California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 13 - Voluntary Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Enterprises › Article 1 - Voluntary Accelerated Light-Duty Vehicle Retirement Enterprises › Section 2603 - Vehicle Eligibility

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) To
				  be eligible for generation of emission reduction credits through a VAVR
				  enterprise, a vehicle shall meet the following criteria:
(1) It shall be voluntarily sold to the
				  enterprise operator for a price mutually agreed between the vehicle seller and
				  the enterprise operator;
(2) It
				  shall be currently registered with the DMV as an operable vehicle and shall
				  have been so registered for at least 24 months prior to the final date of sale
				  to the VAVR enterprise to an address or addresses within the district in which
				  the VAVR enterprise is being operated;
(A)
				  Smog Checks must have been performed as required by the DMV in order for the
				  vehicle to be considered registered;
(B) A vehicle may also be eligible if the
				  owner of the vehicle placed the vehicle in planned non-operational status per
				  Vehicle Code Section
				  4604, et
				  seq., for a total of two (2) or fewer months during the continuous twenty-four
				  (24) months registration period and occurring at least three (3) months prior
				  to the date of sale to the VAVR enterprise operator;
(C) A vehicle may also be eligible if the
				  registration has lapsed for less than 181 days during the previous twenty-four
				  (24) months, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 44094, and all appropriate
				  registration fees and late penalties have been paid to the DMV, provided that
				  the vehicle is registered for at least ninety (90) days immediately prior to
				  its date of sale to a VAVR enterprise operator; and
(D) Determination of an individual vehicle's
				  registration history shall be based on:
1.
				  Registration data for that vehicle obtained from DMV records and
2. If D.1 provides inconclusive results for
				  an individual vehicle, then copies of the applicable vehicle registration
				  certificates may be used;
(3) It shall be a passenger car or a
				  light-duty truck that includes, but is not limited to, a pick-up truck, sports
				  utility vehicle (SUV), or van up to 8,500 pounds gross vehicular weight
				  rating;
(4) It shall not be
				  operating under a Smog Check repair cost waiver or economic hardship
				  extension;
(5) If a vehicle
				  volunteered for retirement is within sixty (60) days of its next required Smog
				  Check inspection, the vehicle shall pass the Smog Check inspection without
				  receiving a repair cost waiver or economic hardship extension prior to
				  acceptance by a VAVR enterprise operator;
(6) Owners of vehicles requiring Smog Check
				  inspections pursuant to Section
				  2603(a)(5) shall
				  be required to submit documentation issued by a Bureau of Automotive Repair
				  (BAR) licensed Smog Check technician demonstrating compliance with Section
				  2603(a)(5) to the
				  person performing the functional and equipment eligibility inspection;
				  and
(7) Vehicles that are tampered,
				  pursuant to Section
				  3340.41.5 of Title 16, Division
				  33, Article 5.5 of the California Code of Regulations, shall not be eligible
				  for acceptance into a VAVR program.