Off-site temporary supplemental lotGetting licensed
For a sale away from your lot — an auto show, auction, shopping center promotion or tent sale — for no more than 10 calendar days. $44.00 for one dealer, $88 for two or more, and each dealer completes an application. The site has to meet local zoning and building codes.
ITD 3169Loaner plate or registration order and renewalGetting licensed
How a dealer orders new loaner plates or renews them. Loaner plates are ordered on ITD 3169 and prorated to your license year.
ITD 3200Electronic record storage acknowledgmentGetting licensed
File it at least 30 days before you start keeping your records electronically. Electronic records have to be produced within 3 business days when ITD asks.
ITD 3201Off-site record storage acknowledgmentGetting licensed
File it at least 30 days before your records move to an off-site address. Off-site records go in a locking file cabinet inside an enclosed, lockable structure, and have to be produced within 3 business days when ITD asks.
Every sale
ITD 0502Report of sale and application for certificate of titleEvery sale
The title application for every sale. Order paper 502s on ITD 3195, or complete e502s online in the ITD Dealer Portal. ITD's vehicle dealers page also has a 502 interactive guide.
FTCBuyers Guide — the window formEvery sale
The federal window form displayed on every used vehicle you offer for sale — AS IS or warranty terms, marked before the customer ever asks. It is federal law.
Official form (EN) — ftc.gov → · Official form (ES) — ftc.gov →
IRS 8300Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000Every sale
Filed within 15 days when a deal brings in more than $10,000 in cash or certain cash-like payments — including payments that are related across a single deal.
ITD 3195Retail dealer request for title applicationsEvery sale
How a retail dealer orders paper title applications (502s).
ITD 3204Titles transmittal for dealersEvery sale
The cover sheet a dealer sends with title work.
ITD 3203Titles transmittal, rush items onlyEvery sale
The same cover sheet, for rush title items only.
ITD 376330-day temporary registration permits order formEvery sale
Paper 30-day temporary registrations, for out-of-state buyers only, $180.00 per book of 20. ITD is replacing the paper books: the Dealer Portal now issues 30-day temporary registrations electronically.
ITD 1036Dealer notice of rescinded saleEvery sale
For a sale that comes back and is completely undone. Email it to dmvtitles@itd.idaho.gov, or take it to your local county DMV office, and keep a copy for your records.
ITD 3415Vehicle consignment with a licensed Idaho dealerEvery sale
The consignment agreement when you sell a vehicle for its owner. Keep the completed copy and its attachments in the vehicle record file for audit.
ITD 3909Vehicle ownership bondEvery sale
The bond used when ITD is not satisfied as to the ownership of a vehicle being titled.
ITD 3312Application for a salvage certificateEvery sale
A salvage vehicle carries a salvage certificate, which takes the place of its title. This is the application. The salvage certificate fee is $14.00.
ITD 3311Salvage Vehicle StatementEvery sale
After a salvage vehicle is repaired to Idaho's equipment requirements, the owner takes the salvage certificate to the county assessor's motor vehicle office, completes this form and pays a $14.00 title fee. The new title reads “Rebuilt Salvage” for the life of the vehicle. See salvage and rebuilt titles.
Running the lot
ITD 3628Consumer complaint and request for investigationRunning the lot
The form a buyer files to start an ICAR claim. Retail dealers pay into ICAR, the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Fund, with the initial application and at each renewal; wholesale-only dealers are exempt. ICAR claims are open to Idaho residents only.
SignThe posted-sign requirement (not a form)Running the lot
A permanent exterior sign, affixed to the land or building, with the dealership's trade name clearly visible from fifty feet. The location also needs a business phone listed in the dealership's name.
Every ITD form above is listed on ITD's vehicle dealers page or in its salvage fact sheet; the two federal forms come from ftc.gov and irs.gov. Download the current copy each time.
Fee list
What licensing actually costs
ITD's dealer fees, itemized. The quote items — bond premium, insurance, local permits — go on top. There is a full cost guide too, with every figure and its source.
Your estimate
Bond premium, insurance and local permits are quotes, so they are not in this total. Plates are ordered after the license is issued, at the price printed on the order form.
Get quotes for these — not ITD fees
Not ITD fees, but on your list
A wholesale dealer does not pay ICAR. Credit card payments to ITD carry a service fee. Paper 30-day temporary registration books are being replaced by the Dealer Portal. Fees change — confirm current amounts with ITD Dealer Operations before budgeting.
Exact match
Will ITD bounce your paperwork?
ITD matches your names and address across the documents in your packet.
Pick one exact format for your business name and address before you order anything. Use it on the Secretary of State record, the assumed name, the bond, the insurance certificate, the seller's permit, the lease, ITD 3170 and your sign.
Ask the ITD Dealer Team to check your name before you commit to it: that it is not deceptively similar to another dealer's, before the name lands on your business record, bond and sign.
Check your documents
Everything you type stays on this page. Nothing is sent anywhere. A green check is your own pre-check, not ITD's decision.
Packet pre-check
Will your packet bounce? Run the full pre-check
Every line below comes from ITD's own application form.
We email the whole packet as a printable checklist.
Or open the printable checklist now.
Directory
Who you'll actually deal with
The offices behind every form on this page.
State agencies
ITD Dealer Operations — dealer licensing
208-584-4343 (option 2, then 6) · Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m. MST
dealers@itd.idaho.gov · itd.idaho.gov → vehicle dealers
ICAR claims — buyers start with ITD 3628
DealerComplaints@itd.idaho.gov
Secretary of State — business entity and assumed name
sos.idaho.gov
Idaho State Tax Commission — seller's permit, through the IBR application
1-800-972-7660 · tax.idaho.gov → seller's permits
County assessor's motor vehicle office — rebuilt salvage titles
Bond & insurance
A surety writes the $20,000 bond ($40,000 for a wholesale dealer). Get two or three quotes; your surety sets the premium, not ITD.
Ask about liability insurance in the same call. Minimums: $25,000 bodily injury for one person, $50,000 for two or more, $15,000 property damage. Acord 25 is preferred; Acord 30 (garage liability) is also accepted. See the dealer bond.
Your city or county
Planning & zoning first — ask what your location needs before you sign a lease.
The signed zoning approval goes in your ITD packet.
Electronic titling
ITD Dealer Portal — complete e502 title applications online and issue 30-day temporary registrations for out-of-state buyers. To enroll, email dealers@itd.idaho.gov with the dealership name, dealer number, the owner who will be the administrator, that owner's email and a contact phone.
VITU — named in ITD's July 2026 dealer newsletter as an authorized electronic titling provider. Questions about VITU go to the same ITD email.
New to the process? The full step-by-step guide is free →
Guides on cost, the bond, plates and more →
This page is general guidance, not legal advice. Fees, forms, and rules change — confirm current requirements with ITD Dealer Operations (208-584-4343), the Idaho State Tax Commission, and your city or county before relying on them.