ARTICLE 4. Evidences of Registration

Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 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…