PART 5. VEHICLE LICENSE FEE [10701. - 11053.]
Part 5 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 40.
§§ 10701–11053 · 78 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 10701–10706 · 6 sections
- § 10701 This part is known and may be cited as the “Vehicle License Fee Law.”
- § 10702 “Vehicle” means every vehicle subject to registration under the Vehicle Code.
- § 10703 “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- § 10704 “Horseless carriage” means any vehicle within the provisions of Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code.
- § 10705 “Registration year” is the period of time beginning with the date the vehicle is first required to be registered in this state under the provisions of the…
- § 10706 “Year-round registration” is a system whereby the Director of Motor Vehicles designates a date for the expiration of registration of a vehicle and renewal…
CHAPTER 2. Imposition of Fee §§ 10751–10789 · 37 sections
ARTICLE 1. Computation of Fee §§ 10751–10760 · 21 sections
- § 10751 A license fee is hereby imposed for the privilege of operating upon the public highways in this state any vehicle of a type which is subject to registration…
- § 10752 (a) The annual amount of the license fee for any vehicle, other than a trailer or semitrailer, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 5014.1 of the Vehicle…
- § 10752.1 (a) The annual amount of the license fee for a trailer coach which is required to be moved under permit as authorized in Section 35790 of the Vehicle Code…
- § 10752.2 (a) For initial or renewal registrations due on and after May 19, 2009, but before July 1, 2011, in addition to the annual license fee for a vehicle, other…
- § 10752.5 (a) The additional revenue resulting from the amendments made to Sections 10752 and 10752.1, and the addition of Section 17052.2, by Chapter 18 of the Statutes… see note
- § 10752.7 Designated vehicle license fee revenues shall not, for purposes of an ordinance of the County of Nevada that requires that any revenues derived under this part…
- § 10753 (a) Upon the first sale of a new vehicle to a consumer and upon each sale of a used vehicle to a consumer, the department shall determine the market value of…
- § 10753.2 (a) After determining the cost price to the purchaser, as provided in this article, the department shall classify or reclassify every vehicle, other than a…
- § 10753.3 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the market value of a trailer coach which must be moved under permit, for each registration year of its…
- § 10753.4 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, every dealer who sells a trailer coach required to be moved under permit shall state on a certificate attached…
- § 10753.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the annual amount of the license fee for a vehicle that has been assigned a special identification plate or…
- § 10753.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the cost of any modifications to any vehicle which are necessary to enable a disabled person to use or…
- § 10753.7 (a) Upon the sale or transfer of ownership of a used vehicle currently registered in this state, if any license fee due thereon has already been paid, no…
- § 10754.1 For purposes of applying paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 10754, the vehicle license fees, due in 1998 on or before December 31 of that year for a…
- § 10754.11 (a) (1) On August 15, 2006, the Controller shall transfer from the General Fund to the Gap Repayment Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, an…
- § 10755 Whenever, by reason of the assignment or reassignment of an expiration date by the Director of Motor Vehicles, the registration year for the vehicle is less…
- § 10756 If any vehicle which is exempt under Section 10781 or 10782 ceases to be so exempt by reason of change of ownership, the application shall be deemed an…
- § 10757 (a) No additional license fee shall be imposed under this part upon any vehicle upon the transfer of ownership of the vehicle, except as provided under Section…
- § 10758 The license fee imposed under this part is in lieu of all taxes according to value levied for state or local purposes on vehicles of a type subject to…
- § 10759 In computing any fee, offset, or penalty imposed by this chapter, whether on a proration or otherwise, a fraction of a dollar is disregarded, unless it equals…
- § 10760 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mobilehome sold new on or before June 30, 1980, on which the license fee required to be paid under this part…
ARTICLE 1.5. Trailer Coaches §§ 10766–10770 · 5 sections
- § 10766 For the purpose of this article, “trailer coach” shall have the same meaning that is provided in the Vehicle Code.
- § 10767 The provisions of this part shall apply to trailer coaches except as otherwise provided in this article.
- § 10768 Sections 10853, 10854, 10855, and 10856 of this part do not apply to the license fee imposed with respect to trailer coaches.
- § 10769 Whenever any trailer coach is in this State without the license fee having first been paid as required by Section 10851 of this part, the fee is delinquent.
- § 10770 (a) If the fee for an original registration is not paid within 20 days after it becomes delinquent, a penalty equal to 20 percent of the fee shall be added and…
ARTICLE 2. Exemptions §§ 10781–10789 · 11 sections
- § 10781 The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any vehicle owned by the United States, by any foreign government, by a consul or other official…
- § 10781.1 The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any vehicle that is owned by a federally recognized Indian tribe, if the vehicle is used exclusively…
- § 10782 (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any vehicle operated by the state, or by any county, city and county, city, district, or political…
- § 10783 (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to a passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less than 8,001 pounds unladen weight,…
- § 10783.2 (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to a passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less than 8,001 pounds unladen weight,…
- § 10784 (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the Health and Safety Code which is sold…
- § 10785 (a) The license fee imposed by this part shall not apply to any new mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the Health and Safety Code, which is…
- § 10786 The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any vehicle owned by an educational institution of collegiate grade, not conducted for profit, having an…
- § 10787 The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any vehicle operated by the Civil Air Patrol, when the vehicle has been transferred to the Civil Air…
- § 10788 (a) With respect to mobilehomes or trailer coaches subject to the provisions of this part, which are owned by, and which constitute the principal place of…
- § 10789 The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to the following: (a) Any vehicle purchased with federal funds under the authority of paragraph (2) of…
CHAPTER 3. Collections and Refunds §§ 10851–10902 · 14 sections
ARTICLE 1. Payments §§ 10851–10858 · 8 sections
- § 10851 Except as otherwise provided, the vehicle license fee is due and payable to the department each year on or before the expiration date assigned by the director.…
- § 10852 The department shall collect the license fee and shall give to each person paying the license fee a receipt which shall sufficiently designate and identify the…
- § 10853 Whenever any vehicle is operated upon any highway of this State without the license fee having first been paid as required by this part, the fee is delinquent.
- § 10854 Penalties for failure to pay license fees before delinquency are as specified in Section 9554 of the Vehicle Code.
- § 10854.1 If a check in payment of a fee or penalty is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn on its first presentation, the person tendering the check remains liable…
- § 10856 (a) Except as provided in Section 9553 of the Vehicle Code, upon receipt of the application for renewal of registration, the department shall collect the…
- § 10857 No penalty fee shall be assessed for the delinquent payment of a vehicle license fee, when subsequent to the date on which the fee became due, the vehicle is…
- § 10858 (a) When a transferee or purchaser of a vehicle applies for transfer of registration, as provided in Section 5902 of the Vehicle Code, and it is determined by…
ARTICLE 2. Seizure and Sale §§ 10876–10879 · 4 sections
- § 10876 Every license fee and any penalty added thereto, from the date on which the fee becomes due, shall constitute a lien upon the vehicle for which due and upon…
- § 10877 The department shall collect the fee and any penalty by seizure and sale of the vehicle as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 9800) of Chapter 6 of…
- § 10878 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 10877 and 10951, the responsibility and authority for the collection of the following delinquent amounts, and any interest,…
- § 10879 In the case of leased vehicles, for purposes of Section 10877, this section, and Article 6 (commencing with Section 9800) of Chapter 6 of Division 3 of the…
ARTICLE 3. Refunds §§ 10901–10902 · 2 sections
- § 10901 Whenever the department or the Department of Housing and Community Development erroneously collects any license fee or portion of a fee not required to be paid…
- § 10902 (a) In the event of a constructive total loss, in which the repair value exceeds the market value of the vehicle less the anticipated salvage value, or a…
CHAPTER 4. Administration §§ 10951–10952 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 5. Distribution of Proceeds §§ 11001–11006 · 15 sections
- § 11001 (a) All money collected by the department for accepted applications under this part shall be reported monthly to the Controller and, at the same time,…
- § 11001.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 11001, and except as provided in paragraph (2) and in subdivisions (b) and (d), 24.33 percent, and on and after July 1, 2004,…
- § 11002 The money in the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund is hereby appropriated as provided in this chapter.
- § 11003 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the Legislature shall annually determine and appropriate an amount for the use of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the…
- § 11003.1 All license fees on trailer coaches levied and collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 10751 shall be deposited in the State Treasury…
- § 11004 On or before the first day of December of each fiscal year, on order of the Controller, there shall be transferred from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund to…
- § 11004.5 The Controller shall deduct from the allocations he would otherwise make pursuant to Section 11005, the amounts chargeable to each city, county, and city and…
- § 11005 After payment of refunds therefrom and after making the deductions authorized by Section 11003 and reserving the amount determined necessary by the Pooled…
- § 11005.1 (a) Any city or city and county may expend any money received by it pursuant to Section 11005 for: (1) Planning, acquiring, constructing, operating, or…
- § 11005.2 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11005, the Controller shall not allocate any revenue pursuant to paragraph (1) of that subdivision to any city which…
- § 11005.3 (a) In the case of a city that incorporated on or after January 1, 1987, and before August 5, 2004, the Controller shall determine that the population of the…
- § 11005.4 Notwithstanding Section 11005, for the 1993–94 fiscal year only, after payment of refunds therefrom and after making the deductions authorized by Section 11003…
- § 11005.5 The payments provided under Section 11005 shall not be made to any incorporated city which has not held an election of municipal officers within a period of 10…
- § 11005.6 Any city, county, or city and county may apply to the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance to estimate its population. The department may…
- § 11006 (a) Commencing on December 31, 2001, the Controller, in consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Finance, shall recalculate the…
CHAPTER 6. Transportation Improvement Fee §§ 11050–11053 · 4 sections
- § 11050 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Transportation purposes” means both of the following: (1) The research,…
- § 11051 (a) In addition to any other fee imposed on a vehicle by this code or the Vehicle Code, a transportation improvement fee is hereby imposed on each vehicle as…
- § 11052 (a) The annual amount of the transportation improvement fee shall be based on the market value of the vehicle, as determined by the department pursuant to…
- § 11053 Revenues from the transportation improvement fee, after deduction of the department’s administrative costs related to this chapter, shall be transferred by the…