California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE

CHAPTER 1 - Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title

ARTICLE 1 - Vehicles Subject to Registration

Section 4000. - 4000. (a) (1) A person shall not drive, move, or...

Section 4000.1. - 4000.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), (c),...

Section 4000.15. - 4000.15. (a) Effective January 1, 2020, the department shall confirm,...

Section 4000.17. - 4000.17. (a) For purposes of this section, “heavy-duty vehicle” means...

Section 4000.2. - 4000.2. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of...

Section 4000.3. - 4000.3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 44011 of...

Section 4000.37. - 4000.37. (a) Upon application for renewal of registration of a...

Section 4000.38. - 4000.38. (a) The department shall suspend, cancel, or revoke the...

Section 4000.4. - 4000.4. (a) Except as provided in Sections 6700, 6702, and...

Section 4000.5. - 4000.5. (a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined...

Section 4000.6. - 4000.6. A commercial motor vehicle, singly or in combination, that...

Section 4001. - 4001. All vehicles exempt from the payment of registration fees...

Section 4002. - 4002. When moved or operated under a permit issued by...

Section 4003. - 4003. A permit, as described in Section 9258, may be...

Section 4003.5. - 4003.5. (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section...

Section 4004. - 4004. (a) (1) Commercial motor vehicles meeting the registration requirements...

Section 4004.5. - 4004.5. The owner of any motor vehicle subject to the...

Section 4004.7. - 4004.7. (a) If the apportioned registration issued under Article 4...

Section 4005. - 4005. Any vehicle subject to registration may be operated within...

Section 4006. - 4006. A vehicle which is driven or moved upon a...

Section 4007. - 4007. The department, the Public Utilities Commission, and the State...

Section 4009. - 4009. A vehicle transported upon a highway, no part of...

Section 4010. - 4010. Special construction equipment and special mobile equipment are exempt...

Section 4012. - 4012. Any vehicle, implement, or equipment specifically designed or altered...

Section 4013. - 4013. Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading...

Section 4014. - 4014. Any portable or collapsible dolly carried in a tow...

Section 4015. - 4015. Any privately owned vehicle designed or capable of being...

Section 4016. - 4016. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4000, unregistered vehicles may...

Section 4017. - 4017. The provisions of Section 4000 shall not apply to...

Section 4018. - 4018. Any logging vehicle is exempt from registration. (Added by...

Section 4019. - 4019. A golf cart operated pursuant to Section 21115 is...

Section 4020. - 4020. A motorized bicycle operated upon a highway is exempt...

Section 4021. - 4021. Any vehicle that is designed or altered for, and...

Section 4022. - 4022. A vehicle repossessed pursuant to the terms of a...

Section 4023. - 4023. A low-speed vehicle operated pursuant to Section 21115 or...

ARTICLE 2 - Original Registration

Section 4150. - 4150. Application for the original or renewal registration of a...

Section 4150.1. - 4150.1. (a) On a form provided by the department, the...

Section 4150.2. - 4150.2. Application for the original registration or renewal of the...

Section 4150.5. - 4150.5. Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration...

Section 4150.7. - 4150.7. (a) Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to...

Section 4151. - 4151. The department shall not accept an application for the...

Section 4152. - 4152. (a) The department may accept an application for registration...

Section 4152.5. - 4152.5. Except as provided for in subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 4153. - 4153. If the vehicle to be registered is a specially...

Section 4154. - 4154. The department may not issue or renew the registration...

Section 4155. - 4155. Registration under this code shall apply to any vehicle...

Section 4156. - 4156. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, and...

Section 4156.5. - 4156.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department...

Section 4157. - 4157. In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence...

Section 4158. - 4158. In the event the vehicle is no longer registered...

Section 4159. - 4159. Whenever any person after making application for the registration...

Section 4160. - 4160. Any registered owner of a vehicle who moves or...

Section 4161. - 4161. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle engine or motor is...

Section 4163. - 4163. The owner of three or more motor vehicles is...

Section 4166. - 4166. The department may assign a distinguishing vehicle identification number...

ARTICLE 3 - Registration of Foreign Vehicles

Section 4300. - 4300. Upon application for registration of a vehicle previously registered...

Section 4300.5. - 4300.5. An application for registration under this chapter of a...

Section 4301. - 4301. The applicant shall surrender to the department all unexpired...

Section 4302. - 4302. Upon application made at the time of their surrender...

Section 4303. - 4303. If in the course of interstate operation of a...

Section 4304. - 4304. Upon application for registration of a vehicle previously registered...

Section 4305. - 4305. In the absence of knowledge by the department that...

Section 4306. - 4306. In the event a certificate of title issued by...

Section 4307. - 4307. In the event application is made in this state...

Section 4308. - 4308. In the event the department refuses to grant an...

Section 4309. - 4309. The department shall forthwith mail a notice of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Evidences of Registration

Section 4450. - 4450. The department upon registering a vehicle shall issue a...

Section 4450.5. - 4450.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2012, the director...

Section 4451. - 4451. The certificate of ownership shall contain all of the...

Section 4452. - 4452. The department may issue a certificate of ownership to...

Section 4453. - 4453. (a) The registration card shall contain upon its face,...

Section 4453.2. - 4453.2. In addition to the information required under Section 4453,...

Section 4453.5. - 4453.5. (a) In the case of leased vehicles, the lessor...

Section 4453.6. - 4453.6. On request of any member of the California Highway...

Section 4454. - 4454. (a) Every owner, upon receipt of a registration card,...

Section 4455. - 4455. Any permit issued under Section 4004 shall be carried...

Section 4456. - 4456. (a) When selling a vehicle, dealers and lessor-retailers shall...

Section 4456.1. - 4456.1. (a) A dealer or lessor-retailer who violates paragraph (1),...

Section 4456.2. - 4456.2. (a) The department shall develop a system for dealers...

Section 4456.3. - 4456.3. (a) The department shall charge a dealer or lessor-retailer...

Section 4456.4. - 4456.4. (a) A motor vehicle sold or leased by a...

Section 4456.5. - 4456.5. (a) A dealer may charge the purchaser or lessee...

Section 4457. - 4457. If any registration card or license plate is stolen,...

Section 4458. - 4458. If both license plates or a permanent trailer identification...

Section 4459. - 4459. If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated...

Section 4460. - 4460. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles, the Traffic Adjudication...

Section 4461. - 4461. (a) A person shall not lend a certificate of...

Section 4461.3. - 4461.3. In addition to any fine imposed for conviction of...

Section 4461.5. - 4461.5. In addition to, or instead of, any fine imposed...

Section 4462. - 4462. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall present...

Section 4462.5. - 4462.5. Every person who commits a violation of subdivision (b)...

Section 4463. - 4463. (a) A person who, with intent to prejudice, damage,...

Section 4463.3. - 4463.3. In addition to, or instead of, any fine imposed...

Section 4463.5. - 4463.5. (a) No person shall manufacture or sell a decorative...

Section 4464. - 4464. A person shall not display upon a vehicle a...

Section 4465. - 4465. (a) A legal owner of record of a vehicle...

Section 4466. - 4466. (a) The department shall not issue a duplicate or...

Section 4467. - 4467. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall issue...

ARTICLE 5 - Renewal of Registration

Section 4600. - 4600. Certificates of ownership shall not be renewed annually but...

Section 4601. - 4601. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, every...

Section 4601.5. - 4601.5. Notwithstanding Section 4601, the registration for vehicles registered pursuant...

Section 4602. - 4602. Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be...

Section 4603. - 4603. Whenever in his opinion the interests of the State...

Section 4604. - 4604. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), prior...

Section 4604.2. - 4604.2. (a) When the registration of a vehicle registered on...

Section 4604.5. - 4604.5. (a) (1) If the vehicle has not been operated,...

Section 4605. - 4605. Notwithstanding Section 4000 of this code, and notwithstanding Section...

Section 4606. - 4606. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (a) of Section 5204...

Section 4607. - 4607. The department, upon renewing a registration, shall issue a...

Section 4609. - 4609. The department may extend the life of the current...

Section 4610. - 4610. The department may authorize an endorsement of a receipt...

ARTICLE 6 - Refusal of Registration

Section 4750. - 4750. The department shall refuse registration, or renewal or transfer...

Section 4750.1. - 4750.1. (a) If the department receives an application for registration...

Section 4750.4. - 4750.4. Information provided by an insurer to the department pursuant...

Section 4750.5. - 4750.5. (a) The department shall withhold the registration or the...

Section 4750.6. - 4750.6. (a) The department shall transmit to the California Department...

Section 4751. - 4751. The department may refuse registration or the renewal or...

Section 4755. - 4755. The department shall refuse registration, or renewal or transfer...

Section 4760. - 4760. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or...

Section 4760.1. - 4760.1. (a) The department shall, before renewing the registration of...

Section 4761. - 4761. The department shall include on each potential registration card...

Section 4762. - 4762. The department shall remit all parking penalties and administrative...

Section 4763. - 4763. (a) The department shall assess a fee for the...

Section 4764. - 4764. (a) If a vehicle is transferred or the registration...

Section 4765. - 4765. No exemption from the payment of any fee imposed...

Section 4766. - 4766. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 4767. - 4767. (a) If delinquent parking or toll violations have been...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Refusal of Registration for Nonpayment of Toll Evasion Penalties

Section 4770. - 4770. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) or (d),...

Section 4771. - 4771. The department shall include on each vehicle registration renewal...

Section 4772. - 4772. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department...

Section 4773. - 4773. (a) The department shall assess a fee for the...

Section 4773.5. - 4773.5. (a) The department shall require the entire cost of...

Section 4774. - 4774. (a) If a vehicle is transferred or the registration...

Section 4775. - 4775. No exemption from the payment of any fee imposed...

ARTICLE 7 - License Plates

Section 4850. - 4850. (a) The department, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue...

Section 4850.5. - 4850.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 4850 and Section...

Section 4851. - 4851. Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the...

Section 4852. - 4852. (a) License plates issued for motor vehicles, other than...

Section 4853. - 4853. (a) The department may issue one or more stickers,...

Section 4854. - 4854. (a) The department shall establish a program authorizing an...

ARTICLE 8 - Special Plates

Section 5000. - 5000. (a) Identification plates issued for trailers, semitrailers, motor-driven cycles,...

Section 5001. - 5001. The department may issue license plates for vehicles exempt...

Section 5001.5. - 5001.5. The director may enter into agreements or arrangements with...

Section 5002. - 5002. The department may issue regular series plates to the...

Section 5002.5. - 5002.5. The department shall issue regular series license plates for...

Section 5002.6. - 5002.6. (a) The Chancellor or a president of a campus...

Section 5002.7. - 5002.7. (a) For a county of over 20,000 square miles...

Section 5002.8. - 5002.8. (a) (1) Distinctive license plates issued for a motor...

Section 5003. - 5003. The department shall maintain a record of the registration...

Section 5004. - 5004. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any...

Section 5004.1. - 5004.1. (a) (1) An owner of a vehicle that is...

Section 5004.3. - 5004.3. (a) Subject to subdivision (d), the department shall establish...

Section 5004.5. - 5004.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any owner...

Section 5005. - 5005. (a) Any person holding an unexpired amateur radio station...

Section 5006. - 5006. (a) The department may issue distinctive license plates for...

Section 5006.5. - 5006.5. (a) The department may issue, for a fee determined...

Section 5007. - 5007. (a) The department shall, upon application and without additional...

Section 5007.5. - 5007.5. (a) Upon a receipt of request for information by...

Section 5008. - 5008. (a) Any person who is regularly employed or engaged...

Section 5010. - 5010. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, when a...

Section 5011. - 5011. Every piece of special construction equipment, special mobile equipment,...

Section 5014. - 5014. An application by a person other than a manufacturer...

Section 5014.1. - 5014.1. (a) Upon the implementation of the permanent trailer identification...

Section 5015. - 5015. (a) The application for an identification plate for special...

Section 5016. - 5016. Upon proper application and payment of the fees specified...

Section 5016.5. - 5016.5. (a) The department may issue a special identification plate...

Section 5017. - 5017. (a) Each identification plate issued under Section 5016 shall...

Section 5018. - 5018. Whenever the ownership of equipment, a logging vehicle, or...

Section 5019. - 5019. The authorizations for the issuance of special license plates...

Section 5020. - 5020. Any person holding an unexpired license for a class...

Section 5021. - 5021. After the requirements for the registration of the vehicle...

Section 5022. - 5022. (a) Until December 31, 1984, a person described in...

Section 5023. - 5023. (a) (1) Until December 31, 2013, a person described...

Section 5024. - 5024. (a) A person described in Section 5101 may also...

ARTICLE 8.1 - Motorized Bicycles

Section 5030. - 5030. A motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406, is...

Section 5031. - 5031. An application by a person other than a manufacturer...

Section 5032. - 5032. (a) The application for a special license plate for...

Section 5033. - 5033. Upon proper application and payment of the fees specified...

Section 5034. - 5034. (a) The department may issue a special license plate...

Section 5035. - 5035. Each license plate issued under Section 5033 shall bear...

Section 5036. - 5036. A service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be...

Section 5037. - 5037. (a) No motorized bicycle first sold on or after...

Section 5038. - 5038. The department shall establish a record system that provides...

Section 5039. - 5039. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no dealer, manufacturer,...

ARTICLE 8.3 - Historic and Special Interest Vehicles

Section 5050. - 5050. The Legislature finds and declares that constructive leisure pursuits...

Section 5051. - 5051. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise...

Section 5052. - 5052. Except as otherwise provided by local ordinance, a collector...

ARTICLE 8.4 - Special Interest License Plates

Section 5060. - 5060. (a) An organization may apply to the department for...

Section 5060.1. - 5060.1. Notwithstanding Section 5060 or any other provision of law...

Section 5061. - 5061. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the...

Section 5062. - 5062. (a) This section shall be known, and may be...

Section 5064. - 5064. (a) The department, in consultation with the Yosemite Foundation,...

Section 5066. - 5066. (a) The department, in conjunction with the Department of...

Section 5067. - 5067. (a) The department, in consultation with the California Coastal...

Section 5068. - 5068. (a) (1) (A) A veterans’ organization may apply either...

Section 5068.1. - 5068.1. By July 1, 2013, the department shall do all...

Section 5069. - 5069. Revenue derived from the additional special fees provided in...

Section 5072. - 5072. (a) Any person described in Section 5101 may also...

Section 5074. - 5074. (a) This section shall be known and may be...

Section 5075. - 5075. (a) The department, in consultation with the California Tahoe...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Environmental License Plates

Section 5100. - 5100. The purpose of this article is to provide revenue...

Section 5101. - 5101. Any person who is the registered owner or lessee...

Section 5101.2. - 5101.2. (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who...

Section 5101.3. - 5101.3. (a) Any person otherwise eligible under this article who...

Section 5101.4. - 5101.4. (a) Any person otherwise eligible under this article who...

Section 5101.5. - 5101.5. (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who...

Section 5101.6. - 5101.6. (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who...

Section 5101.8. - 5101.8. (a) Any person otherwise eligible under this article who...

Section 5101.9. - 5101.9. (a) Until December 31, 1991, any person described in...

Section 5102. - 5102. The environmental license plates shall be the same color...

Section 5103. - 5103. “Environmental license plates,” as used in this article, means...

Section 5104. - 5104. Environmental license plates shall be issued only to the...

Section 5105. - 5105. (a) An applicant for issuance of environmental license plates...

Section 5106. - 5106. (a) In addition to the regular registration fee or...

Section 5107. - 5107. (a) All revenue derived from the fees provided for...

Section 5108. - 5108. (a) Whenever any person who has been issued environmental...

Section 5109. - 5109. When any person who has been issued environmental license...

Section 5110. - 5110. (a) The director may adopt rules and regulations as...

Section 5112. - 5112. (a) The department shall revise its Internet Web site...

ARTICLE 8.6 - Specialized License Plates

Section 5151. - 5151. (a) As used in this article, “state agency” means...

Section 5152. - 5152. A person described in Section 5101 may apply for...

Section 5154. - 5154. Specialized license plates issued under this article shall have...

Section 5155. - 5155. The design criteria for a specialized license plate are...

Section 5156. - 5156. (a) (1) A state agency may apply to the...

Section 5156.5. - 5156.5. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall apply to...

Section 5156.7. - 5156.7. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall...

Section 5157. - 5157. (a) In addition to the regular fees for an...

Section 5158. - 5158. When payment of renewal fees is not required as...

Section 5159. - 5159. A state agency that is eligible to participate in...

Section 5160. - 5160. (a) A state agency authorized under this article to...

Section 5161. - 5161. (a) The department, in consultation with the Department of...

Section 5162. - 5162. The State Department of Public Health shall apply to...

Section 5163. - 5163. (a) The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall apply...

Section 5168. - 5168. (a) The fees specified in Section 5157 shall be...

Section 5169. - 5169. (a) The California Cultural and Historical Endowment shall apply...

ARTICLE 9 - Display of Plates, Tabs, and Stickers

Section 5200. - 5200. (a) When two license plates are issued by the...

Section 5201. - 5201. (a) License plates, including temporary license plates, shall at...

Section 5201.1. - 5201.1. (a) A person shall not sell a product or...

Section 5202. - 5202. (a) A license plate issued by this state or...

Section 5203. - 5203. This chapter does not apply to plates which the...

Section 5204. - 5204. (a) Except as provided by subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 5204.5. - 5204.5. The department shall post on its Internet Web site,...

Section 5205. - 5205. The department may make appropriate rules and regulations for...

Section 5205.5. - 5205.5. (a) (1) For purposes of implementing Section 21655.9, the...

Section 5206. - 5206. Vehicles for which weight fees are paid on a...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Registration of Fleet Vehicles

Section 5301. - 5301. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code and...

Section 5302. - 5302. (a) Motor vehicles registered in any state other than...

Section 5303. - 5303. (a) The applicant for initial issuance of permanent registration...

Section 5304. - 5304. Renewal fees shall be paid pursuant to a schedule...

Section 5305. - 5305. In addition to any other fees due for motor...

Section 5306. - 5306. Upon payment of appropriate fees, the license plate or...

Section 5307. - 5307. (a) A fleet vehicle registered under this article may...

Section 5308. - 5308. The director shall adopt procedures for initial application, payment...

Section 5309. - 5309. The registration of any identified fleet vehicle is required...

ARTICLE 10 - Registration of Trailer Coaches

Section 5350. - 5350. The provisions of this division shall apply to trailer...

Section 5351. - 5351. Sections 4452, 4604, 5904, 6052, and 9254, and subdivision...

Section 5352. - 5352. Subject to the exemptions stated in Section 5353, registration...

Section 5353. - 5353. The registration provisions of this article shall not apply...

Section 5354. - 5354. The registration of a foreign trailer coach owned by...

ARTICLE 12 - Surrender of Registration Documents and License Plates

Section 5500. - 5500. (a) Any person, other than a licensed dismantler, desiring...

Section 5501. - 5501. The provisions of Sections 4457, 4458, and 4459 shall...

Section 5505. - 5505. (a) This section applies to any vehicle reported to...

Section 5506. - 5506. No salvage vehicle rebuilder may resell or transfer ownership...

CHAPTER 2 - Transfers of Title or Interest

ARTICLE 1 - Procedure to Transfer

Section 5600. - 5600. (a) No transfer of the title or any interest...

Section 5600.5. - 5600.5. Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration...

Section 5601. - 5601. Section 5600 does not apply to involuntary transfers, as...

Section 5602. - 5602. An owner who has made a bona fide sale...

Section 5603. - 5603. A legal owner may assign his title or interest...

Section 5604. - 5604. Every dealer who, upon transferring by sale, lease, or...

Section 5604.5. - 5604.5. (a) Every dealer who, upon transferring by sale, lease,...

ARTICLE 2 - Endorsement and Delivery of Documents

Section 5750. - 5750. Upon transfer of the title or any interest of...

Section 5751. - 5751. Upon transfer of the title or interest of the...

Section 5751.5. - 5751.5. (a) Upon transfer of the title or interest of...

Section 5752. - 5752. (a) When the required certificate of ownership is lost,...

Section 5753. - 5753. (a) It is unlawful for any person to fail...

ARTICLE 3 - Notice and Application

Section 5900. - 5900. (a) Whenever the owner of a vehicle registered under...

Section 5901. - 5901. (a) Every dealer or lessor-retailer, upon transferring by sale,...

Section 5902. - 5902. Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly...

Section 5902.5. - 5902.5. (a) If an application for a registration transaction is...

Section 5903. - 5903. When the department receives a copy of the judgment...

Section 5904. - 5904. Whenever the ownership of any vehicle for which a...

Section 5905. - 5905. When a security interest upon a registered vehicle is...

Section 5906. - 5906. When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer...

Section 5906.5. - 5906.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), in...

Section 5907. - 5907. A secured party who holds a security interest in...

Section 5908. - 5908. The transferee of a security interest in a registered...

Section 5909. - 5909. (a) Whenever the title or interest of any owner...

Section 5910. - 5910. (a) Upon the death of an owner or legal...

Section 5910.5. - 5910.5. (a) On death of the owner of a vehicle...

Section 5910.7. - 5910.7. (a) If the department makes a transfer pursuant to...

Section 5911. - 5911. Whenever application is made to the department for a...

Section 5912. - 5912. Whenever application is made to the department for a...

ARTICLE 4 - Transfer by Department

Section 6050. - 6050. (a) The department upon receipt of a properly endorsed...

Section 6051. - 6051. If the application for a transfer is made in...

Section 6052. - 6052. When application is made for transfer of the ownership...

ARTICLE 5 - Transfers Through Wholesale Auctions

Section 6100. - 6100. (a) A dealer who conducts a wholesale motor vehicle...

Section 6102. - 6102. For each vehicle sold pursuant to this article, the...

Section 6104. - 6104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a dealer who...

Section 6105. - 6105. This article shall become operative on July 1, 1993....

CHAPTER 2.5 - Miscellaneous Title Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Certificate of Title as Evidence

Section 6150. - 6150. In any criminal proceeding in which ownership, possession, or...

Section 6151. - 6151. A party to a proceeding described in Section 6150...

Section 6152. - 6152. At any hearing, including, but not limited to, a...

Section 6153. - 6153. Where testimony is taken and preserved for use at...

Section 6154. - 6154. If any provision of this act or the application...

ARTICLE 2 - Inspection and Cancellation of Titles for Exported Vehicles

Section 6160. - 6160. The Legislature finds and declares that when vehicles are...

Section 6161. - 6161. For the purposes of this chapter, the following provisions...

Section 6161. - 6161. For the purposes of this act, the term: (a)...

Section 6162. - 6162. An owner of a vehicle who seeks to export...

ARTICLE 3 - Return of Stolen Motor Vehicle Retained as Evidence

Section 6171. - 6171. When criminal charges have been filed involving a motor...

Section 6172. - 6172. Upon expiration of a reasonable time for the completion...

CHAPTER 3 - Filing Instruments Evidencing Liens or Encumbrances

Section 6300. - 6300. Except as provided in Sections 5905, 5907, and 5908,...

Section 6301. - 6301. When the secured party, his or her successor, or...

Section 6302. - 6302. Upon the deposit of an application for registration of...

Section 6303. - 6303. Except as provided in Sections 5905, 5907 and 5908,...

CHAPTER 4 - Permits to Nonresident Owners

ARTICLE 1 - Exemption of Nonresidents

Section 6700. - 6700. (a) Except as provided in Section 6700.2, the owner...

Section 6700.1. - 6700.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department...

Section 6700.2. - 6700.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4000.4, subdivision (a) of Section 6700,...

Section 6700.25. - 6700.25. (a) The department shall provide a nonresident daily commuter...

Section 6700.3. - 6700.3. (a) An application by a nonresident daily commuter for...

Section 6700.4. - 6700.4. A nonresident daily commuter indicia shall be displayed in...

Section 6701. - 6701. (a) Any nonresident owner of a vehicle registered in...

Section 6702. - 6702. Every nonresident, including any foreign corporation, having an established...

Section 6703. - 6703. Any person entering California following discharge from the armed...

ARTICLE 2 - Foreign Commercial Vehicles

Section 6850. - 6850. A nonresident owner of any foreign commercial vehicle shall...

Section 6852. - 6852. The nonresident owner of a foreign vehicle shall be...

Section 6853. - 6853. Any vehicle owned by a nonresident owner not registered...

Section 6854. - 6854. (a) Any owner or lessor of a commercial vehicle...

ARTICLE 3 - Reciprocity Agreements

Section 8000. - 8000. The director, or his or her designee, may enter...

Section 8001. - 8001. The director, or his or her designee, is authorized...

ARTICLE 4 - Apportioned Registration

Section 8050. - 8050. The Legislature declares that in enacting this article, it...

Section 8052. - 8052. (a) The director, or his or her designee, may,...

Section 8053. - 8053. Provisions of this code which specify and govern application...

Section 8054. - 8054. (a) Upon the application for transfer of ownership of...

Section 8055. - 8055. This article does not apply to any owner or...

Section 8056. - 8056. Any application filed pursuant to this article which contains...

Section 8057. - 8057. Any person issued fleet registration pursuant to Article 9.5...

Section 8058. - 8058. (a) The department shall charge interest on any underpaid...

ARTICLE 5 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Program

Section 8100. - 8100. An application for apportioned registration received on and after...

Section 8101. - 8101. In addition to the reasons specified in Section 4750...

Section 8102. - 8102. (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Section...

Section 8103. - 8103. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a hearing...

Section 8104. - 8104. Except as provided in subdivision (e), a vehicle or...

ARTICLE 6 - Enforcement of Liens on Apportioned Fleet Vehicles

Section 8200. - 8200. “Registrant,” for purposes of this article, means any person...

Section 8201. - 8201. (a) Fees determined to be due, including penalties and...

Section 8202. - 8202. (a) Within 30 days of the date the notice...

Section 8203. - 8203. (a) When a lien is perfected pursuant to Section...

Section 8204. - 8204. (a) When a transferee or purchaser of an apportionately...

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...

Section 8801. - 8801. The department may suspend, cancel, revoke, or renew any...

Section 8802. - 8802. Whenever the department cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration...

Section 8803. - 8803. Whenever the department cancels, suspends, or revokes any license...

Section 8804. - 8804. Every person who, while a resident, as defined in...

CHAPTER 6 - Registration and Weight Fees

ARTICLE 1 - Exemptions

Section 9101. - 9101. No fees specified in this code, except fees not...

Section 9102. - 9102. The fees specified in this code except fees for...

Section 9102.5. - 9102.5. (a) In lieu of all other fees which are...

Section 9103. - 9103. (a) Fees specified in this code, except fees for...

Section 9104. - 9104. The fees specified in this code except fees for...

Section 9104.2. - 9104.2. The fees specified in this code, except fees for...

Section 9104.5. - 9104.5. The fees specified in this code, except fees for...

Section 9105. - 9105. (a) Except for fees for duplicate license plates, duplicate...

Section 9105. - 9105. (a) Except for fees for duplicate license plates, duplicate...

Section 9106. - 9106. The fees specified in this code, except fees for...

Section 9107. - 9107. The weight fees for commercial vehicles specified in Sections...

ARTICLE 2 - Registration Fees

Section 9250. - 9250. (a) A registration fee of forty-three dollars ($43) shall...

Section 9250.1. - 9250.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in...

Section 9250.2. - 9250.2. (a) The department, if requested by the Sacramento Metropolitan...

Section 9250.2. - 9250.2. (a) The department, if requested by the Sacramento Metropolitan...

Section 9250.4. - 9250.4. (a) The department shall, if requested by a countywide...

Section 9250.5. - 9250.5. (a) The department shall, if requested by the City/County...

Section 9250.6. - 9250.6. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9250.7. - 9250.7. (a) (1) A service authority established under Section 22710...

Section 9250.8. - 9250.8. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9250.9. - 9250.9. All fees received by the department pursuant to Section...

Section 9250.10. - 9250.10. (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified...

Section 9250.11. - 9250.11. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9250.12. - 9250.12. (a) For purposes of this section, “county” means the...

Section 9250.13. - 9250.13. (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified...

Section 9250.14. - 9250.14. (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified...

Section 9250.15. - 9250.15. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9250.16. - 9250.16. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9250.17. - 9250.17. (a) The department shall, if requested by a county...

Section 9250.18. - 9250.18. (a) The department shall collect the administrative fee established...

Section 9250.19. - 9250.19. (a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified...

Section 9251. - 9251. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9252. - 9252. (a) In addition to the registration fee specified in...

Section 9254. - 9254. A service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be...

Section 9255. - 9255. Upon application for the transfer of the title or...

Section 9255.1. - 9255.1. A service fee of two dollars ($2), in addition...

Section 9255.2. - 9255.2. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in...

Section 9255.3. - 9255.3. Notwithstanding Section 9255, any vehicle transferred pursuant to Section...

Section 9255.5. - 9255.5. Upon application for transfer of registration pursuant to Section...

Section 9256. - 9256. Upon filing with the department an application for transfer...

Section 9257. - 9257. Every notice of the installation in a vehicle of...

Section 9257.5. - 9257.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a fee...

Section 9258. - 9258. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be paid...

Section 9258.5. - 9258.5. A fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) shall be paid...

Section 9259. - 9259. A fee of two dollars ($2) shall be paid...

Section 9259.3. - 9259.3. For each application to include an additional operating area...

Section 9259.5. - 9259.5. For each application for immediate telephone service for a...

Section 9260. - 9260. (a) The fee for a temporary registration issued under...

Section 9261. - 9261. (a) A service fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall...

Section 9261.1. - 9261.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in...

Section 9262. - 9262. (a) The fee for a license issued to dealers...

Section 9262.5. - 9262.5. It is the intent of the Legislature, in amending...

Section 9263. - 9263. Any automobile dismantler who fails to comply with Section...

Section 9265. - 9265. Upon application for duplicates or substitutes as permitted under...

Section 9266. - 9266. The fee for a temporary permit issued under Section...

Section 9266.5. - 9266.5. The fee for a temporary permit issued under subdivision...

Section 9268. - 9268. In addition to any other registration fee and notwithstanding...

Section 9269. - 9269. A licensed automobile dismantler who acquires, for the purpose...

Section 9270. - 9270. (a) The department may charge a service fee of...

Section 9271. - 9271. In addition to any other fees specified in this...

ARTICLE 3 - Weight Fees

Section 9400. - 9400. Except as provided in Section 9400.1, and in addition...

Section 9400.1. - 9400.1. (a) (1) In addition to any other required fee,...

Section 9400.3. - 9400.3. (a) In order to ensure that Chapter 973 of...

Section 9400.4. - 9400.4. Weight fee revenue deposited into the State Highway Account...

Section 9400.7. - 9400.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for...

Section 9400.8. - 9400.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the voters...

Section 9401. - 9401. (a) Motor vehicles manufactured in or prior to 1936,...

Section 9404. - 9404. (a) Station wagons, except those used in the transportation...

Section 9405. - 9405. Agricultural water-well boring rigs are exempt from the fees...

Section 9406. - 9406. Alterations or additions to registered vehicles for which fees...

Section 9406.1. - 9406.1. Prior to operation of a vehicle at a declared...

Section 9407. - 9407. The fee required under Section 9400 and 9400.1 shall...

Section 9408. - 9408. (a) Whenever any registered commercial vehicle, including, but not...

Section 9409. - 9409. Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading...

Section 9410. - 9410. (a) One commercial vehicle weighing less than 8,001 pounds...

ARTICLE 4 - Payment of Fees

Section 9550. - 9550. All fees required to be paid by a vehicle...

Section 9551. - 9551. All fees required to be paid by an automobile...

Section 9551.2. - 9551.2. (a) When an application is made for a renewal...

Section 9552. - 9552. (a) Whenever any vehicle is operated upon any highway...

Section 9553. - 9553. (a) A penalty shall be added upon any delinquent...

Section 9553.5. - 9553.5. (a) Whenever fees have not been paid in full...

Section 9553.7. - 9553.7. The penalty for delinquency with respect to any transfer...

Section 9554. - 9554. (a) (1) A penalty shall be added on any...

Section 9554.1. - 9554.1. The amount of any penalty calculated pursuant to Section...

Section 9554.2. - 9554.2. Upon the operation of a commercial motor vehicle at...

Section 9554.5. - 9554.5. (a) On and after January 1, 2003, a penalty...

Section 9555. - 9555. Whenever any trailer coach is in this State without...

Section 9556. - 9556. Whenever any person or organization authorized by the department...

Section 9557. - 9557. (a) No penalty shall be imposed for delinquent payment...

Section 9558. - 9558. If a check in payment of a fee or...

Section 9559. - 9559. In computing any registration or weight fee or penalty...

Section 9559.5. - 9559.5. When, by reason of the assignment or reassignment of...

Section 9560. - 9560. (a) The department shall waive all penalties that may...

Section 9561. - 9561. (a) When a legal owner or his or her...

Section 9561.5. - 9561.5. The department shall waive any penalties that may be...

Section 9562. - 9562. (a) When a transferee or purchaser of a vehicle...

Section 9563. - 9563. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, when a...

Section 9564. - 9564. (a) A scrap metal processor, as described in paragraph...

ARTICLE 5 - Partial Year Payment of Weight Fees

Section 9700. - 9700. With respect to vehicles subject to additional registration fees...

Section 9702. - 9702. An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be...

Section 9704. - 9704. Every partial year vehicle registration and every certificate or...

Section 9706. - 9706. (a) Application for partial year registration in conjunction with...

Section 9706.1. - 9706.1. If the registration card or potential registration card is...

Section 9710. - 9710. When an application for renewal of registration of a...

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