CHAPTER 2. Transfers of Title or Interest [5600. - 6105.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 5600–6105 · 36 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Procedure to Transfer §§ 5600–5604.5 · 7 sections

   • § 5600 (a) No transfer of the title or any interest in or to a vehicle registered under this code shall pass, and any attempted transfer shall not be effective, until…
   • § 5600.5 Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be transferred to two (or more) coowners as transferee to be held provided in Section 682 of the…
   • § 5601 Section 5600 does not apply to involuntary transfers, as upon the taking of possession by a secured party under a security agreement, or to transfers involving…
   • § 5602 An owner who has made a bona fide sale or transfer of a vehicle and has delivered possession of the vehicle to a purchaser is not, by reason of any of the…
   • § 5603 A legal owner may assign his title or interest in or to a vehicle registered under this code to a person other than the owner without the consent of and…
   • § 5604 Every dealer who, upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise, any new or used vehicle of a type subject to registration, requires the transferee to insure…
   • § 5604.5 (a) Every dealer who, upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise, any new or used vehicle of a type subject to registration, requires the transferee to…
2. ARTICLE 2. Endorsement and Delivery of Documents §§ 5750–5753 · 5 sections

   • § 5750 Upon transfer of the title or any interest of the legal owner or owners in a vehicle registered under this code, the transferor shall write his signature, and…
   • § 5751 Upon transfer of the title or interest of the registered owner only in a vehicle registered under this code, the registered owner shall write his signature and…
   • § 5751.5 (a) Upon transfer of the title or interest of the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is subject to Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26…
   • § 5752 (a) When the required certificate of ownership is lost, stolen, damaged, or mutilated, the application for transfer may be made upon a form provided by the…
   • § 5753 (a) It is unlawful for any person to fail or neglect properly to endorse, date, and deliver the certificate of ownership and, when having possession, to…
3. ARTICLE 3. Notice and Application §§ 5900–5912 · 17 sections

   • § 5900 (a) Whenever the owner of a vehicle registered under this code sells or transfers his or her title or interest in, and delivers the possession of, the vehicle…
   • § 5901 (a) Every dealer or lessor-retailer, upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise any vehicle, whether new or used, of a type subject to registration under…
   • § 5902 Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly endorsed certificate of ownership, that person shall, within 10 days thereafter, forward the…
   • § 5902.5 (a) If an application for a registration transaction is filed with the department during the 30 days immediately preceding the date of expiration of…
   • § 5903 When the department receives a copy of the judgment of abandonment and evidence of sale as specified in Section 798.61 of the Civil Code, the department shall…
   • § 5904 Whenever the ownership of any vehicle for which a certificate of ownership has been issued without registration under Section 4452 is transferred, an…
   • § 5905 When a security interest upon a registered vehicle is satisfied, canceled, or released by the parties thereto duly registered as owner and legal owner…
   • § 5906 When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who holds the same for resale and operates or moves the same upon the highways under special plates, the dealer is…
   • § 5906.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), in the case of any transfer, including, but not limited to, a transfer resulting from a sale, lease, gift,…
   • § 5907 A secured party who holds a security interest in a registered vehicle that constitutes inventory as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, who has possession…
   • § 5908 The transferee of a security interest in a registered vehicle need not make application for a transfer of registration when the interest of such transferee…
   • § 5909 (a) Whenever the title or interest of any owner or legal owner in or to a vehicle registered under this code passes to another otherwise than by voluntary…
   • § 5910 (a) Upon the death of an owner or legal owner of a vehicle registered under this code, without the decedent leaving other property necessitating probate, and…
   • § 5910.5 (a) On death of the owner of a vehicle owned in beneficiary form, the vehicle belongs to the surviving beneficiary, if any. If there is no surviving…
   • § 5910.7 (a) If the department makes a transfer pursuant to Section 5910.5, the department is discharged from all liability, whether or not the transfer is consistent…
   • § 5911 Whenever application is made to the department for a transfer of registration of a vehicle to a new owner or legal owner and the applicant is unable to present…
   • § 5912 Whenever application is made to the department for a transfer of registration of a vehicle to a new owner or legal owner and the applicant is unable to present…
4. ARTICLE 4. Transfer by Department §§ 6050–6052 · 3 sections

   • § 6050 (a) The department upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate of ownership and the required fee shall reregister the vehicle under its registration number…
   • § 6051 If the application for a transfer is made in the manner provided in this code the department shall not be required to withhold the transfer of any right,…
   • § 6052 When application is made for transfer of the ownership of a vehicle for which a certificate of ownership has been issued without registration, upon payment of…
5. ARTICLE 5. Transfers Through Wholesale Auctions §§ 6100–6105 · 4 sections

   • § 6100 (a) A dealer who conducts a wholesale motor vehicle auction and reports the sale of the vehicle in the manner prescribed in subdivision (b) of Section 4456…
   • § 6102 For each vehicle sold pursuant to this article, the dealer who conducts the auction shall maintain a copy of the following documents for a period of not less…
   • § 6104 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dealer who purchases a vehicle pursuant to this article has the same rights and remedies against the dealer who…
   • § 6105 This article shall become operative on July 1, 1993.