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California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 150.08 - Truck Tractors with Living Quarters

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Truck tractors as defined in Vehicle Code section
					 655 that have
					 been initially manufactured, modified by a second stage manufacturer or
					 otherwise altered to include living quarters shall be considered commercial
					 vehicles under Vehicle Code section
					 260 unless
					 the living quarters permanently prevent the truck tractor from towing or
					 drawing other vehicles.
1. New
					 section filed 7-11-2007; operative 8-10-2007 (Register 2007, No.
					 28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1651, Vehicle
						Code. Reference: Sections
						260 and
						655, Vehicle
						Code; and California Career Schools v. Department of Motor Vehicles (2004) 120
						Cal. App. 4th 10, 15 Cal. Rptr. 3d
						813.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 150.10 - Multiple County Use Notice

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  To report multi-county use of a vehicle, the registered owner(s) shall submit a
				  Statement of Multiple County Use of Vehicle Form REG 6004 (REV. 10/2015), which
				  is hereby incorporated by reference.
(b) The registered owner(s) may provide the
				  following information on Form REG 6004:
(1)
				  If the owner(s) of the vehicle resides in more than one county for more than 30
				  days in a calendar year, the address and county for each residential
				  location;
(2) If the vehicle is
				  used for business purposes in a county other than the county of registration,
				  the county, state, and the number of days per year per county of business
				  use.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 151.00 - Refusal of Registration

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code section
				  43151
				  and Vehicle Code section
				  4750, a new
				  motor vehicle that is not certified by the California Air Resources Board as
				  equipped with a California emission system may be refused California
				  registration. The new motor vehicle shall not be driven or sold to circumvent
				  this law.
(1) A new motor vehicle shall be
				  defined as a vehicle with less than 7,500 miles on the odometer at the time it
				  is first acquired, purchased, imported, delivered, rented, leased, or received
				  by a California resident or a California established place of business.
(A) The odometer reading at the location and
				  on the date the vehicle was purchased, imported, delivered, rented, leased,
				  acquired or received by the California resident or an established place of
				  business shall determine compliance with California Health and Safety Code
				  sections
				  43150
				  through
				  43156.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 152.00 - Motor Vehicle Bond Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A motor vehicle owner applying for a
				  California certificate of title without the required supporting evidence of
				  ownership may submit a bond as authorized under Vehicle Code section
				  4157. The
				  bond shall be executed by an admitted surety insurer on a Motor Vehicle
				  Ownership Surety Bond, form REG 5057 (REV. 12/2004), which is hereby
				  incorporated by reference. The bond shall be subject to chapter 2 (commencing
				  with Section
				  995.010), title 14, of part 2 of
				  the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b)
				  The penal sum of the bond shall be in the amount of the fair market value of
				  the motor vehicle.
(1) The fair market value
				  shall be determined by either:
(A) A written
				  appraisal provided by a California licensed or other state licensed motor
				  vehicle dealer or motor vehicle insurance representative; or
(B) Identification of the motor vehicle and
				  its price variations based on information provided in a recognized industry
				  motor vehicle valuation and pricing handbook, such as the Kelly Blue Book. The
				  highest and lowest price variations shall be added together and then divided by
				  two; the result is the average price of the vehicle. The average price shall be
				  the fair market value.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.00 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Business
				  documents" means a Lienholder's license or charter by state or federal banking
				  authorities to loan money for the purchase of a vehicle and proof of authority
				  to conduct auto loan business in California.
(b) "Designated employee" means any employee
				  who has been identified by an Electronic Lien and Title Program
				  participant.
(c) "Electronic title"
				  means the electronic data file created by the department and transmitted to a
				  Lienholder via their Service Provider in lieu of a certificate of ownership as
				  described in Vehicle Code section
				  4451.
(d) "Lienholder" means a legal owner as
				  defined in Vehicle Code section
				  370.
(e) "Title information" means the contents of
				  certificate of ownership as described in Vehicle Code section
				  4451.
(f) "Service Provider" means the person or
				  entity designated by a Lienholder to act on its behalf to send, receive, store,
				  and convert electronic titles.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections
						370,
						4450.5 and
						4451, Vehicle
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.02 - Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A Service Provider may act on behalf of
				  Lienholders if the Service Provider has applied for and has been issued a
				  Service Provider's Permit by the department.
(b) A Service Provider shall not act on
				  behalf of any Lienholder if their Service Provider permit is not currently
				  valid.
(c) A Service Provider shall
				  not send any customer data to the department prior to successful transmission
				  of a test file that validates connectivity has been established with the
				  department.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.04 - Service Provider's Permit Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An applicant requesting to act on behalf
				  of any Lienholder shall submit the following to the department:
(1) A completed and signed Electronic Lien
				  and Title (ELT) Program Service Provider Application form, REG 670 (NEW
				  1/2019), which is hereby incorporated by reference;
(2) Proof of registration and "Active" status
				  with the California Secretary of State;
(3) A completed and signed Electronic Lien
				  and Title (ELT) Program Information Security and Disclosure Statement Service
				  Provider/Lienholder Firm form, REG 678 (NEW 1/2019), which is hereby
				  incorporated by reference; and
(4)
				  For each of their designated employees, a completed and signed Electronic Lien
				  and Title (ELT) Program Information Security and Disclosure Statement Service
				  Provider/Lienholder Employee form, REG 677 (NEW 1/2019), which is hereby
				  incorporated by reference.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.06 - Review of Service Provider's Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The department shall review the
				  application for a Service Provider's permit and notify the Service Provider
				  within 30 days of receipt of the application whether it contains all of the
				  required information.
(b) The
				  department shall approve an application and issue an Electronic Lien and Title
				  (ELT) Service Provider Permit, form REG 672 (NEW 1/2019), which is hereby
				  incorporated by reference, after determining that the application is
				  complete.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.08 - Term of Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Every Service Provider's permit issued
				  under this article shall be valid for a period of five years from midnight of
				  the last day of the month of issuance unless sooner revoked or surrendered.
				  Renewal of the permit for the ensuing term may be obtained by the Service
				  Provider to whom the permit was issued upon application to and approval by the
				  department.
(b) Any changes to the
				  Service Provider's permit required by the Service Provider during the term of
				  the permit shall be requested by submitting a completed and signed Electronic
				  Lien and Title (ELT) Program Service Provider Application form, REG 670 (NEW
				  1/2019), to the department.
(c) A
				  Service Provider who intends to withdraw from participating in the department's
				  Electronic Lien and Title program shall notify the department's Electronic Lien
				  and Title administrator via email at rodeltgrp@dmv.ca.gov at least 30 days
				  prior to the date their permit expires.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.10 - Renewal of Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Service Provider whose permit is
				  nearing expiration shall initiate and complete the renewal process.
(b) A renewal applicant shall submit, at
				  least 30 days prior to the permit's expiration date, the following to the
				  department:
(1) A completed and signed
				  Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program Service Provider Application, form REG
				  670 (NEW 1/2019);
(2) A completed
				  and signed Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program Information Security and
				  Disclosure Statement Service Provider/Lienholder Firm form, REG 678 (NEW
				  1/2019); and
(3) For each of their
				  designated employees, a completed and signed Electronic Lien and Title (ELT)
				  Program Information Security and Disclosure Statement Service
				  Provider/Lienholder Employee form, REG 677 (NEW 1/2019).
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.12 - Refusal to Approve Application for Service Provider's Permit or to Approve Renewal of Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The department may refuse to approve an
				  application for a Service Provider's permit, or for the renewal of a Service
				  Provider's permit under the following circumstances:
(1) For an incomplete application;
(2) For a violation of section
				  153.02,
				  153.04,
				  153.08,
				  153.10, or
				  153.18 of Article 3.0;
				  and/or
(3) For any act or omission
				  of the Service provider or one of its agents, employees, contractors or
				  designees which the department determines constitutes
				  fraud.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.14 - Suspension or Revocation of Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The department shall suspend a Service
				  Provider's permit:
(1) For violating one of
				  the following sections: 153.02, 153.04, 153.08, 153.10, or 153.18 of Article
				  3.0;
(2) For any act or omission of
				  the Service Provider or one of its agents, employees, contractors or designees
				  which the department determines constitutes fraud; or
(3) Not having "Active" status with the
				  California Secretary of State.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.16 - Demand for Hearing After Refusal to Approve or Renew, Suspension or Revocation of Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Upon the department's refusal to approve
				  an application to issue or renew a Service Provider's permit or upon the
				  suspension or revocation of a Service Provider's permit, the Service Provider
				  shall be entitled to demand, in writing, a hearing before the director or his
				  or her representative within 60 days after receipt of the notice.
(b) The hearing shall be conducted pursuant
				  to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
				  11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of
				  Title 2 of the Government Code.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.18 - Reinstatement of Service Provider's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Upon the suspension of a Service
				  Provider's permit by the department, the Service Provider shall cease all
				  transmissions of data until the department has verified that the Service
				  Provider has taken appropriate action to correct the issues that caused the
				  suspension and the department has lifted the suspension.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.20 - Lienholder's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As
				  required by Vehicle Code section
				  4450.5(a)
				  and section
				  153.22 below, Lienholder's title
				  information shall be kept in electronic format via the department's Electronic
				  Lien and Title program.
(b) A
				  Lienholder shall not file title information with the department electronically
				  without having applied for a permit to participate in the department's
				  Electronic Lien and Title program and been issued a Lienholder's permit by the
				  department.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections
						4450.5,
						4451 and
						4453, Vehicle
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.22 - Lienholder's Permit Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A Lienholder shall submit the following
				  to the department:
(1) A completed and signed
				  Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program Lienholder Application form, REG 671
				  (NEW 1/2019), which is hereby incorporated by reference;
(2) A copy of their business
				  documents;
(3) A completed and
				  signed Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program Information Security and
				  Disclosure Statement Service Provider/Lienholder Firm form, REG 678 (NEW
				  1/2019); and
(4) For each of their
				  designated employees, a completed and signed Electronic Lien and Title (ELT)
				  Program Information Security and Disclosure Statement Service
				  Provider/Lienholder Employee form, REG 677 (NEW 1/2019).
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.24 - Review of Lienholder's Permit Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The department shall review the
				  application for a Lienholder's permit, and notify the lienholder and their
				  identified Service Provider within 30 days of receipt of the application,
				  whether it contains all of the required information.
(b) The department shall approve an
				  application and issue an Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Lienholder Permit,
				  form REG 672 F (NEW 1/2019), which is hereby incorporated by reference, after
				  determining that the application is complete.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.26 - Term of Lienholder's Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Every Lienholder permit issued under this
				  article shall be non-expiring and remain valid until the Lienholder requests to
				  withdraw from the program for one of the reasons listed in section
				  153.28 below.
(b) Any changes to the Lienholder's permit
				  required by the Lienholder during the term of the permit shall be requested by
				  submitting an Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program Change Request form, REG
				  673 (NEW 1/2019), which is hereby incorporated by reference, to the
				  department.
1. New
					 section filed 6-10-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 24). Filing
					 deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20.
2. Editorial
					 correction of HISTORY 1 (Register 2020, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Section
						4450.5,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 153.28 - Lienholder Withdrawal from the Electronic Lien and Title Program and Conversion of Electronic Titles

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A Lienholder may withdraw from the
				  Electronic Lien and Title program for either of the following reasons:
(1) The Lienholder has been acquired by or
				  merged with a permitted Lienholder that is assuming all of the acquired or
				  merging Lienholder's liens. In this situation, either the acquired or merging
				  Lienholder or the acquiring or surviving Lienholder may submit the request form
				  specified in subdivision (b) below; or
(2) Closure of business.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 154.00 - Commercial Vehicle Weight Decals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The department shall issue a set of two
				  (2) weight decals to each vehicle weighing 10,001 pounds or more in accordance
				  with subdivision (f) of Vehicle Code section
				  9400.1.
				  Except for school buses, as defined in Vehicle Code Section
				  545 (see
				  subsection (a)(1) below for the requirements that apply only to school buses),
				  one (1) weight decal shall be affixed to each door on the right and left sides
				  of the vehicle, or, if the vehicle has sliding doors, immediately in front of
				  or behind each door. The decals may be affixed to plaques that are permanently
				  attached to or adjacent to the right and left door of the vehicle. Both decals
				  shall be visible from fifty feet.
(1) School
				  Buses, as defined in Vehicle Code Section
				  545, shall
				  have one weight decal affixed on each side of the vehicle, or upon plaques
				  which are permanently affixed to the vehicle, twelve (12) inches from the rear
				  portion of the rear wheel well opening. Both decals shall be visible from fifty
				  feet.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 155.00 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this article, the following definitions shall
					 apply:
(a) An unrecovered total loss
				  vehicle is a stolen vehicle that is not recovered within 60 days of the date
				  the theft of the vehicle is reported to the police.
(b) A constructive total loss vehicle is a
				  vehicle meeting the conditions set forth in section
				  544 of the
				  Vehicle Code defining a total loss salvage vehicle.
(c) A nonrepairable vehicle is a vehicle
				  meeting the conditions set forth in section
				  431 of the
				  Vehicle Code.
1. Change
					 without regulatory effect renumbering former section
					 205.00 to section
					 155.00 filed 7-19-93 pursuant to
					 title 1, section
					 100, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)
					 and (b), new subsection (c) and amendment of NOTE filed 9-2-2004; operative
					 10-2-2004 (Register 2004, No. 36).
3. Editorial correction of
					 subsection (a) (Register 2015, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						10902,
						Revenue and Taxation Code; and Section
						1651, Vehicle
						Code. Reference: Sections
						431,
						11515 and
						11515.2,
						Vehicle Code; and Section
						10902,
						Revenue and Taxation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 155.02 - Vehicle License Fee Refund Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Prior to the submission of a vehicle
				  license fee refund request for an unrecovered total loss vehicle, the following
				  conditions shall be satisfied:
(1) The
				  vehicle shall be registered in the name of the owner of the salvage value of
				  the total loss vehicle in accordance with section
				  5902 of the
				  Vehicle Code.
(2) Sixty (60) days
				  shall have elapsed from the date the theft of the vehicle was reported to the
				  police.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 155.04 - Application for a Vehicle License Fee Refund

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The application for the refund of the
				  remaining portion of the vehicle license fee for an unrecovered total loss
				  vehicle shall be submitted to the department on an Application for Vehicle
				  License Fee Refund, Part A, Unrecovered Total Loss Vehicle, form REG 65 (Rev.
				  4/2007), and shall contain the following information:
(1) The vehicle license plate number, vehicle
				  identification number, year model, and vehicle make of the unrecovered total
				  loss vehicle.
(2) The month, day
				  and year of the vehicle theft.
(3)
				  The month, day and year of the vehicle theft report and the name and location
				  of the police where the theft was reported.
(A) A copy of the police vehicle theft report
				  shall be submitted to the department with the application for a refund for an
				  unrecovered total loss vehicle when a Department of Justice stolen vehicle
				  update is not included in the vehicle report of the
				  department.
(4) A
				  certification signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury under the laws
				  of the State of California that the information entered by the applicant is
				  true and correct.
(5) The true full
				  name(s) and address of the registered owner(s) of record at the time the
				  vehicle was stolen.
(6) The
				  signature of the applicant and the date signed.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 155.06 - Surrender of License Plates. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Change
					 without regulatory effect renumbering former section
					 205.06 to section
					 155.06 filed 7-19-93 pursuant to
					 title 1, section
					 100, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).
2. Repealer filed 9-2-2004;
					 operative 10-2-2004 (Register 2004, No. 36).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						10902,
						Revenue and Taxation Code. Reference: Section
						10902,
						Revenue and Taxation Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 155.08 - Vehicle License Fee Refund Calculations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The amount of the vehicle license fee
				  refunded for an unrecovered or constructive total loss or nonrepairable vehicle
				  shall be based on one-twelfth of the annual vehicle license fee for each full
				  month that remains until the vehicle registration expires.
(1) The number of full months remaining shall
				  be calculated from the date of loss of the vehicle through the registration
				  expiration date. A portion of each full month that remains until registration
				  expires shall not be considered a full month when calculating the number of
				  remaining months.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 155.10 - Repayment of the Refunded Vehicle License Fee

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) When a refund is received for an
				  unrecovered total loss vehicle which is subsequently recovered in the same
				  registration year for which the refund was received, the current owner shall
				  return the amount of the vehicle license fee refunded per section
				  155.08(a) of
				  these regulations.
(1) When the repayment is
				  not received by the department prior to the subsequent renewal of the
				  registration, the renewal fees will include the amount of the vehicle license
				  fee refunded per section
				  155.08(a) of
				  these regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 156.00 - Clean Air Vehicle Decals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Only vehicles that meet both the Federal
				  Inherently Low Emission Vehicle (ILEV) standards [as defined in Part 88
				  (commencing with Section
				  88.311-93) of Title 40 of the Code
				  of Federal Regulations] and the California Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) or
				  Super Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV) standards, [as defined in Title 13,
				  Section 1960.1, of the California Code of
				  Regulations], as listed on the Air Resources Board (ARB)'s Internet website at
www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/carpool/carpool.htm
,
				  are eligible for Clean Air Vehicle Decals in accordance with subsection (g)(1),
				  and must be powered by one of the following:
(1) Electric;
(2) Liquefied Petroleum Gas [LPG];
(3) Compressed Natural Gas [CNG];
(4) Hydrogen Fuel Cell.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 156.01 - Clean Air Vehicle Decals: Transfers and Replacements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Clean Air Vehicle Decals shall remain
				  with the qualifying vehicle for which they were originally issued, regardless
				  of changes in ownership.
(b) A new
				  Clean Air Vehicle certification document (i.e., "Clean Air Certificate," issued
				  with each set of Clean Air Vehicle Decals) shall be made available for
				  subsequent (i.e., transfer) purchasers of qualifying vehicles to which Clean
				  Air Vehicle Decals have been issued. The department shall issue a new
				  Certificate which shall retain the vehicle description while providing the new
				  ownership information.
(1) A new owner of a
				  vehicle that was issued a decal through the dealer prior to sale is not
				  required to obtain a new certification.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 157.00 - Firefighting Vehicles

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  firefighting vehicle is defined as any vehicle that contains firefighting
				  apparatus and equipment which is designed and intended primarily for
				  firefighting. The following privately owned vehicles, when operated upon a
				  highway only in responding to, and returning from, emergency fire calls,
				  qualify as firefighting vehicles and are exempt from registration:
(1) Fire trucks equipped with hose and
				  ladders.
(2) Fire
				  engines.
(3) Other vehicles
				  permanently equipped with firefighting apparatus and equipment.
(4) A tank truck operated solely in
				  conjunction with a fire truck, fire engine or other self propelled firefighting
				  apparatus.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 157.04 - Window Decal for Vehicles with a Wheelchair Lift or Wheelchair Carrier

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Applicants for
				  a Window Decal shall complete Sections D and H of a Miscellaneous Statements of
				  Fact (REG 256, REV. 2/2004), which is available at all field offices and on the
				  Internet at
www.dmv.ca.gov
, as follows:
(1) The disabled person plate, disabled
				  veteran plate, or disabled person placard number.
(2) The license number, vehicle make, and
				  vehicle identification number of the vehicle to which the decal will be
				  affixed.
(3) The name and address
				  where the decal is to be mailed.
(4) A signature certifying under penalty of
				  perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information provided
				  is true and correct.
(5) The date
				  the form was signed.
(6) Daytime
				  phone number.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 158.00 - Zero Emission Vehicle Parking Decal. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 10-10-2003; operative 11-9-2003 (Register 2003, No.
					 41).
2. Change without regulatory effect repealing section filed
					 2-13-2012 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2012, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						1651, Vehicle
						Code. Reference: Sections
						22511 and
						22511.1,
						Vehicle Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 159.00 - Vehicle Classification. [Renumbered]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 3-1-2004 as an emergency; operative 3-1-2004 (Register 2004, No.
					 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-29-2004 or
					 emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-1-2004 order transmitted
					 to OAL 6-16-2004 and filed 7-21-2004 (Register 2004, No. 30).
3.
					 Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section
					 159.00 to new section
					 157.02 filed 7-20-2023 pursuant to
					 section 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2023, No. 29).
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3 - Vehicle Registration and Titling › Section 159.10 - Window Decal for Vehicles with a Wheelchair Lift or Wheelchair Carrier. [Renumbered]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 section filed 5-3-2005; operative 6-2-2005 (Register 2005, No.
					 18).
2. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former section
					 159.10 to new section
					 157.04 filed 7-20-2023 pursuant to
					 section 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2023, No. 29).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						5201, Vehicle
						Code. Reference: Sections
						1652 and
						5201, Vehicle
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3.1 - Specialized License Plates › Section 160.00 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Marketing
				  expenditures" include funds expended for written or print documents or
				  brochures, webpages, e-mail or electronic solicitation, mass media usage, or
				  other tools and licensing fees for intellectual property use of
				  images.
(b) "Plate program" is any
				  program that involves the issuance of specialized license plates to the public
				  for a fee that is in addition to the regular fees for an original registration,
				  renewal of registration, or transfer of registration of a vehicle.
(c) "Plate type" means either sequentially
				  numbered or personalized.
(1) A "sequentially
				  numbered" plate is a license plate bearing the alpha-numeric registration
				  number issued by the department.
(2) A "personalized plate" is a license plate
				  bearing a registration number issued in a combination of numbers, letters, or
				  symbols authorized by statute, requested by the owner or lessee of a
				  vehicle.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3.1 - Specialized License Plates › Section 160.02 - Reports

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A sponsor that
				  expends funds collected from the sale of specialized plates on administrative
				  costs associated with maintaining the plate program, and/or marketing or other
				  promotional activities associated with encouraging application for or renewal
				  of specialized plates shall submit an annual financial report to the
				  department.
(b) The annual
				  financial report shall be submitted to the department by June 30 of each
				  calendar year and include all of the following:
(1) An itemization of administrative
				  expenditures, marketing expenditures, as defined in section
				  160.00, and promotional activity
				  expenditures the sponsor has incurred; and
(2) A description and itemization of
				  non-administrative expenditures; and
(3) An accounting of all funds disbursed by
				  the department to the organization or agency in the preceding 12 months prior
				  to the date of the report.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3.1 - Specialized License Plates › Section 160.04 - License Plate Program Sponsor Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
At the time a plate program is requested, the sponsor
					 shall:
(a) Submit to the department a
				  CA Department of Motor Vehicles License Plate Template, form REG 933 (VER.
				  9/6/2016), incorporated here by reference, specifying the proposed plate design
				  containing a distinctive design, decal or descriptive message that meets all of
				  the following:
(1) A message of no more than
				  5/8th inch high and 5 inches wide to be printed
				  beneath the registration number, and that uses four colors or fewer, that are
				  distinct from the color used by the department for the registration
				  number.
(2) Does not contain
				  copyrighted material, or the commercial property, logo, slogan, message or
				  motto of a non-governmental entity, either for-profit or non-profit, unless a
				  valid Licensing Agreement or other evidence demonstrates the use of the
				  material on a plate is authorized by the copyright or trademark
				  holder(s);
(3) Incorporates the
				  location, font and the size of the word "California" or "Cal" in current use by
				  the department;
(4) The design must
				  meet the following standards after testing by the Department of California
				  Highway Patrol (CHP):
(A) The registration
				  number must be clear and legible to a person with 20/20 vision in daylight from
				  a distance of 75 feet, and in darkness with low-beam headlamps from 75 feet;
				  and
(B) The registration number
				  must be able to be accurately perceived by Automated License Plate Reader
				  technology in use in California from a distance of 35 feet at daytime, dusk and
				  nighttime.
(5) The image
				  and message contain content that is required by the Vehicle Code and is
				  suitable as government speech in the estimation of the department.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3.1 - Specialized License Plates › Section 160.06 - Limits on Marketing Activity and Changes to Plate Design

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A sponsor may not advertise, market for
				  purchase, solicit enrollment for, or otherwise distribute any information
				  indicating the current ability to enroll in a license plate program until the
				  department delivers a written determination to the sponsor verifying the
				  sponsor has complied with section
				  160.04. A sponsor may not use any
				  marketing tool or written or other communication message to promote or process
				  enrollment into an approved license plate program unless the tool or message
				  was approved by the department.
(b)
				  The sponsor shall bear the cost of designing and producing all marketing
				  materials referred to in section
				  161.00.
(c) After the department approves a plate
				  design, the plate design may not be altered by the sponsor except as allowed in
				  section 161.04.
1. New
					 section filed 11-20-2017; operative 1-1-2018 (Register 2017, No.
					 47).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						5110, Vehicle
						Code. Reference: Sections
						5024,
						5105,
						5155,
						5156,
						5159 and
						5160, Vehicle
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 3.1 - Specialized License Plates › Section 161.00 - Enrollment of Potential Participants

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) To enroll a potential participant, a
				  sponsor shall obtain all of the following from the potential participant:
(1) Plate type requested. If the vehicle to
				  which the plate will be assigned is a company vehicle, the sponsor shall obtain
				  this information. Potential participants who have the fees paid by a donor
				  shall request a sequential plate if the donor pays for six or more
				  participants;
(2) Fees for the
				  plate type requested. Retaining an existing personalized plate number when
				  enrolling into a proposed plate program is an issuance of an environmental
				  license plate under Vehicle Code section
				  5106. The
				  sponsor may not collect other fees for the vehicle from potential
				  participants;
(3) The potential
				  participant's identification and vehicle information, including his or her last
				  name, first name and middle initial; registration address of the registered
				  owner, including number, street, apartment/suite designation, city, state, and
				  ZIP code; residential address including number, street, apartment/suite
				  designation, city, state, and ZIP code; phone number with area code; e-mail
				  address, if available; current license plate number to be replaced; and vehicle
				  type that the plate will be assigned to;
(4) The field office selection for in-person
				  plate pick-up by potential participant;
(5) For personalized plate requests by a
				  potential participant, either his or her existing personalized plate number, if
				  suitable, or three personalized plate configuration requests, in order of
				  preference, and the meaning of each as determined by the potential participant.
				  The requested new personalized configuration shall be assigned to the vehicle
				  only if it is available at the time the plate is produced after the enrollment
				  period concludes and the department is able to produce the requested
				  plate.
(6) The fee may be collected
				  from a person other than the registered owner of the vehicle for which the
				  plate is requested if the fee donor provides his or her name, address, and
				  phone number, in addition to the registered owner information required in this
				  subsection. If a plate donor pays for six or more potential participants in a
				  single program, all of those plates shall be sequential
				  plates.