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CA Veh Code § 6300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 3 - Filing Instruments Evidencing Liens or Encumbrances|Section 6300.

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 was effected prior or subsequent to the creation of the security interest, is perfected until the secured party or his or her successor or assignee has deposited, either physically or by electronic transmission pursuant to Section 1801.1, with the department, at its office in Sacramento, or at any other office as may be designated by the director, a properly endorsed certificate of ownership to the vehicle subject to the security interest showing the secured party as legal owner if the vehicle is then registered under this code, or, if the vehicle is not so registered, an application in usual form for an original registration, together with an application for registration of the secured party as legal owner, and upon payment of the fees as provided in this code.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 440, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Veh Code § 6301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 3 - Filing Instruments Evidencing Liens or Encumbrances|Section 6301.

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 1801.1, with the department a properly endorsed certificate of ownership showing the secured party as legal owner or an application in usual form for an original registration, together with an application for registration of the secured party as legal owner, the deposit constitutes perfection of the security interest and the rights of all persons in the vehicle shall be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, but the vehicle subject to the security interest shall be subject to a lien for services and materials as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 3068) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 440, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Veh Code § 6302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 3 - Filing Instruments Evidencing Liens or Encumbrances|Section 6302.

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 shall register the secured party, his successor or assignee as legal owner in the manner provided for the registration of motor vehicles under the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.)
CA Veh Code § 6303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 3 - Filing Instruments Evidencing Liens or Encumbrances|Section 6303.

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 code is exclusive, but the effect of such perfection, and the creation, attachment, priority and validity of such security interest shall be governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.)
CA Veh Code § 8800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 5 - Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension, Revocation, and Cancellation of Registration|Section 8800.

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 under any of the following circumstances:(1) When the department is satisfied that the registration or the certificate, card, plate, or permit was fraudulently obtained or erroneously issued.(2) When the department determines that a registered vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated or moved upon the highways.(3) When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or wrecked.(4) When the department determines that the required fee has not been paid and the same is not paid upon reasonable notice and demand.(5) When a registration card, license plate, or permit is knowingly displayed upon a vehicle other than the one for which issued.(6) When the registration could have been refused when last issued or renewed.(7) When the department determines that the owner or legal owner has committed an offense under Sections 20 (with respect to an application for the registration of a vehicle), 4000, 4159 to 4163, inclusive, 4454, 4456, 4461, 4463, 5202, 10750, and 10751, involving the registration or the certificate, card, plate, or permit to be suspended, canceled, or revoked.(8) When the department is so authorized pursuant to any other provision of law.(b) The department may suspend the registration of all vehicles registered in the name of a person, under any of the following circumstances:(1) When the United States Secretary of the Department of Transportation or his or her designee issues a lawful out-of-service order pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(2) When the department suspends or revokes a motor carrier of property permit.(3) When the Public Utilities Commission suspends or revokes operating authority or private registration.(c) A suspension imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect and a vehicle for which registration has been suspended shall not be registered in the name of the person until the department verifies that person’s federal registration, federal operating authority, California operating authority, California private registration, or motor carrier of property permit is reissued.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 288, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Veh Code § 8801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 5 - Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension, Revocation, and Cancellation of Registration|Section 8801.

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 reissue the registration.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 8802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 5 - Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension, Revocation, and Cancellation of Registration|Section 8802.

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 nonresident or other permit, the owner or person in possession shall immediately return the documents, plates, certificates, or other evidence of registration to the department.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 482.)
CA Veh Code § 8803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 5 - Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension, Revocation, and Cancellation of Registration|Section 8803.

8803.  Whenever the department cancels, suspends, or revokes any license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100), the licensee or person in possession shall immediately return the license, documents, plates, certificates, and other evidence of the license to the department.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1563, Sec. 5.)
CA Veh Code § 8804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE|CHAPTER 5 - Offenses Against Registration Laws and Suspension, Revocation, and Cancellation of Registration|Section 8804.

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 renews the registration for the vehicle in a foreign jurisdiction, without the payment of appropriate fees and taxes to this state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 409, Sec. 4.)
CA Veh Code § 9840 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 9840.

9840.  As used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:(a) “Vessel” includes every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except the following:(1) A seaplane on the water.(2) A watercraft specifically designed to operate on a permanently fixed course, the movement of which is restricted to or guided on such permanently fixed course by means of a mechanical device on a fixed track or arm to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled, or by means of a mechanical device attached to the watercraft itself.(3) A floating structure which is designed and built to be used as a stationary waterborne residential dwelling, which (A) does not have and is not designed to have a mode of power of its own, (B) is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility linkage to a source originating on shore, and (C) has a permanent, continuous hookup to a shoreside sewage system.(b) “Owner” is a person having all the incidents of ownership, including the legal title, of a vessel whether or not such person lends, rents, or pledges such vessel; the person entitled to the possession of a vessel as the purchaser under a conditional sale contract; or the mortgagor of a vessel. “Owner” does not include a person holding legal title to a vessel under a conditional sales contract, the mortgagee of a vessel, or the renter or lessor of a vessel to the state or to any county, city, district, or political subdivision of the state under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase agreement which grants possession of the vessel to the lessee for a period of 30 consecutive days or more.(c) “Legal owner” is a person holding the legal title to a vessel under a conditional sale contract, the mortgagee of a vessel, or the renter or lessor of a vessel to the state, or to any county, city, district or political subdivision of the state, under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase agreement which grants possession of the vessel to the lessee for a period of 30 consecutive days or more.(d) “Registered owner” is the person registered by the department as the owner of the vessel.(e) “Waters of this state” means any waters within the territorial limits of this state.(f) “State of principal use” means the state on which waters a vessel is used or intended to be used most during a calendar year.(g) “Undocumented vessel” means any vessel which is not required to have and does not have a valid marine document issued by the Bureau of Customs of the United States or any federal agency successor thereto.(h) “Use” means operate, navigate, or employ.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 411, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 9845 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 9845.

9845.  The director, deputy director, registrar, deputy registrar, investigators of the department, and peace officers, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of the Penal Code, may inspect the hull identification number, certificate of number, and certificate of ownership of any vessel, as defined in Section 9840, when transported on a highway, or in any public garage, repair shop, public or private marina, dry storage facility, new or used vessel sales lot or boat yard, or other similar establishment for the purpose of investigating the ownership and registration of vessels, locating stolen vessels, and for inspection of wrecked, dismantled, or abandoned vessels. The authority to inspect pursuant to this section does not extend to any enclosed living area aboard a vessel.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 298, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 9850 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9850.

9850.  Every undocumented vessel using the waters or on the waters of this state shall be currently numbered. No person shall operate nor shall any county, city, or political subdivision give permission for the operation of any undocumented vessel on those waters unless the undocumented vessel is numbered in accordance with this chapter, or in accordance with applicable federal law, or in accordance with a federally approved numbering system of another state, and unless (1) the certificate of number issued to such undocumented vessel is in full force and effect, and (2) the identifying number set forth in the certificate of number is displayed on each side of the bow of the undocumented vessel for which the identifying number was issued.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 298, Sec. 2.)
CA Veh Code § 9851 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9851.

9851.  The department may adopt rules and regulations for the registration of undocumented vessels belonging to the state, local public agencies, or to the United States without payment of fees specified in this code, except fees for duplicate certificates of ownership, duplicate certificates of number, or substitute current year registration stickers. Any vessel owned by the Department of Boating and Waterways is exempt from any fees specified in this division.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 951, Sec. 1. Operative July 1, 1991, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 951.)
CA Veh Code § 9852 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9852.

9852.  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth requirements relative to establishing proof of ownership to be submitted by the owner at the time of filing initial application for a certificate of number and a certificate of ownership. The issuance of a certificate of ownership or certificate of number under this chapter shall not in any way be construed that the department is warranting or guaranteeing the title of the vessel as it appears on such certificates.(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 759.)
CA Veh Code § 9852.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9852.5.

9852.5.  Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may be held by two or more coowners as follows:(a) A vessel may be registered in the names of two or more persons as coowners in the alternative by the use of the word “or.” A vessel so registered in the alternative shall be deemed to be held in joint tenancy. Each coowner shall be deemed to have granted to the other coowners the absolute right to dispose of the title and interest in the vessel. Upon the death of a coowner the interest of the decedent shall pass to the survivor as though title or interest in the vessel was held in joint tenancy unless a contrary intention is set forth in writing upon the application for registration.(b) A vessel may be registered in the names of two or more persons as coowners in the alternative by the use of the word “or” and if declared in writing upon the application for registration by the applicants to be community property, or tenancy in common, shall grant to each coowner the absolute power to transfer the title or interest of the other coowners only during the lifetime of such coowners.(c) A vessel may be registered in the names of two or more persons as coowners in the conjunctive by the use of the word “and” and shall thereafter require the signature of each coowner or his personal representative to transfer title to the vessel, except where title to the vessel is set forth in joint tenancy, the signature of each coowner or his or her personal representative shall be required only during the lifetime of the coowners, and upon death of a coowner title shall pass to the surviving coowner.(d) The department may adopt suitable abbreviations to appear upon the certificate of ownership and certificate of number to designate the manner in which title to the vessel is held if set forth by the coowners upon the application for registration.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 982, Sec. 25.)
CA Veh Code § 9852.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9852.7.

9852.7.  (a) Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the vessel to a designated beneficiary on death of the owner if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) Only one owner is designated. (2) Only one TOD beneficiary is designated. (b) Ownership registration and title issued in beneficiary form shall include, after the name of the owner, the words “transfer on death to” or the abbreviation “TOD” followed by the name of the beneficiary. (c) During the lifetime of the owner, the signature or consent of the beneficiary is not required for any transaction relating to the vessel for which a certificate of ownership in beneficiary form has been issued. (d) The fee for registering ownership of a vessel in a beneficiary form is ten dollars ($10).(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 61. Operative January 1, 1993, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 1055.)
CA Veh Code § 9852.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9852.9.

9852.9.  (a) On and after July 1, 2008, the form for an initial application for a number prepared by the department pursuant to Section 9853 shall include both of the following:(1) Checkoff boxes or line alternatives for the retail seller of an undocumented vessel to certify that a sterndrive or inboard vessel that contains a spark-ignition marine engine below 373 kW (500 hp) rated power output that was manufactured on or after January 1, 2008, and a sterndrive or inboard vessel that contains a spark-ignition marine engine with any rated power output that was manufactured on or after January 1, 2009, has a permanently affixed label indicating that the engine meets or exceeds the 2008 California emissions standards required by Section 2442 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.(2) A line requiring that an initial application for a vessel described in paragraph (1) be accompanied by the hang tag required by Section 2443.3 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations for the engine described in paragraph (1).(b) As used in this section, “spark-ignition marine engine” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 9853.7.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 609, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008. Operative July 1, 2008, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 609.)
CA Veh Code § 9853 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9853.

9853.  (a) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by this state shall file an initial application for a number with the department or with an agent authorized by the department on forms approved by the department. The forms shall be prepared in cooperation with the Division of Boating and Waterways. The application shall contain the true name and address of the owner and of the legal owner, if any, and the hull identification number of the vessel as may be required by the department. The application shall be signed by the owner of the vessel and shall be accompanied by a fee of nine dollars ($9), in addition to the fees required under subdivision (b).(b) (1) Whenever the fee for original registration of a vessel becomes due between January 1 and December 31 of any even-numbered year, the application shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10), in addition to any other fees that are then due and payable.(2) Whenever the fee for original registration of a vessel becomes due, or is filed with the department, between January 1 and December 31 of any odd-numbered year, the application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars ($20) in addition to any other fees that are then due and payable.(c) The department shall additionally collect a quagga and zebra mussel infestation prevention fee in an amount established by the Division of Boating and Waterways pursuant to Section 675 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.(d) The department shall provide documentation of its administrative costs pursuant to this section to the Division of Boating and Waterways.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 521, Sec. 58. (SB 809) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Veh Code § 9853.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9853.1.

9853.1.  Upon receipt of the application in approved form, the department shall issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a certificate of number to the owner, or both to the owner if there is no legal owner, stating the number issued to the vessel and the name and address of the owner.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 759.)
CA Veh Code § 9853.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9853.2.

9853.2.  The owner shall paint on or attach to each side of the forward half of the vessel the identification number in such manner as may be prescribed by rules and regulations of the department in order that it may be clearly visible. Any such rules and regulations shall be developed in cooperation with the Department of Boating and Waterways. The number shall be maintained in a legible condition. The certificate of number shall be pocket size and shall be available at all times for inspection on the vessel for which issued, whenever the vessel is in use, except as to those vessels subject to Section 9853.3.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 206.)
CA Veh Code § 9853.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9853.3.

9853.3.  The certificate of number for vessels less than 26 feet in length and leased or rented to another for the latter’s noncommercial use of less than 24 hours may be retained on shore by the vessel’s owner or his representative at the place from which the vessel departs or returns to the possession of the owner or his representative. A copy of the lease or rental agreement signed by the owner or his authorized representative and by the person leasing or renting the vessel shall be carried aboard the vessel at all times during use.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 759.)
CA Veh Code § 9853.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS|CHAPTER 2 - Registration|Section 9853.4.

9853.4.  (a) The department may issue one or more stickers, tabs, or other suitable devices to identify vessels as being currently registered. The size, shape, and color of the sticker, tab, or other device and the positioning of the sticker, tab, or other device on the vessel shall be as determined by the department after consultation with the Department of Boating and Waterways, such consultation to consider the responsibilities and duties of the Department of Boating and Waterways as prescribed in the Harbors and Navigation Code.(b) Whenever the department issues a sticker, tab, or other device pursuant to subdivision (a), the sticker, tab, or device shall only be displayed on the vessel for which it was issued.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 298, Sec. 3.)