CHAPTER 6. Registration and Weight Fees [9101. - 9808.]
Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 9101–9808 · 109 sections
ARTICLE 1. Exemptions §§ 9101–9107 · 10 sections
- § 9101 No fees specified in this code, except fees not exempted under Section 9103, need be paid for any vehicle operated by the state, or by any county, city,…
- § 9102 The fees specified in this code except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards need not be paid for any vehicle owned by an educational institution…
- § 9102.5 (a) In lieu of all other fees which are specified in this code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards, a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall…
- § 9103 (a) Fees specified in this code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards, are not required to be paid for any vehicle of a type subject to…
- § 9104 The fees specified in this code except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards need not be paid for any vehicle of a type subject to registration…
- § 9104.2 The fees specified in this code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards need not be paid for a vehicle of a type subject to registration…
- § 9104.5 The fees specified in this code, except fees for registration under Section 9250, need not be paid for any vehicle of a type subject to registration under this…
- § 9105 (a) Except for fees for duplicate license plates, duplicate certificates, or duplicate cards, the fees specified in this code need not be paid for a vehicle…
- § 9106 The fees specified in this code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates or cards, need not be paid for any vehicle of a type subject to registration…
- § 9107 The weight fees for commercial vehicles specified in Sections 9400 and 9400.1 do not apply to any of the following: (a) A vehicle operated by a passenger stage…
ARTICLE 2. Registration Fees §§ 9250–9271 · 46 sections
- § 9250 (a) A registration fee of forty-three dollars ($43) shall be paid to the department for the registration of each vehicle or trailer coach of a type subject to…
- § 9250.1 (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in Section 9250 shall be increased by three dollars ($3). (b) Two dollars ($2) of the increase shall be deposited…
- § 9250.2 (a) The department, if requested by the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District pursuant to Section 41081 of the Health and Safety Code, shall…
- § 9250.4 (a) The department shall, if requested by a countywide transportation planning agency, collect the fee imposed pursuant to Section 65089.20 of the Government…
- § 9250.5 (a) The department shall, if requested by the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, collect the fee imposed pursuant to Section 65089.11…
- § 9250.6 (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code, or the Revenue and Taxation Code, commencing July 1, 2020, a road improvement fee of one hundred…
- § 9250.7 (a) (1) A service authority established under Section 22710 may impose a service fee of one dollar ($1) on all vehicles, except vehicles described in…
- § 9250.8 (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, a fee of three dollars ($3) shall be paid at the time of…
- § 9250.9 All fees received by the department pursuant to Section 9250.8 shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. The money…
- § 9250.10 (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, any additional fees imposed by a service authority for freeway…
- § 9250.11 (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, a fee of one dollar ($1) may be imposed by the South Coast Air…
- § 9250.12 (a) For purposes of this section, “county” means the City and County of San Francisco. (b) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue…
- § 9250.13 (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, a fee of eighteen dollars ($18) shall be paid at the time of…
- § 9250.14 (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, upon the adoption of a resolution by any county board of…
- § 9250.15 (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code, the department shall collect an administrative service fee in the amount authorized under subdivision…
- § 9250.16 (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code, the Health and Safety Code, and the Revenue and Taxation Code, a surcharge of one dollar ($1) may be…
- § 9250.17 (a) The department shall, if requested by a county air pollution control district, air quality management district, or unified or regional air pollution…
- § 9250.18 (a) The department shall collect the administrative fee established pursuant to Sections 44081 and 44081.6 of the Health and Safety Code upon the renewal of…
- § 9250.19 (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to this subdivision…
- § 9252 (a) In addition to the registration fee specified in Section 9250 and any weight fee, there shall be paid a service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for the…
- § 9254 A service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid to the department for a certificate of ownership issued without registration of the vehicle.
- § 9255 Upon application for the transfer of the title or any interest of an owner or legal owner in or to a vehicle registered under this code, or for which a…
- § 9255.1 A service fee of two dollars ($2), in addition to other required fees, shall be paid to the department upon the initial issuance of a registration card…
- § 9255.2 (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, a fee of not more than fifty dollars ($50), as determined by the…
- § 9255.3 Notwithstanding Section 9255, any vehicle transferred pursuant to Section 14607.6 shall be subject to a title transfer fee equal to the department’s actual…
- § 9255.5 Upon application for transfer of registration pursuant to Section 5911, a fee as specified in Section 9265 shall be paid to the department in addition to the…
- § 9256 Upon filing with the department an application for transfer of registration to the chattel mortgagee as provided herein there shall be paid to the department a…
- § 9257 Every notice of the installation in a vehicle of a motor vehicle engine or motor required to be filed under Section 4161 shall be accompanied by a filing fee…
- § 9257.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a fee of fifty dollars ($50) shall be paid for each temporary permit issued pursuant to Section 4156 when a…
- § 9258 A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid to the department for each one-trip permit issued pursuant to Section 4003.
- § 9258.5 A fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) shall be paid to the department for each one-trip permit issued pursuant to Section 4003.5.
- § 9259 A fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid for each sticker or device issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 of Division 3 or for each…
- § 9259.3 For each application to include an additional operating area or a registration issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 of Division…
- § 9259.5 For each application for immediate telephone service for a registration issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 of Division 3, the…
- § 9260 (a) The fee for a temporary registration issued under Section 4004 is one-quarter of the annual fees in Division 3 (commencing with Section 4000) of this code…
- § 9261 (a) A service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid for an identification plate issued pursuant to Section 5014. Publicly owned special construction…
- § 9261.1 (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in Section 9261, as adjusted pursuant to Section 1678, shall be increased by five dollars ($5). (b) Two dollars…
- § 9262 (a) The fee for a license issued to dealers and lessor-retailers is as follows: (1) For the original license, or an ownership change which requires a new…
- § 9262.5 It is the intent of the Legislature, in amending Section 9262 in 2009 to increase the fee for the annual renewal of the license of a dealer and of a…
- § 9263 Any automobile dismantler who fails to comply with Section 11520, or any other person who fails to comply with Section 5500 or 11520, shall pay an…
- § 9265 Upon application for duplicates or substitutes as permitted under this code, the following fees shall be paid: (a)For a duplicate certificate of ownership or…
- § 9266 The fee for a temporary permit issued under Section 5010 is one-tenth of the annual fees in Division 3 (commencing with Section 4000) of this code and Part 5…
- § 9266.5 The fee for a temporary permit issued under subdivision (b) of Section 9102.5 is one-tenth of the annual fees in Division 3 (commencing with Section 4000) of…
- § 9268 In addition to any other registration fee and notwithstanding Section 9559, an additional fee of one dollar ($1) shall be collected upon the original…
- § 9269 A licensed automobile dismantler who acquires, for the purpose of dismantling, a vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code, and who complies…
- § 9271 In addition to any other fees specified in this code, a fee sufficient to cover the department’s costs for the inspections performed pursuant to Section 5505…
ARTICLE 3. Weight Fees §§ 9400–9410 · 15 sections
- § 9400 Except as provided in Section 9400.1, and in addition to any other registration fee, there shall be paid the fees set forth in this section for the…
- § 9400.1 (a) (1) In addition to any other required fee, there shall be paid the fees set forth in this section for the registration of commercial motor vehicles…
- § 9400.3 (a) In order to ensure that Chapter 973 of the Statutes of 2000 is implemented as originally intended by the Legislature, the department may not assess the…
- § 9400.4 Weight fee revenue deposited into the State Highway Account pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 9400.1 and subdivision (a) of Section 42205 net of amounts…
- § 9400.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for restrictions in existence on June 1, 1989, and except as provided in subdivision (d), so long as any…
- § 9400.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the voters approve Senate Constitutional Amendment 1 of the 1989–90 Regular Session, no local agency may impose…
- § 9401 (a) Motor vehicles manufactured in or prior to 1936, are exempted from the payment of the weight fees provided for in Section 9400. (b) Notwithstanding…
- § 9404 (a) Station wagons, except those used in the transportation of passengers for hire, are exempted from the payment of weight fees provided for in Section 9400.…
- § 9405 Agricultural water-well boring rigs are exempt from the fees provided in Section 9400.
- § 9406 Alterations or additions to registered vehicles for which fees have been paid under Section 9400 or 9400.1 placing the vehicles in weight fee classifications…
- § 9406.1 Prior to operation of a vehicle at a declared gross vehicle weight greater than reported to, and registered by, the department, the owner shall make…
- § 9407 The fee required under Section 9400 and 9400.1 shall be reduced proportionately for each month which has elapsed since the expiration of the last issued…
- § 9408 (a) Whenever any registered commercial vehicle, including, but not limited to, any commercial vehicle operating in California with apportioned registration,…
- § 9409 Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading and unloading and for stacking materials and is operated or drawn along a highway unladen is exempt…
- § 9410 (a) One commercial vehicle weighing less than 8,001 pounds unladen, which displays the distinguishing license plate designated in, and is registered to a…
ARTICLE 4. Payment of Fees §§ 9550–9564 · 23 sections
- § 9550 All fees required to be paid by a vehicle dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch,…
- § 9551 All fees required to be paid by an automobile dismantler, in accordance with this code, for any license, or special plates, shall be paid at the time…
- § 9551.2 (a) When an application is made for a renewal or initial registration of a vehicle, the department shall apply the amount of any operative offset established…
- § 9552 (a) Whenever any vehicle is operated upon any highway of this state without the fees first having been paid as required by this code, and those fees have not…
- § 9553 (a) A penalty shall be added upon any delinquent application as provided in Section 9552, except as provided in Section 4604 or 9706, or in subdivision (b).…
- § 9553.5 (a) Whenever fees have not been paid in full for an application for registration of vehicles registered pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of…
- § 9553.7 The penalty for delinquency with respect to any transfer is fifteen dollars ($15) and applies only to the last transfer.
- § 9554 (a) (1) A penalty shall be added on any application for renewal of registration made later than midnight of the date of expiration or on or after the date…
- § 9554.1 The amount of any penalty calculated pursuant to Section 9554 or subdivision (b) of Section 18116 of the Health and Safety Code shall be reduced by the amount…
- § 9554.2 Upon the operation of a commercial motor vehicle at a greater gross vehicle weight than had been reported to and registered by the department, a new…
- § 9554.5 (a) On and after January 1, 2003, a penalty shall be added on any application for original registration made later than midnight of the date of expiration or…
- § 9555 Whenever any trailer coach is in this State without the registration fee having first been paid as required by this code, the fee is delinquent.
- § 9556 Whenever any person or organization authorized by the department under Section 4610 receives an application for renewal of registration accompanied by the…
- § 9557 (a) No penalty shall be imposed for delinquent payment of any fee required to be paid under this code in the event any instrument for effective payment of such…
- § 9558 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…
- § 9559 In computing any registration or weight fee or penalty imposed by this code, whether on a proration or otherwise, a fraction of a dollar is disregarded, unless…
- § 9559.5 When, by reason of the assignment or reassignment of a renewal registration date by the director, the registration year is less than, or more than, 12 months,…
- § 9560 (a) The department shall waive all penalties that may be due for late payment of registration renewal fees on a vehicle for any period during which the…
- § 9561 (a) When a legal owner or his or her agent repossesses a vehicle on which renewal fees are due, the department shall waive any renewal penalties that are due…
- § 9561.5 The department shall waive any penalties that may be due for late payment of registration renewal fees on a vehicle if all of the following criteria are met:…
- § 9562 (a) When a transferee or purchaser of a vehicle applies for transfer of registration, as provided in Section 5902, and it is determined by the department that…
- § 9563 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, when a vehicle is rebuilt and restored to operation after it has been reported to be dismantled pursuant to…
- § 9564 (a) A scrap metal processor, as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 221, who acquires a vehicle of a type subject to registration under…
ARTICLE 5. Partial Year Payment of Weight Fees §§ 9700–9711 · 7 sections
- § 9700 With respect to vehicles subject to additional registration fees under Section 9400 or 9400.1, a proportionate share of the additional fees may be paid for any…
- § 9702 An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged for each application for partial year registration, or renewal thereof, whenever a person pays the…
- § 9704 Every partial year vehicle registration and every certificate or insignia issued under this article shall expire at midnight on the last day of the period for…
- § 9706 (a) Application for partial year registration in conjunction with an application for original California registration shall be made by the owner within 20 days…
- § 9706.1 If the registration card or potential registration card is unavailable, payment of the fee prescribed by Section 9265 for the issuance of a duplicate…
- § 9710 When an application for renewal of registration of a vehicle has been made as required by Section 9706, the vehicle may be operated on the highways until the…
- § 9711 This article does not apply to any owner or lessor of a commercial vehicle based in a foreign jurisdiction which does not grant reciprocity or proportionate…
ARTICLE 6. Enforcement of Liens §§ 9800–9808 · 8 sections
- § 9800 (a) Payments for any of the following, and any interest, penalties, or service fees added thereto, required to register or transfer the registration of a…
- § 9801 (a) (1) When the payment required for the registration or transfer of a vehicle is delinquent pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 9800, the department may…
- § 9802 (a) The Registrar of Vehicles or authorized representative shall conduct the sale in the same manner as provided by law for the seizure and sale of personal…
- § 9803 Nothing in this code prevents a review or other action as may be permitted by the Constitution and laws of this state by a court of competent jurisdiction of…
- § 9804 (a) Any action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to review any order of the department to seize and sell a vehicle shall be commenced within 90 days…
- § 9805 (a) The department may file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, or any other county, a certificate specifying the amount of…
- § 9806 The clerk of the court, immediately upon the filing of the certificate specified in Section 9805, shall enter a judgment for the people of the State of…
- § 9808 Execution shall issue upon the judgment specified in Section 9806 upon request of the department in the same manner as execution may issue upon other…