California Code
DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES
PART 5 - VEHICLE LICENSE FEE

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 10701. - 10701. This part is known and may be cited as...

Section 10702. - 10702. “Vehicle” means every vehicle subject to registration under the...

Section 10703. - 10703. “Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles. (Added by...

Section 10704. - 10704. “Horseless carriage” means any vehicle within the provisions of...

Section 10705. - 10705. “Registration year” is the period of time beginning with...

Section 10706. - 10706. “Year-round registration” is a system whereby the Director of...

CHAPTER 2 - Imposition of Fee

ARTICLE 1 - Computation of Fee

Section 10751. - 10751. A license fee is hereby imposed for the privilege...

Section 10752. - 10752. (a) The annual amount of the license fee for...

Section 10752.1. - 10752.1. (a) The annual amount of the license fee for...

Section 10752.2. - 10752.2. (a) For initial or renewal registrations due on and...

Section 10752.5. - 10752.5. (a) The additional revenue resulting from the amendments made...

Section 10752.7. - 10752.7. Designated vehicle license fee revenues shall not, for purposes...

Section 10753. - 10753. (a) Upon the first sale of a new vehicle...

Section 10753.2. - 10753.2. (a) After determining the cost price to the purchaser,...

Section 10753.3. - 10753.3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the...

Section 10753.4. - 10753.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, every dealer...

Section 10753.5. - 10753.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the annual...

Section 10753.6. - 10753.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the...

Section 10753.7. - 10753.7. (a) Upon the sale or transfer of ownership of...

Section 10754.1. - 10754.1. For purposes of applying paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)...

Section 10754.11. - 10754.11. (a) (1) On August 15, 2006, the Controller shall...

Section 10755. - 10755. Whenever, by reason of the assignment or reassignment of...

Section 10756. - 10756. If any vehicle which is exempt under Section 10781...

Section 10757. - 10757. (a) No additional license fee shall be imposed under...

Section 10758. - 10758. The license fee imposed under this part is in...

Section 10759. - 10759. In computing any fee, offset, or penalty imposed by...

Section 10760. - 10760. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mobilehome...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Trailer Coaches

Section 10766. - 10766. For the purpose of this article, “trailer coach” shall...

Section 10767. - 10767. The provisions of this part shall apply to trailer...

Section 10768. - 10768. Sections 10853, 10854, 10855, and 10856 of this part...

Section 10769. - 10769. Whenever any trailer coach is in this State without...

Section 10770. - 10770. (a) If the fee for an original registration is...

ARTICLE 2 - Exemptions

Section 10781. - 10781. The license fee imposed by this part does not...

Section 10781.1. - 10781.1. The license fee imposed by this part does not...

Section 10782. - 10782. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does...

Section 10783. - 10783. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does...

Section 10783. - 10783. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does...

Section 10783.2. - 10783.2. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does...

Section 10783.2. - 10783.2. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does...

Section 10784. - 10784. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does...

Section 10785. - 10785. (a) The license fee imposed by this part shall...

Section 10786. - 10786. The license fee imposed by this part does not...

Section 10787. - 10787. The license fee imposed by this part does not...

Section 10788. - 10788. (a) With respect to mobilehomes or trailer coaches subject...

Section 10789. - 10789. The license fee imposed by this part does not...

CHAPTER 3 - Collections and Refunds

ARTICLE 1 - Payments

Section 10851. - 10851. Except as otherwise provided, the vehicle license fee is...

Section 10852. - 10852. The department shall collect the license fee and shall...

Section 10853. - 10853. Whenever any vehicle is operated upon any highway of...

Section 10854. - 10854. Penalties for failure to pay license fees before delinquency...

Section 10854.1. - 10854.1. If a check in payment of a fee or...

Section 10856. - 10856. (a) Except as provided in Section 9553 of the...

Section 10857. - 10857. No penalty fee shall be assessed for the delinquent...

Section 10858. - 10858. (a) When a transferee or purchaser of a vehicle...

ARTICLE 2 - Seizure and Sale

Section 10876. - 10876. Every license fee and any penalty added thereto, from...

Section 10877. - 10877. The department shall collect the fee and any penalty...

Section 10878. - 10878. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 10877 and 10951, the responsibility and...

Section 10879. - 10879. In the case of leased vehicles, for purposes of...

ARTICLE 3 - Refunds

Section 10901. - 10901. Whenever the department or the Department of Housing and...

Section 10902. - 10902. (a) In the event of a constructive total loss,...

CHAPTER 4 - Administration

Section 10951. - 10951. The department shall enforce the provisions of this part....

Section 10952. - 10952. The director of the department may employ and fix...

CHAPTER 5 - Distribution of Proceeds

Section 11001. - 11001. (a) All money collected by the department for accepted...

Section 11001.5. - 11001.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 11001, and except as provided...

Section 11002. - 11002. The money in the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund...

Section 11003. - 11003. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), the Legislature shall annually...

Section 11003.1. - 11003.1. All license fees on trailer coaches levied and collected...

Section 11004. - 11004. On or before the first day of December of...

Section 11004.5. - 11004.5. The Controller shall deduct from the allocations he would...

Section 11005. - 11005. After payment of refunds therefrom and after making the...

Section 11005.1. - 11005.1. (a) Any city or city and county may expend...

Section 11005.2. - 11005.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11005, the Controller shall...

Section 11005.3. - 11005.3. (a) In the case of a city that incorporated...

Section 11005.4. - 11005.4. Notwithstanding Section 11005, for the 1993–94 fiscal year only,...

Section 11005.5. - 11005.5. The payments provided under Section 11005 shall not be...

Section 11005.6. - 11005.6. Any city, county, or city and county may apply...

Section 11006. - 11006. (a) Commencing on December 31, 2001, the Controller, in...

CHAPTER 6 - Transportation Improvement Fee

Section 11050. - 11050. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 11051. - 11051. (a) In addition to any other fee imposed on...

Section 11052. - 11052. (a) The annual amount of the transportation improvement fee...

Section 11053. - 11053. Revenues from the transportation improvement fee, after deduction of...