DIVISION 3. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE [4000. - 9808.]
Division 3 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 4000–9808 · 460 sections
CHAPTER 1. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title §§ 4000–5506 · 263 sections
ARTICLE 1. Vehicles Subject to Registration §§ 4000–4023 · 35 sections
- § 4000 (a) (1) A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer,…
- § 4000.1 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of this section, or subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, the…
- § 4000.15 (a) Effective January 1, 2020, the department shall confirm, prior to the initial registration or the transfer of ownership and registration of a diesel-fueled…
- § 4000.17 (a) For purposes of this section, “heavy-duty vehicle” means a nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than…
- § 4000.2 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, and, commencing on April 1, 2005, except for model-years…
- § 4000.3 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 44011 of the Health and Safety Code, the department shall require biennially, upon renewal of registration of any…
- § 4000.37 (a) Upon application for renewal of registration of a motor vehicle, the department shall require that the applicant submit either a form approved by the…
- § 4000.38 (a) The department shall suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vehicle when it determines that any of the following circumstances has occurred: (1)…
- § 4000.4 (a) Except as provided in Sections 6700, 6702, and 6703, any vehicle which is registered to a nonresident owner, and which is based in California or primarily…
- § 4000.5 (a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section 175, as a motor vehicle. (b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from…
- § 4000.6 A commercial motor vehicle, singly or in combination, that operates with a declared gross or combined gross vehicle weight that exceeds 10,000 pounds shall be…
- § 4001 All vehicles exempt from the payment of registration fees shall be registered as otherwise required by this code by the person having custody thereof, and he…
- § 4002 When moved or operated under a permit issued by the department, registration is not required of: (a) A vehicle not previously registered while being moved or…
- § 4003 A permit, as described in Section 9258, may be issued by the department for operating any of the following vehicles, except a crane: (a) A vehicle while being…
- § 4003.5 (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 9258.5, the department shall issue to a manufacturer or dealer a one-trip permit authorizing a new trailer,…
- § 4004 (a) (1) Commercial motor vehicles meeting the registration requirements of a foreign jurisdiction, and subject to registration but not entitled to exemption…
- § 4004.5 The owner of any motor vehicle subject to the registration provisions of this chapter, or exempted therefrom, may file with the department, at the time he…
- § 4004.7 (a) If the apportioned registration issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 for a commercial vehicle or vehicle combination that was…
- § 4005 Any vehicle subject to registration may be operated within a disaster area or region for the purpose of assisting in disaster relief work, under a special…
- § 4006 A vehicle which is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of crossing the highway from one property to another in accordance with a permit issued…
- § 4007 The department, the Public Utilities Commission, and the State Board of Equalization shall enter into an interagency agreement to establish a coordinated…
- § 4009 A vehicle transported upon a highway, no part of which is in contact with the highway, is exempt from registration.
- § 4010 Special construction equipment and special mobile equipment are exempt from registration.
- § 4012 Any vehicle, implement, or equipment specifically designed or altered for and used exclusively in the maintenance or operation of cemetery grounds, which is…
- § 4013 Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading and unloading and for stacking materials and is operated upon a highway only for the purpose of…
- § 4014 Any portable or collapsible dolly carried in a tow truck or in a truck used by an automobile dismantler and used upon a highway exclusively for towing disabled…
- § 4015 Any privately owned vehicle designed or capable of being used for firefighting purposes when operated upon a highway only in responding to, and returning from,…
- § 4016 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4000, unregistered vehicles may be left standing upon a highway adjacent to a vehicle dealer’s place of business when…
- § 4017 The provisions of Section 4000 shall not apply to the moving or operating of a vehicle during the period of time in which application may be made for…
- § 4018 Any logging vehicle is exempt from registration.
- § 4019 A golf cart operated pursuant to Section 21115 is exempt from registration.
- § 4020 A motorized bicycle operated upon a highway is exempt from registration.
- § 4021 Any vehicle that is designed or altered for, and used exclusively for, the refueling of aircraft at a public airport is exempt from registration, if the…
- § 4022 A vehicle repossessed pursuant to the terms of a security agreement is exempt from registration solely for the purpose of transporting the vehicle from the…
- § 4023 A low-speed vehicle operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1 is exempt from registration.
ARTICLE 2. Original Registration §§ 4150–4166 · 20 sections
- § 4150 Application for the original or renewal registration of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code shall be made by the owner to the…
- § 4150.1 (a) On a form provided by the department, the registered owner of record, lessee, or the owner’s designee shall certify and report the declared gross or…
- § 4150.2 Application for the original registration or renewal of the registration of a motorcycle shall be made by the owner to the department upon the appropriate form…
- § 4150.5 Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held by two (or more) coowners as provided in Section 682 of the Civil Code, except that: (a) A…
- § 4150.7 (a) Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the vehicle to a…
- § 4151 The department shall not accept an application for the original registration of a vehicle in this State unless the vehicle at the time of application is within…
- § 4152 (a) The department may accept an application for registration of a vehicle which is not within this state, but which is to be registered to a resident of this…
- § 4152.5 Except as provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 9553, when California registration is required of a vehicle last registered in a foreign jurisdiction, an…
- § 4153 If the vehicle to be registered is a specially constructed or remanufactured vehicle, the application shall also state that fact and contain additional…
- § 4154 The department may not issue or renew the registration of a farm labor vehicle unless the owner of the vehicle provides verification to the department that the…
- § 4155 Registration under this code shall apply to any vehicle owned by the United States government, the state, or any city, county, or political subdivision of the…
- § 4156 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), the department in its discretion may issue a temporary permit…
- § 4156.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department in its discretion may issue a temporary permit to operate a vehicle when a payment of fees has been…
- § 4157 In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence of ownership upon application for registration or transfer of a vehicle, the department may accept…
- § 4158 In the event the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of ownership is surrendered to the department, the bond or…
- § 4159 Whenever any person after making application for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered under this code, or after obtaining registration…
- § 4160 Any registered owner of a vehicle who moves or acquires a new address different from the address shown upon the registration card issued for the vehicle shall…
- § 4161 (a) Whenever a motor vehicle engine or motor is installed, except temporarily, in a motor vehicle which is identified on the ownership and registration…
- § 4163 The owner of three or more motor vehicles is not required to notify the department or to pay the fee required under Section 9257 when motor vehicle engines or…
- § 4166 The department may assign a distinguishing vehicle identification number to a motor vehicle whenever the motor or other identifying number thereon is removed,…
ARTICLE 3. Registration of Foreign Vehicles §§ 4300–4309 · 11 sections
- § 4300 Upon application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside this State, the application shall be certified by the applicant and shall state…
- § 4300.5 An application for registration under this chapter of a vehicle previously registered outside of this state shall be accompanied by payment of the amount…
- § 4301 The applicant shall surrender to the department all unexpired license plates, seals, certificates, or other evidence of foreign registration as may be in his…
- § 4302 Upon application made at the time of their surrender to the department and upon payment of a fee of one dollar ($1), the department shall return the unexpired…
- § 4303 If in the course of interstate operation of a vehicle registered in another state it is desirable to retain registration in such state, the applicant need not…
- § 4304 Upon application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside this State, the department shall grant full faith and credit to the currently…
- § 4305 In the absence of knowledge by the department that any certificate of title issued by another state is forged, fraudulent, or void, the acceptance thereof by…
- § 4306 In the event a certificate of title issued by another state shows any lien or encumbrance upon the vehicle therein described, then the department upon…
- § 4307 In the event application is made in this state for registration of a vehicle and the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or the…
- § 4308 In the event the department refuses to grant an application for registration in this State of a vehicle previously registered in another state, the department…
- § 4309 The department shall forthwith mail a notice of the filing of any application for registration of a vehicle previously registered outside this state upon…
ARTICLE 4. Evidences of Registration §§ 4450–4467 · 32 sections
- § 4450 (a) The department upon registering a vehicle shall issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a registration card to the owner, or both to the…
- § 4450.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2012, the director shall develop an Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program, in consultation with lienholders, licensed dealers,…
- § 4451 The certificate of ownership shall contain all of the following: (a) Not less than the information required upon the face of the registration card. (b)…
- § 4452 The department may issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner of a vehicle without requiring registration, and may issue a facsimile copy of the…
- § 4453 (a) The registration card shall contain upon its face, the date issued, the name and residence or business address or mailing address of the owner and of the…
- § 4453.2 In addition to the information required under Section 4453, the registration card of every farm labor vehicle shall contain the words, “Farm Labor Vehicle,” in…
- § 4453.5 (a) In the case of leased vehicles, the lessor and the lessee shall be shown on the registration card as the owner and the lessee of a vehicle, and the…
- § 4453.6 On request of any member of the California Highway Patrol, any regularly employed and salaried police officer or deputy sheriff, or any reserve police officer…
- § 4454 (a) Every owner, upon receipt of a registration card, shall maintain the same or a facsimile copy thereof with the vehicle for which issued. (b) This section…
- § 4455 Any permit issued under Section 4004 shall be carried in the vehicle for which issued at all times while it is being operated in this State.
- § 4456 (a) When selling a vehicle, dealers and lessor-retailers shall report the sale using the reporting system described in Section 4456.2. After providing…
- § 4456.1 (a) A dealer or lessor-retailer who violates paragraph (1), (2), or (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 4456 shall pay to the department an administrative…
- § 4456.2 (a) The department shall develop a system for dealers and lessor-retailers to electronically report the sale of a vehicle before the vehicle is delivered to…
- § 4456.3 (a) The department shall charge a dealer or lessor-retailer a fee, as established by the director pursuant to subdivision (b), for each vehicle sold by a…
- § 4456.4 (a) A motor vehicle sold or leased by a new motor vehicle dealer shall be registered by the dealer using electronic programs provided by a qualified private…
- § 4456.5 (a) A dealer may charge the purchaser or lessee of a vehicle the following charges: (1) A document processing charge for the preparation and processing of…
- § 4457 If any registration card or license plate is stolen, lost, mutilated, or illegible, the owner of the vehicle for which the same was issued, as shown by the…
- § 4458 If both license plates or a permanent trailer identification plate are lost or stolen, the registered owner shall immediately notify a law enforcement agency,…
- § 4459 If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the legal owner or, if none, then the owner of the vehicle for which the same was…
- § 4460 (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles, the Traffic Adjudication Board, and the Department of the California Highway Patrol, any regularly employed and salaried…
- § 4461 (a) A person shall not lend a certificate of ownership, registration card, license plate, special plate, validation tab, or permit issued to him or her if the…
- § 4461.3 In addition to any fine imposed for conviction of a violation of Section 4461 or 22507.8, a city or county may adopt an ordinance or resolution to assess an…
- § 4461.5 In addition to, or instead of, any fine imposed for conviction of a violation of subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 4461, the court may impose a civil penalty…
- § 4462 (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall present the registration or identification card or other evidence of registration of any or all vehicles under his or…
- § 4462.5 Every person who commits a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 4462, with intent to avoid compliance with vehicle registration requirements of Article 1…
- § 4463 (a) A person who, with intent to prejudice, damage, or defraud, commits any of the following acts is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be…
- § 4463.3 In addition to, or instead of, any fine imposed for conviction of a violation of subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 4463, the court may impose a civil penalty…
- § 4463.5 (a) No person shall manufacture or sell a decorative or facsimile license plate of a size substantially similar to the license plate issued by the department.…
- § 4464 A person shall not display upon a vehicle a license plate that is altered from its original markings.
- § 4465 (a) A legal owner of record of a vehicle may request, and the department shall furnish, information regarding the current registration status of the vehicle,…
- § 4466 (a) The department shall not issue a duplicate or substitute certificate of title or license plate if, after a search of the records of the department, the…
- § 4467 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall issue new and different license plates immediately upon request to the registered owner of a vehicle…
ARTICLE 5. Renewal of Registration §§ 4600–4610 · 13 sections
- § 4600 Certificates of ownership shall not be renewed annually but shall remain valid until suspended, revoked, or canceled by the department for cause or upon a…
- § 4601 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, every vehicle registration and registration card expires at midnight on the expiration date designated by the…
- § 4601.5 Notwithstanding Section 4601, the registration for vehicles registered pursuant to the Partial Year Registration Program as described in Article 5 (commencing…
- § 4602 Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner not later than midnight of the expiration date, and shall be made by presentation…
- § 4603 Whenever in his opinion the interests of the State will be promoted thereby, the director with the approval of the Governor may extend for a period not to…
- § 4604 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), prior to the expiration of the registration of a vehicle, if that registration is not to be renewed prior…
- § 4604.2 (a) When the registration of a vehicle registered on a partial year basis has expired and the vehicle is not thereafter operated, moved, or left standing upon…
- § 4604.5 (a) (1) If the vehicle has not been operated, moved, or left standing upon any highway subsequent to the expiration of the vehicle’s registration, the…
- § 4605 Notwithstanding Section 4000 of this code, and notwithstanding Section 38020 of this code, no fees or penalties imposed under this code or under Part 5…
- § 4606 Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (a) of Section 5204 to the contrary, when an application for the registration of a vehicle has been made as…
- § 4607 The department, upon renewing a registration, shall issue a new registration card to the owner as upon an original registration.
- § 4609 The department may extend the life of the current series of license plates, outstanding during 1957, and may hereafter issue a new series of license plates for…
- § 4610 The department may authorize an endorsement of a receipt or the validation of a registration card or potential registration card as provided in this code by a…
ARTICLE 6. Refusal of Registration §§ 4750–4767 · 16 sections
- § 4750 The department shall refuse registration, or renewal or transfer of registration, upon any of the following grounds: (a) The application contains any false or…
- § 4750.1 (a) If the department receives an application for registration of a specially constructed passenger vehicle or pickup truck after it has registered 500…
- § 4750.4 Information provided by an insurer to the department pursuant to Section 11580.10 of the Insurance Code and former Section 4750.2, as added by Chapter 946 of…
- § 4750.5 (a) The department shall withhold the registration or the transfer of registration of any vehicle sold at retail to any applicant by any person other than a…
- § 4750.6 (a) The department shall transmit to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration all collections of tax and penalty made under paragraph (3) of…
- § 4751 The department may refuse registration or the renewal or transfer of registration of a vehicle in any of the following events: (a) If the department is not…
- § 4755 The department shall refuse registration, or renewal or transfer of registration for any commercial motor vehicle subject to Section 4000.6, if the owner or…
- § 4760 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (d), the department shall refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle if the registered owner or lessee has…
- § 4760.1 (a) The department shall, before renewing the registration of any vehicle, check the driver’s license record of all registered owners for conviction of traffic…
- § 4761 The department shall include on each potential registration card issued for use at the time of renewal, or on an accompanying document, an itemization of…
- § 4762 The department shall remit all parking penalties and administrative fees collected, after deducting the administrative fee authorized by Section 4763, for each…
- § 4763 (a) The department shall assess a fee for the recording of the notice of delinquent parking violation, which is given to the department by a processing agency…
- § 4764 (a) If a vehicle is transferred or the registration is not renewed for two renewal periods and the former registered owner or lessee of the vehicle owes a…
- § 4765 No exemption from the payment of any fee imposed by this code is an exemption from the obligation of a registered owner or lessee to pay the full amount of…
- § 4766 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the department shall refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle for which a notice of noncompliance has…
- § 4767 (a) If delinquent parking or toll violations have been reported to the department for a vehicle for which a transfer of ownership and registration has been…
ARTICLE 6.5. Refusal of Registration for Nonpayment of Toll Evasion Penalties §§ 4770–4775 · 7 sections
- § 4770 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d), the department shall refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle if the registered owner or lessee has been…
- § 4771 The department shall include on each vehicle registration renewal notice issued for use at the time of renewal, or on an accompanying document, an itemization…
- § 4772 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall remit all toll evasion penalties and administrative fees collected, after deducting the…
- § 4773 (a) The department shall assess a fee for the recording of the notice of delinquent toll evasion violation, which is given to the department by a processing…
- § 4773.5 (a) The department shall require the entire cost of initially implementing this article to be reimbursed by the issuing agencies that are private entities and…
- § 4774 (a) If a vehicle is transferred or the registration is not renewed for two renewal periods and the former registered owner or lessee of the vehicle owes a toll…
- § 4775 No exemption from the payment of any fee imposed by this code is an exemption from the obligation of a registered owner or lessee to pay the full amount of…
ARTICLE 7. License Plates §§ 4850–4854 · 6 sections
- § 4850 (a) The department, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the owner two partially or fully reflectorized license plates or devices for a motor vehicle,…
- § 4850.5 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 4850 and Section 5200, the department, upon registering a truck tractor, shall issue to the owner one suitable…
- § 4851 Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, together with the word “California” or…
- § 4852 (a) License plates issued for motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, shall be rectangular in shape, 12 inches in length and six inches in width. The number…
- § 4853 (a) The department may issue one or more stickers, tabs, or other suitable devices in lieu of the license plates provided for under this code. Except when the…
- § 4854 (a) The department shall establish a program authorizing an entity to issue devices as alternatives to the conventional license plates, stickers, tabs, and…
ARTICLE 8. Special Plates §§ 5000–5024 · 34 sections
- § 5000 (a) Identification plates issued for trailers, semitrailers, motor-driven cycles, and pole and pipe dollies, and such vehicles as are exempt from the payment…
- § 5001 The department may issue license plates for vehicles exempt from registration fees in the same series as plates issued for nonexempt vehicles. The plates may…
- § 5001.5 The director may enter into agreements or arrangements with motor vehicle departments in other states to provide for a reciprocal exchange of regular series…
- § 5002 The department may issue regular series plates to the Department of General Services for use on motor vehicles maintained within motor vehicle pools of…
- § 5002.5 The department shall issue regular series license plates for any motor vehicle owned by, or in the possession and use of, the Senate or Assembly, upon the…
- § 5002.6 (a) The Chancellor or a president of a campus of the California State University, or the president or a chancellor of a campus of the University of California,…
- § 5002.7 (a) For a county of over 20,000 square miles in area, a member of the county board of supervisors, or a county assessor, auditor, controller, treasurer, or tax…
- § 5002.8 (a) (1) Distinctive license plates issued for a motor vehicle owned by a current or retired Member of the California Legislature, which plates denote that the…
- § 5003 The department shall maintain a record of the registration of exempt vehicles with regular series plates, which record shall not be open to public inspection.…
- § 5004 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any owner of a vehicle described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) which is operated or moved over the…
- § 5004.1 (a) (1) An owner of a vehicle that is a 1980 or older model-year vehicle may, after the requirements for the registration of the vehicle are complied with and…
- § 5004.3 (a) Subject to subdivision (d), the department shall establish the California Legacy License Plate Program and create and issue a series of specialized license…
- § 5004.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any owner of a motorcycle manufactured in the year 1942 or prior thereto shall, upon application in the…
- § 5005 (a) Any person holding an unexpired amateur radio station license issued by the Federal Communications Commission may, after the requirements for the…
- § 5006 (a) The department may issue distinctive license plates for motor vehicles owned or leased by an honorary consular officer or a similar official when the…
- § 5006.5 (a) The department may issue, for a fee determined by the department to be sufficient to reimburse the department for actual costs incurred pursuant to this…
- § 5007 (a) The department shall, upon application and without additional fees, issue a special license plate or plates pursuant to procedures adopted by the…
- § 5007.5 (a) Upon a receipt of request for information by a local law enforcement agency or local or state agency responsible for the administration or enforcement of…
- § 5008 (a) Any person who is regularly employed or engaged as a bona fide newspaper, newsreel, or television photographer or cameraman, may, after the requirements…
- § 5010 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, when a motor vehicle which is leased to a school district for use as a schoolbus, as defined in Section 545,…
- § 5011 Every piece of special construction equipment, special mobile equipment, cemetery equipment, trailer, semitrailer, and every logging vehicle shall display an…
- § 5014 An application by a person other than a manufacturer or dealer for an identification plate for special construction equipment, cemetery equipment, special…
- § 5014.1 (a) Upon the implementation of the permanent trailer identification plate program, the following applies: (1) All trailers, except in cases where the…
- § 5015 (a) The application for an identification plate for special construction equipment, special mobile equipment, cemetery equipment, and any logging vehicle shall…
- § 5016 Upon proper application and payment of the fees specified in Section 5014.1 or 9261, the department shall issue an identification plate and an identification…
- § 5016.5 (a) The department may issue a special identification plate or other suitable device to a manufacturer or dealer of special construction equipment, special…
- § 5017 (a) Each identification plate issued under Section 5016 shall bear a distinctive number to identify the equipment, logging vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or…
- § 5018 Whenever the ownership of equipment, a logging vehicle, or an implement of husbandry is transferred, the transferee shall within 10 days thereafter make…
- § 5019 The authorizations for the issuance of special license plates referred to in Sections 5005 and 5008 do not apply to trailers.
- § 5020 Any person holding an unexpired license for a class D radio station in the Citizens Radio Service issued by the Federal Communications Commission may, at the…
- § 5021 After the requirements for the registration of the vehicle have been complied with, the department shall issue such plates in lieu of the regular license…
- § 5022 (a) Until December 31, 1984, a person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a set of commemorative 1984 Olympic reflectorized license plates and the…
- § 5023 (a) (1) Until December 31, 2013, a person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a set of commemorative Olympic reflectorized license plates and the…
- § 5024 (a) A person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a set of commemorative collegiate reflectorized license plates, and the department shall issue those…
ARTICLE 8.1. Motorized Bicycles §§ 5030–5039 · 10 sections
- § 5030 A motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406, is required to display a special license plate issued by the department.
- § 5031 An application by a person other than a manufacturer or dealer for a license plate for a motorized bicycle shall include all the following: (a) The true, full…
- § 5032 (a) The application for a special license plate for a motorized bicycle shall be made before the motorized bicycle is operated or moved upon a highway, except…
- § 5033 Upon proper application and payment of the fees specified in Section 5036, the department shall issue a special license plate and an identification card for…
- § 5034 (a) The department may issue a special license plate or other suitable device to a manufacturer or dealer of motorized bicycles upon payment of the fee…
- § 5035 Each license plate issued under Section 5033 shall bear a distinctive number to identify the motorized bicycle for which it is issued and shall bear a symbol,…
- § 5036 A service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid for the issuance or transfer of a special license plate for motorized bicycles, as defined in Section 406.…
- § 5037 (a) No motorized bicycle first sold on or after July 1, 1981, shall be moved or operated upon a highway unless the owner first makes application for a license…
- § 5038 The department shall establish a record system that provides for identification of stolen motorized bicycles.
- § 5039 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no dealer, manufacturer, salesman, or representative of motorized bicycles exclusively is required to be licensed…
ARTICLE 8.3. Historic and Special Interest Vehicles §§ 5050–5052 · 3 sections
- § 5050 The Legislature finds and declares that constructive leisure pursuits by California citizens is most important. This article is intended to encourage…
- § 5051 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Collector” is the owner of one or more vehicles described in Section 5004 or of one or…
- § 5052 Except as otherwise provided by local ordinance, a collector may maintain one or more vehicles described in Section 5051, whether currently licensed or…
ARTICLE 8.4. Special Interest License Plates §§ 5060–5075 · 13 sections
- § 5060 (a) An organization may apply to the department for participation in a special interest license plate program and the department shall issue special license…
- § 5060.1 Notwithstanding Section 5060 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the department shall not accept an application for participation in a special…
- § 5061 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the department permits the issuance of a special interest license plate for display on a motorcycle, the…
- § 5062 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Rosenthal Blue Sky License Plate Program. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that CALSTART…
- § 5064 (a) The department, in consultation with the Yosemite Foundation, shall design and make available for issuance pursuant to this article special environmental…
- § 5066 (a) The department, in conjunction with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall design and make available for issuance pursuant to this article…
- § 5067 (a) The department, in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, shall design and make available for issuance pursuant to this article special…
- § 5068 (a) (1) (A) A veterans’ organization may apply either individually or with other veterans’ organizations to meet the application threshold set forth in Section…
- § 5068.1 By July 1, 2013, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Issue a distinctive decal pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)…
- § 5069 Revenue derived from the additional special fees provided in Section 5068, less costs incurred by the department pursuant to this article, shall be deposited…
- § 5072 (a) Any person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a set of “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plates, and the department shall issue…
- § 5074 (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Polanco-Bates License Plates for the Arts Act of 1993. The California Arts Council shall participate in…
- § 5075 (a) The department, in consultation with the California Tahoe Conservancy, shall design and make available for issuance pursuant to this article special…
ARTICLE 8.5. Environmental License Plates §§ 5100–5112 · 19 sections
- § 5100 The purpose of this article is to provide revenue for the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
- § 5101 Any person who is the registered owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer registered or…
- § 5101.2 (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired…
- § 5101.3 (a) Any person otherwise eligible under this article who qualifies under subdivision (b) may apply for special license plates that shall run in a separate…
- § 5101.4 (a) Any person otherwise eligible under this article who is a recipient of the Army Medal of Honor, Navy Medal of Honor, Air Force Medal of Honor, Army…
- § 5101.5 (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a former American prisoner of war may apply for special license plates for the vehicle under this…
- § 5101.6 (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient may apply for special license plates for the vehicle under…
- § 5101.8 (a) Any person otherwise eligible under this article who is a Purple Heart recipient may apply for special license plates for vehicles that are not used for…
- § 5101.9 (a) Until December 31, 1991, any person described in Section 5101 may apply for a set of commemorative Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights reflectorized license…
- § 5102 The environmental license plates shall be the same color and design as regular passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer license plates,…
- § 5103 “Environmental license plates,” as used in this article, means license plates or permanent trailer identification plates that have displayed upon them the…
- § 5104 Environmental license plates shall be issued only to the registered owner or lessee of the vehicle on which they are to be displayed.
- § 5105 (a) An applicant for issuance of environmental license plates or renewal of such plates in the subsequent year pursuant to this article shall file an…
- § 5106 (a) In addition to the regular registration fee or a permanent trailer identification fee, the applicant shall be charged a fee of fifty-three dollars ($53)…
- § 5107 (a) All revenue derived from the fees provided for in this article shall be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund. (b) Not more than…
- § 5108 (a) Whenever any person who has been issued environmental license plates applies to the department for transfer of the plates to another passenger vehicle,…
- § 5109 When any person who has been issued environmental license plates sells, trades, or otherwise releases ownership of the vehicle upon which the environmental…
- § 5110 (a) The director may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. (b) Whenever two or more separate series of special…
- § 5112 (a) The department shall revise its Internet Web site to provide a direct link on the homepage to information on ordering environmental license plates. (b) The…
ARTICLE 8.6. Specialized License Plates §§ 5151–5169 · 16 sections
- § 5151 (a) As used in this article, “state agency” means a state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, or commission, or any other state body or…
- § 5152 A person described in Section 5101 may apply for a specialized license plate under this article, in lieu of regular license plates.
- § 5154 Specialized license plates issued under this article shall have a design or contain a message that publicizes or promotes a state agency, or the official…
- § 5155 The design criteria for a specialized license plate are as follows: (a) Except as provided in Section 5161, the license plate for a passenger vehicle,…
- § 5156 (a) (1) A state agency may apply to the department to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the department shall issue specialized license plates…
- § 5156.5 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall apply to the department to sponsor a domestic violence and sexual assault awareness license plate program pursuant…
- § 5156.7 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall apply to the department, pursuant to Section 5156, to sponsor a breast cancer awareness license plate…
- § 5157 (a) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal of registration, the following additional fees shall be paid for the issuance,…
- § 5158 When payment of renewal fees is not required as specified in Section 4000, or when a person determines to retain the specialized license plate upon a sale,…
- § 5159 A state agency that is eligible to participate in a specialized license plate program pursuant to this article and receives funds from the additional fees…
- § 5160 (a) A state agency authorized under this article to offer specialized license plates shall prepare and submit an annual accounting report to the department by…
- § 5161 (a) The department, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, shall design and make available for issuance pursuant to this article special…
- § 5162 The State Department of Public Health shall apply to the department to sponsor a kidney disease awareness license plate program pursuant to this article.
- § 5163 (a) The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall apply to the department, pursuant to Section 5156, to sponsor a Salton Sea license plate program. The department…
- § 5168 (a) The fees specified in Section 5157 shall be imposed for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the Pet Lover’s specialized license plates. Notwithstanding…
- § 5169 (a) The California Cultural and Historical Endowment shall apply to the department to sponsor a license plate program pursuant to this article. (b) The fees…
ARTICLE 9. Display of Plates, Tabs, and Stickers §§ 5200–5206 · 10 sections
- § 5200 (a) When two license plates are issued by the department for use upon a vehicle, they shall be attached to the vehicle for which they were issued, one in the…
- § 5201 (a) License plates, including temporary license plates, shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle for which they are issued so as to prevent the…
- § 5201.1 (a) A person shall not sell or manufacture a product or device in this state that obscures, or is intended to obscure, the reading or recognition of a license…
- § 5202 (a) A license plate issued by this state or any other jurisdiction within or without the United States shall be attached upon receipt and remain attached…
- § 5203 This chapter does not apply to plates which the department pursuant to law has ordered to be surrendered, transferred to another vehicle, or removed.
- § 5204 (a) (1) Except as provided by subdivisions (b) and (c), a tab shall indicate the year of expiration and a tab shall indicate the month of expiration. Current…
- § 5204.5 The department shall post on its Internet Web site, and any other appropriate online venue used by the department for public outreach, detailed instructions…
- § 5205 The department may make appropriate rules and regulations for the use and display of stickers or devices issued in lieu of license plates, and shall publish a…
- § 5205.5 (a) (1) For purposes of implementing Section 21655.9, the department shall make available for issuance, for a fee determined by the department to be sufficient…
- § 5206 Vehicles for which weight fees are paid on a partial year basis shall display a certificate or insignia issued by the department, which shall state the end of…
ARTICLE 9.5. Registration of Fleet Vehicles §§ 5301–5309 · 9 sections
- § 5301 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code and Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the registered…
- § 5302 (a) Motor vehicles registered in any state other than California are not permitted to participate in this program. (b) Section 4604 does not apply to vehicles…
- § 5303 (a) The applicant for initial issuance of permanent registration or renewal of registration shall file an application in such form as the department shall…
- § 5304 Renewal fees shall be paid pursuant to a schedule established by the department. Submission of renewal fees by an association pursuant to subdivision (b) of…
- § 5305 In addition to any other fees due for motor vehicles registered pursuant to this article, the department may charge and collect a service fee of one dollar…
- § 5306 Upon payment of appropriate fees, the license plate or decal and registration card issued pursuant to this article for the vehicle shall remain valid until the…
- § 5307 (a) A fleet vehicle registered under this article may be deleted from the identified fleet when the fleet operator notifies the department of the proposed…
- § 5308 The director shall adopt procedures for initial application, payment of fees, fleet additions or deletions, and for the cancellation of the distinguishing…
- § 5309 The registration of any identified fleet vehicle is required annually.
ARTICLE 10. Registration of Trailer Coaches §§ 5350–5354 · 5 sections
- § 5350 The provisions of this division shall apply to trailer coaches except as otherwise provided in this article.
- § 5351 Sections 4452, 4604, 5904, 6052, and 9254, and subdivision (a) of Section 9552 do not apply to the registration or renewal of registration of any trailer coach.
- § 5352 Subject to the exemptions stated in Section 5353, registration of any trailer coach in this state is required annually.
- § 5353 The registration provisions of this article shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Any trailer coach which is driven or moved upon a highway in any of…
- § 5354 The registration of a foreign trailer coach owned by a nonresident shall be subject to and governed by Section 6700.
ARTICLE 12. Surrender of Registration Documents and License Plates §§ 5500–5506 · 4 sections
- § 5500 (a) Any person, other than a licensed dismantler, desiring to disassemble a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code, either partially or…
- § 5501 The provisions of Sections 4457, 4458, and 4459 shall not apply when a vehicle is reported for dismantling. However, any person desiring to dismantle a vehicle…
- § 5505 (a) This section applies to any vehicle reported to be a total loss salvage vehicle pursuant to Section 11515 and to any vehicle reported for dismantling…
- § 5506 No salvage vehicle rebuilder may resell or transfer ownership of any vehicle that is subject to inspection as provided in Section 5505, unless either a…
CHAPTER 2. Transfers of Title or Interest §§ 5600–6105 · 36 sections
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
CHAPTER 2.5. Miscellaneous Title Provisions §§ 6150–6172 · 10 sections
ARTICLE 1. Certificate of Title as Evidence §§ 6150–6154 · 5 sections
- § 6150 In any criminal proceeding in which ownership, possession, or use of a motor vehicle is an issue, a copy certified by the department as its record of title on…
- § 6151 A party to a proceeding described in Section 6150 may provide notice to the opposing party that a showing of need will be made at the arraignment or at any…
- § 6152 At any hearing, including, but not limited to, a scheduled trial date, involving a proceeding described in Section 6150, upon a showing of need, the court…
- § 6153 Where testimony is taken and preserved for use at trial or other stage of the proceeding pursuant to Sections 6151 and 6152, the witness shall be examined in…
- § 6154 If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or…
ARTICLE 2. Inspection and Cancellation of Titles for Exported Vehicles §§ 6160–6162 · 3 sections
- § 6160 The Legislature finds and declares that when vehicles are exported and their title records are not amended to reflect exportation, it is conducive to vehicle…
- § 6161 For the purposes of this chapter, the following provisions and definitions apply to the following terms: (a) “Certified record of permanent exportation” shall…
- § 6162 An owner of a vehicle who seeks to export a vehicle titled in this state shall appear at the department with the certificate of title to ascertain whether…
ARTICLE 3. Return of Stolen Motor Vehicle Retained as Evidence §§ 6171–6172 · 2 sections
- § 6171 When criminal charges have been filed involving a motor vehicle alleged to have been stolen and the vehicle is in the custody of a peace officer for…
- § 6172 Upon expiration of a reasonable time for the completion of the examination, which in no event shall exceed 30 days from the date of service of the notice of…
CHAPTER 3. Filing Instruments Evidencing Liens or Encumbrances §§ 6300–6303 · 4 sections
- § 6300 Except as provided in Sections 5905, 5907, and 5908, no security interest in any vehicle registered under this code, irrespective of whether the registration…
- § 6301 When the secured party, his or her successor, or his or her assignee, has deposited, either physically or by electronic transmission pursuant to Section…
- § 6302 Upon the deposit of an application for registration of a secured party as legal owner and upon the payment of the fees as provided in this code, the department…
- § 6303 Except as provided in Sections 5905, 5907 and 5908, the method provided in this chapter for perfecting a security interest on a vehicle registered under this…
CHAPTER 4. Permits to Nonresident Owners §§ 6700–8204 · 33 sections
ARTICLE 1. Exemption of Nonresidents §§ 6700–6703 · 9 sections
- § 6700 (a) Except as provided in Section 6700.2, the owner of any vehicle of a type otherwise subject to registration under this code, other than a commercial vehicle…
- § 6700.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may issue an in-transit permit to a resident of a foreign country not more than 30 days before…
- § 6700.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 4000.4, subdivision (a) of Section 6700, or Section 6702, a nonresident daily commuter may operate a motor vehicle on the highways…
- § 6700.25 (a) The department shall provide a nonresident daily commuter with external vehicle identification indicia and a corresponding identification card, upon…
- § 6700.3 (a) An application by a nonresident daily commuter for indicia and an identification card pursuant to Section 6700.25 shall be filed with the department. (b)…
- § 6700.4 A nonresident daily commuter indicia shall be displayed in a location on the vehicle which is clearly visible and adjacent to the rear license plate. The…
- § 6701 (a) Any nonresident owner of a vehicle registered in a foreign state who is a member or spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States on active…
- § 6702 Every nonresident, including any foreign corporation, having an established place of business within this state, and regularly using a vehicle of a type…
- § 6703 Any person entering California following discharge from the armed forces of the United States is exempted from registration of passenger vehicles, trailer…
ARTICLE 2. Foreign Commercial Vehicles §§ 6850–6854 · 4 sections
- § 6850 A nonresident owner of any foreign commercial vehicle shall register the vehicle in this state and pay the fees applicable thereto under this code, except as…
- § 6852 The nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle shall be granted such privileges and freedom from registration and payment of fees imposed by this code, or Part 5…
- § 6853 Any vehicle owned by a nonresident owner not registered under this code, which vehicle is leased or rented to a user having an established place of business or…
- § 6854 (a) Any owner or lessor of a commercial vehicle with primary registration and plates issued in a foreign jurisdiction which does not grant reciprocal…
ARTICLE 3. Reciprocity Agreements §§ 8000–8001 · 2 sections
- § 8000 The director, or his or her designee, may enter into agreements with foreign jurisdictions that provide for the exemption of fees for commercial vehicles if…
- § 8001 The director, or his or her designee, is authorized to examine the legal requirements of commercial vehicle registration fee statutes of foreign jurisdictions…
ARTICLE 4. Apportioned Registration §§ 8050–8058 · 8 sections
- § 8050 The Legislature declares that in enacting this article, it adheres to the principle that each state should have the freedom to develop the kind of highway user…
- § 8052 (a) The director, or his or her designee, may, on behalf of the state, enter into, and become, a member of the International Registration Plan Agreement…
- § 8053 Provisions of this code which specify and govern application filing, fee assignment, penalty assessment, and issuance of license plates and registration…
- § 8054 (a) Upon the application for transfer of ownership of a fleet of vehicles apportionately registered pursuant to this article, the department shall permit…
- § 8055 This article does not apply to any owner or lessee of a commercial vehicle with primary registration and license plates issued in a foreign jurisdiction which…
- § 8056 Any application filed pursuant to this article which contains vehicles powered by diesel fuel shall include information concerning any diesel fuel tax permit…
- § 8057 Any person issued fleet registration pursuant to Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 5301) of Chapter 1 or this article shall: (a) Maintain fleet records that…
- § 8058 (a) The department shall charge interest on any underpaid fees due under this article, at the rate of 1 percent per month of the underpaid portion of the fees,…
ARTICLE 5. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Program §§ 8100–8104 · 5 sections
- § 8100 An application for apportioned registration received on and after January 1, 2008, and filed pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) shall contain…
- § 8101 In addition to the reasons specified in Section 4750 or 4751, the department shall refuse an application for apportioned registration for the following…
- § 8102 (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Section 8800, the department may suspend the apportioned registration of a vehicle or a fleet, when the person…
- § 8103 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a hearing shall not be provided when the suspension is based solely on notification by a federal agency that…
- § 8104 Except as provided in subdivision (e), a vehicle or a fleet for which the apportioned registration has been suspended pursuant to this article shall not be…
ARTICLE 6. Enforcement of Liens on Apportioned Fleet Vehicles §§ 8200–8204 · 5 sections
- § 8200 “Registrant,” for purposes of this article, means any person issued apportioned fleet registration pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050).
- § 8201 (a) Fees determined to be due, including penalties and service fees, for the operation of a fleet apportionately registered vehicle shall be a lien upon all…
- § 8202 (a) Within 30 days of the date the notice is mailed pursuant to Section 8201, the registrant may submit documentation not previously available or may request a…
- § 8203 (a) When a lien is perfected pursuant to Section 8200 and the opportunity to submit additional documentation or to request a hearing has passed, the department…
- § 8204 (a) When a transferee or purchaser of an apportionately registered fleet vehicle applies to the department for transfer of ownership and it is determined by…
CHAPTER 5. Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension, Revocation, and Cancellation of Registration §§ 8800–8804 · 5 sections
- § 8800 (a) The department may suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of ownership, registration card, license plate, or permit…
- § 8801 The department may suspend, cancel, revoke, or renew any permanent registration made under Section 4155 when the department determines that it is advisable to…
- § 8802 Whenever the department cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of ownership, registration card, or license plates, or any…
- § 8803 Whenever the department cancels, suspends, or revokes any license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100), the licensee or person in…
- § 8804 Every person who, while a resident, as defined in Section 516, of this state, with respect to any vehicle owned by him and operated in this state, registers or…
CHAPTER 6. Registration and Weight Fees §§ 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…