Paid off your Fifth Third Auto loan? Getting the lien release and title
Fifth Third says it releases all vehicle liens within 10 business days of payoff. If it held a paper title, you receive the title with its lien released. If you hold the title yourself, it provides a release of lien.
How to ask Fifth Third Auto for the release or title
If nothing arrived, see the next step below.
Everything Fifth Third Auto says about payoff
Fifth Third says it releases all vehicle liens within 10 business days of payoff. If it held a paper title, you receive the title with its lien released. If you hold the title yourself, it provides a release of lien. If it held the lien electronically with your state, you receive a letter with instructions specific to your state's process. If you moved out of state after the loan began and did not work with Fifth Third to transfer the vehicle to the new state, it says your title and release are processed under your prior state's titling requirements, so you should contact it right away with your current mailing information.
To request a lien release if your documents were misplaced and Fifth Third held the lien, message Fifth Third 24/7 through online banking at 53.com or its mobile app, or call 800-972-3030, Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET. Have the VIN, the year, make and model, the state where the vehicle was last titled, and the name as it appears on the title ready.
If it never arrived: Fifth Third says that if your documents were misplaced and it held the lien, you can request a lien release by messaging it through online banking at 53.com or the mobile app, or by calling 800-972-3030. It also says that updating your address with Fifth Third does not update it with the DMV, which can delay your registration renewal or keep you from receiving your title after payoff, so update the DMV as well.
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Where to reach Fifth Third Auto
Copied from the lender's published pages. Contacts change, so confirm before mailing originals.
Where to send a title or lien release request
- Online: To request a lien release if your documents were misplaced and Fifth Third held the lien; available 24/7
- Secure message in Fifth Third online banking at 53.com or the mobile app
- Phone: To request a lien release if your documents were misplaced and Fifth Third held the lien; Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET
- 800-972-3030
Other published contacts
The lender describes each one below. Check the purpose before you use one.
- Mail: For third-party payoffs; not for lien release requests
- Fifth Third Bank, Attn: Installment Loans, 5050 Kingsley Drive, MD 1MOC2J, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- Mail: For loan payments by check or money order; not for lien release requests
- Fifth Third Bank, N.A., PO Box 630778, Cincinnati, OH 45263
For a state DMV's title requests (including your new state's)
- Mail: Where a DMV sends its request for the original paper title on DMV letterhead, including your new state's; not for lien release requests
- Fifth Third Bank, Attn: Out of State Transfers, MD# 1MOB1S, 5001 Kingsley Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45227
- Fax: Where a DMV faxes its request for the original paper title on DMV letterhead, including your new state's; not for lien release requests
- 513-534-3479
Lien release rules where the car is titled
Each state sets who sends the title, the lender deadline, and what to do if the lender is gone. Lender out of business?
We have not published New Mexico, Utah or Wyoming yet. Ask that state's title agency for the lender's release deadline.
Get the Fifth Third Auto lien release finished
Your Fifth Third Auto loan is paid off but the title, the release, or the state record still isn't right. We check the path and prepare the paperwork for you to sign and send.
Do it yourself, free
Follow your state's official steps and use its form, build a free request letter, and use the official lookups. All of it is on this site and none of it needs us.
Paid help
We find the release path for your state and lender and prepare the request and any state form. You sign and send it.
Follow-up: Structured case updates plus lender and state milestone coordination through one final proof check, for up to 30 calendar days after the initial report is delivered. We cannot guarantee a release, a clear title or a date.
Lenders that are out of business or merged, court orders, and bonded titles are not included; those cases are reviewed and quoted separately.
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Moving to another state with a Fifth Third Auto loan
If the loan is still open and you are moving, the lender keeps the title and sends it to the new state.
Fifth Third Auto pages behind this guide
Checked Oct 7, 2026.
Fifth Third Auto lien release questions
- How long does Fifth Third Auto take to release the lien?
- Fifth Third Auto publishes a release of all vehicle liens within 10 business days of payoff. Your state may also set a legal deadline; check your state's page.
- Where does Fifth Third Auto send the title after payoff?
- Fifth Third says it releases all vehicle liens within 10 business days of payoff. If it held a paper title, you receive the title with its lien released. If you hold the title yourself, it provides a release of lien. If it held the lien electronically with your state, you receive a letter with instructions specific to your state's process. If you moved out of state after the loan began and did not work with Fifth Third to transfer the vehicle to the new state, it says your title and release are processed under your prior state's titling requirements, so you should contact it right away with your current mailing information.
- What if the title or lien release never arrived?
- Fifth Third says that if your documents were misplaced and it held the lien, you can request a lien release by messaging it through online banking at 53.com or the mobile app, or by calling 800-972-3030. It also says that updating your address with Fifth Third does not update it with the DMV, which can delay your registration renewal or keep you from receiving your title after payoff, so update the DMV as well.
- Where do I send a lien release or title request to Fifth Third Auto?
- Online: Secure message in Fifth Third online banking at 53.com or the mobile app. To request a lien release if your documents were misplaced and Fifth Third held the lien; available 24/7. Phone: 800-972-3030. To request a lien release if your documents were misplaced and Fifth Third held the lien; Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ET.