CHAPTER 2. Registration of Off-Highway Vehicles; Original and Renewal of Identification; Issuance of Certificates of Ownership [38010. - 38265.]

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1816.

§§ 38010–38265 · 68 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Motor Vehicles Subject to Identification §§ 38010–38030 · 14 sections

   • § 38010 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a motor vehicle specified in subdivision (b) of Section 38012 that is not registered under this code…
   • § 38012 (a) As used in this division, “off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification” means a motor vehicle subject to subdivision (a) of Section 38010. (b) As…
   • § 38013 Unless otherwise provided, the terms “identification” and “identification certificate” shall have the same meaning as the terms “registration” and…
   • § 38014 As used in this division, “closed course” includes, but is not limited to, a speedway, racetrack, or a prescribed and defined route of travel on or off a…
   • § 38020 Except as otherwise provided in this division, a person shall not operate or leave standing an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification under this…
   • § 38021 (a) A manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, or his agent, owning or lawfully possessing any off-highway motor vehicle of a type otherwise required to be…
   • § 38022 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4000, motorcycles issued a special transportation identification device pursuant to Section 38088 may be transported…
   • § 38025 In accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 4000, a motor vehicle issued a plate or device pursuant to Section 38160 may be operated or driven upon a highway…
   • § 38026 (a) In addition to Section 38025 and after complying with subdivision (c) of this section, if a local authority, an agency of the federal government, or the…
   • § 38026.2 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), the City of Needles may establish a pilot project to designate combined-use highways on roads in the city for no…
   • § 38026.3 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the Department of Parks and Recreation may establish a pilot project to designate combined-use highways on roads in…
   • § 38026.5 (a) In accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 4000, a motor vehicle issued a plate or device pursuant to Section 38160 may be operated or driven on a local…
   • § 38027 Motor-driven cycles issued a plate or device pursuant to Section 38160 may be moved, by nonmechanical means only, adjacent to a roadway, in such a manner so as…
   • § 38030 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 38020, an unidentified off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification may be left standing upon a highway or…
2. ARTICLE 2. Original Identification §§ 38040–38060 · 6 sections

   • § 38040 Application for the original identification of a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, required to be identified pursuant to this division shall be made by…
   • § 38041 Application for the original identification of a motorcycle shall be made by the owner to the department upon the appropriate form furnished by it, and shall…
   • § 38045 Ownership of title to an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification under this division may be held by two (or more) coowners as provided in Section…
   • § 38050 In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence of ownership upon application for identification or transfer of a vehicle, the department may…
   • § 38055 In the event the vehicle is no longer identified in this state and the currently valid certificate of ownership is surrendered to the department, the bond or…
   • § 38060 (a) Whenever any person, after making application for identification of an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, or after the identification…
3. ARTICLE 3. Evidences of Identification §§ 38070–38100 · 12 sections

   • § 38070 The department, upon identifying an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, shall issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and an…
   • § 38075 (a) The identification certificate shall contain upon the face thereof the date issued, the name and residence or business or mailing address of the owner and…
   • § 38076 The certificate of ownership shall contain: (a) Not less than the information required upon the face of the identification certificate. (b) Provision for…
   • § 38080 (a) The department may authorize, under Section 4456, dealers licensed under Article 1 (commencing with Section 11700) of Chapter 4 of Division 5 to use the…
   • § 38085 (a) Every owner upon receipt of an identification certificate shall maintain the same or a facsimile copy thereof with the vehicle for which it is issued at…
   • § 38087 (a) Upon payment of the fees specified in Section 38231, the department may issue to manufacturers, dealers, distributors, or their agents, a special permit to…
   • § 38087.5 (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 38231.5, the Department of Parks and Recreation may issue to a nonresident of this state a special permit to…
   • § 38087.7 (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 38231.7, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall issue an annual special permit, to be known as the…
   • § 38088 (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 38232, the department shall issue to the owner of a motorcycle, which the owner has certified as being used…
   • § 38090 If any identification certificate or identification plate or device is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the owner of the vehicle for which the same was…
   • § 38095 If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the legal owner or, if none, the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued as…
   • § 38100 The provisions of Sections 4458, 4460, 4461, 4462, 4463, and 4464 shall be fully applicable to motor vehicles identified under this division and the terms…
4. ARTICLE 4. Renewal of Identification §§ 38110–38135 · 7 sections

   • § 38110 Certificates of ownership shall not be renewed but shall remain valid until suspended, revoked, or canceled by the department for cause or upon transfer of any…
   • § 38115 Every motor vehicle identification and identification certificate issued pursuant to this division shall expire at midnight on the 30th day of June in the…
   • § 38120 (a) Application for renewal of identification of off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification shall be made by the owner not later than midnight of the…
   • § 38121 (a) Prior to the expiration of the identification of an off-highway motor vehicle, if that identification is not to be renewed prior to its expiration, the…
   • § 38125 Whenever by reason of the theft or embezzlement of an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification the owner or legal owner is not in possession of the…
   • § 38130 When application for identification of an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification has been made as required by this division, the vehicle may be…
   • § 38135 The department may, upon renewing of an identification of off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification, issue a new identification certificate or may…
5. ARTICLE 5. Refusal of Identification §§ 38145–38150 · 2 sections

   • § 38145 The department shall refuse the identification or renewal or transfer of identification of an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification upon any of…
   • § 38150 The department may refuse the identification or renewal or transfer of identification of an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification in any of the…
6. ARTICLE 6. Identification Plate or Device §§ 38160–38170 · 3 sections

   • § 38160 The department, upon identifying an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, shall issue to the owner a suitable identification plate or device…
   • § 38165 (a) The department shall determine the size, color, and letters or number of the plate or device issued pursuant to this division and the life of the series of…
   • § 38170 (a) Every off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification shall have displayed upon it the identification number assigned to the vehicle for which it is…
7. ARTICLE 7. Dismantling of Off-Highway Motor Vehicles §§ 38180–38185 · 2 sections

   • § 38180 Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11500) of Division 5 shall be applicable to off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification, except as provided in this…
   • § 38185 No off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification which has been reported dismantled or sold as salvage may be subsequently identified until it has been…
8. ARTICLE 8. Transfers of Title or Interest §§ 38195–38211 · 5 sections

   • § 38195 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5600) of Division 3 shall be applicable to off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification, and the…
   • § 38200 (a) Every licensed dealer upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise any off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, whether new or used, of a…
   • § 38205 Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly endorsed certificate of ownership, he or she shall, within 10 days thereafter, endorse the ownership…
   • § 38210 When the transferee of an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification is a dealer who holds such vehicle for resale, the dealer is not required to make…
   • § 38211 (a) The department shall withhold identification of or the transfer of ownership of any vehicle subject to identification under this division until the…
9. ARTICLE 9. Identification Fees §§ 38225–38265 · 17 sections

   • § 38225 (a) A service fee of seven dollars ($7) shall be paid to the department for the issuance or renewal of identification of off-highway motor vehicles subject to…
   • § 38225.4 In addition to the service fees specified in subdivision (a) of Section 38225, as amended by Section 6 of Chapter 964 of the Statutes of 1992, a fee of three…
   • § 38225.5 In addition to the service fees specified in Section 38225, a fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid at the time of issuance or renewal of identification of…
   • § 38230 In addition to the fees imposed by Section 38225, there shall be paid a four-dollar ($4) fee for the issuance or renewal of identification for every…
   • § 38231 The fees for a special permit issued under Section 38087 shall be the prevailing identification fees as set forth in Sections 38225 and 38230 and shall be…
   • § 38231.5 (a) The fee for a special permit issued under Section 38087.5 shall be not less than twenty dollars ($20), as established by the Department of Parks and…
   • § 38231.7 The Department of Parks and Recreation shall set, and may adjust, the amount of the fee to recover the operating and administrative costs of a sanctioned event…
   • § 38232 A special fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid to the department for the issuance of a special transportation identification device issued pursuant to…
   • § 38235 All money collected by the department under Section 38230 shall be reported monthly to the Controller and at the same time be deposited in the State Treasury…
   • § 38240 (a) The Controller shall allocate the fees collected under Section 38230 in July and January of each fiscal year to cities and counties based upon the…
   • § 38245 Whenever an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification is operated or transported in this state without the fees required by this division having…
   • § 38246 (a) A penalty shall be added upon any application for renewal of identification made on or after the day following the expiration date, except as provided in…
   • § 38247 (a) When a transferee or purchaser of a vehicle applies for transfer of identification, as provided in Section 38205, and it is determined by the department…
   • § 38250 Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly endorsed certificate of ownership and the transfer fee has not been paid as required by this division…
   • § 38255 Upon application for transfer of ownership or any interest of an owner, or legal owner in or to any off-highway motor vehicle identified under this division,…
   • § 38260 Upon application for a duplicate ownership certificate or identification certificate, or a duplicate or substitute identification plate or device, or any other…
   • § 38265 (a) The penalty for delinquency in respect to any transfer shall be fifteen dollars ($15), and shall apply only to the last transfer. (b) The penalty for…