California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 3.5 - REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF VESSELS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 9840. - 9840. As used in this division, unless the context clearly...

Section 9845. - 9845. The director, deputy director, registrar, deputy registrar, investigators of...

CHAPTER 2 - Registration

Section 9850. - 9850. Every undocumented vessel using the waters or on the...

Section 9851. - 9851. The department may adopt rules and regulations for the...

Section 9852. - 9852. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth...

Section 9852.5. - 9852.5. Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may...

Section 9852.7. - 9852.7. (a) Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration...

Section 9852.9. - 9852.9. (a) On and after July 1, 2008, the form...

Section 9853. - 9853. (a) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by...

Section 9853.1. - 9853.1. Upon receipt of the application in approved form, the...

Section 9853.2. - 9853.2. The owner shall paint on or attach to each...

Section 9853.3. - 9853.3. The certificate of number for vessels less than 26...

Section 9853.4. - 9853.4. (a) The department may issue one or more stickers,...

Section 9853.5. - 9853.5. Upon request, the department shall issue for any power-driven...

Section 9853.6. - 9853.6. (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described...

Section 9853.7. - 9853.7. (a) (1) When the retail seller of an undocumented...

Section 9853.8. - 9853.8. (a) This section applies only to a sterndrive or...

Section 9854. - 9854. The owner of any vessel already covered by a...

Section 9855. - 9855. If the ownership of an undocumented vessel changes, the...

Section 9856. - 9856. (a) It is not required that the department issue,...

Section 9857. - 9857. If an agency of the United States government shall...

Section 9858. - 9858. The department may issue any certificate of ownership and...

Section 9858.1. - 9858.1. Any documentary preparation charge by an authorized agent of...

Section 9858.5. - 9858.5. Any licensed yacht and ship broker acting as an...

Section 9859. - 9859. All money received by an agent from the sale...

Section 9860. - 9860. (a) Certificates of number shall be renewed before midnight...

Section 9861. - 9861. All certificates of number expire on December 31 of...

Section 9862. - 9862. (a) If the initial application for a number is...

Section 9862.5. - 9862.5. In computing any penalty imposed under this chapter, a...

Section 9863. - 9863. (a) Except as required under subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 9864. - 9864. The owner shall furnish the department notice of the...

Section 9865. - 9865. Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify...

Section 9866. - 9866. No number other than the number issued to an...

Section 9867. - 9867. A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged...

Section 9867.5. - 9867.5. Upon application for transfer of registration pursuant to Section...

Section 9868. - 9868. Fees received pursuant to this chapter are appropriated for...

Section 9869. - 9869. The department shall transmit information from each initial application...

Section 9870. - 9870. A nonprofit public benefit corporation governed by the Nonprofit...

Section 9871. - 9871. Upon application for original registration or transfer of registration...

Section 9871.5. - 9871.5. Upon application for renewal of registration of an undocumented...

Section 9872. - 9872. No person shall intentionally deface, destroy, or alter the...

Section 9872.1. - 9872.1. (a) No person shall knowingly buy, sell, offer for...

Section 9872.5. - 9872.5. No certificate of ownership shall be issued under this...

Section 9873. - 9873. An undocumented vessel shall not be required to be...

Section 9874. - 9874. The department may suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration...

Section 9875. - 9875. Except as provided in Section 40000.8, any person who...

Section 9880. - 9880. (a) The department shall not renew the certificate of...

CHAPTER 3 - Transfer of Title or Interest in Undocumented Vessel

Section 9900. - 9900. No transfer of the title or any interest in...

Section 9901. - 9901. Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly...

Section 9902. - 9902. The department, upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate...

Section 9903. - 9903. (a) Prior to the issuance of any certificate of...

Section 9905. - 9905. An owner who has made a bona fide sale...

Section 9906. - 9906. A legal owner may assign his title or interest...

Section 9907. - 9907. Upon transfer of the title or any interest of...

Section 9908. - 9908. Upon transfer of the title or interest or any...

Section 9909. - 9909. When the required certificate of ownership is lost, stolen,...

Section 9910. - 9910. It is unlawful for any person to fail or...

Section 9911. - 9911. Whenever the owner of an undocumented vessel numbered under...

Section 9912. - 9912. Every dealer upon transferring by sale, lease or otherwise...

Section 9913. - 9913. When a security interest upon a numbered vessel is...

Section 9914. - 9914. The transferee of a security interest in the interest...

Section 9915. - 9915. (a) Whenever the title or interest of any owner...

Section 9916. - 9916. (a) If 40 days have elapsed since the death...

Section 9916.5. - 9916.5. (a) On death of the owner of a vessel...

Section 9916.7. - 9916.7. (a) If the department makes a transfer pursuant to...

Section 9917. - 9917. Whenever application is made to the department for a...

Section 9918. - 9918. If the application for a transfer is made in...

Section 9919. - 9919. No security interest in any vessel numbered under this...

Section 9920. - 9920. When the secured party, his successor or assignee, has...

Section 9921. - 9921. Upon the deposit with the department of the certificate...

Section 9922. - 9922. The method provided in this chapter for perfecting a...

Section 9923. - 9923. In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence...

Section 9924. - 9924. In the event the vessel is no longer registered...

Section 9928. - 9928. The department shall withhold the certificate of number or...