california DMV

[Regcabguy]

Ca blues.

About the only thing keeping me here is the weather,my proximity to a warm ocean(summer),and a darn near paid off home. Last weekend my wife and I visited the gravesite of my parents at Ft. Rosecrans,on military property. This was the sole location of an ATM in San Diego I am aware of that didn't require you to specify English in order to process your request. Well the pc police changed all that and another language is offered now. As far as DMV procedures go my Dave Smith Motors sourced Dodge flew through with flying colors despite the intense scrutiny of the clerk. The only holdup was waiting for a public employee to show up twenty minutes late to inspect the truck! I'm fifty-eight and certainly do miss the Ca of my past. :{

 

[grabinov]

Back on topic: Get a AAA (triple A card) for about $69. 00 and then go to them and see if, as others have said, there is a form you can fill out or a fee you can pay to solve the problem. I had a related problem with a motorcycle (funny, I live about 2 miles from Pro Italia, which came up earlier in this thread) and it worked out.

If your truck has a sticker which says that it is "legal in all 50 states including California" (No kidding, that's what it says, like you can get to 50 states without California, go figure), you should be able to pay California sales tax based on the price you paid and get it registered if you can find someone who WANTS to help. AAA is worth every penny...

 

[p-Bar]

Back on topic: Get a AAA (triple A card) for about $69. 00 and then go to them and see if, as others have said, there is a form you can fill out or a fee you can pay to solve the problem. I had a related problem with a motorcycle (funny, I live about 2 miles from Pro Italia, which came up earlier in this thread) and it worked out.



If your truck has a sticker which says that it is "legal in all 50 states including California" (No kidding, that's what it says, like you can get to 50 states without California, go figure), you should be able to pay California sales tax based on the price you paid and get it registered if you can find someone who WANTS to help. AAA is worth every penny...

My brother has AAA and has given that a lot of thought. I think the problem is once it reaches Sacramento. I read another post that the guy got tags and plates and 4 months later DMV asked for them back and said get the truck out of Commyfornia. Go figure I know he has only one shot at this. Thanks for everyones input. We live here for the climate only.

 

[Regcabguy]

Back on topic: Get a AAA (triple A card) for about $69. 00 and then go to them and see if, as others have said, there is a form you can fill out or a fee you can pay to solve the problem. I had a related problem with a motorcycle (funny, I live about 2 miles from Pro Italia, which came up earlier in this thread) and it worked out.



If your truck has a sticker which says that it is "legal in all 50 states including California" (No kidding, that's what it says, like you can get to 50 states without California, go figure), you should be able to pay California sales tax based on the price you paid and get it registered if you can find someone who WANTS to help. AAA is worth every penny...

If he's got a Ca certification on the driver side of the valve cover he's home free. Otherwise... :{

 

[MrFixit]

I learned about this CA cert when I bought a Chevy 1 ton back in 95 from a guy in Texas. At that time, he took $300 off the price because he said it was not CA certifiiefd. When the DMV inspected it, they showed me the CA tag. Extra $300 for me back then! Woo hoo!

 

[p-Bar]

If he's got a Ca certification on the driver side of the valve cover he's home free. Otherwise... :{

It's in the shop and he is having the mechanic look at the valve cover last column where it says CARB with 2 sets of numbers below. Will keep you guys updated

 

[ringneck]

Do like the doppers in Rio linda,drive it anyway.

 

[bnbrown]

Do like the doppers in Rio linda,drive it anyway.

indeed... drove my '99 for 6 mo's with no tags at all untill we got the title straightened out. Drove... or still driving the wife's '00 with a TX plate on it, 2 years after we bought it (a more challenging title problem) sometimes has a temp tag but most of the time it doesnt. no doping though

 

[KMcBride]

Keep us informed on how this goes. I bought a 2005 49 state 3500 from Lou Fuss in St. Louis MO. for my place in Bend Oregon September 2005. It has been in Oregon and registered there since I bought it and I now want to bring it to California. However I am a confused about the registration process or if I can.

 

[BillDriscoll]

Its flipping amazing that the state will ban a vehicle, but thousands of illegals walk across the boarder every day... ... ... .....

Come to think about it, there probably is a clause that if your illegal, you can resister anything.

 

[Regcabguy]

Ca registration.

Keep us informed on how this goes. I bought a 2005 49 state 3500 from Lou Fuss in St. Louis MO. for my place in Bend Oregon September 2005. It has been in Oregon and registered there since I bought it and I now want to bring it to California. However I am a confused about the registration process or if I can.

Bring it on in with lots of money. You're legal. With transfers,registration and weight fee($10. 00 and you must get it weighed here) You're probably looking at $400 for the first year and $50. 00 less from then on) If you can leave it registered in Oregon do that. My neighbor has his Superduty sitting out front all year with Oregon plates. As stated before,if you have it weighed strip everything off the sucker and drive it to the scales on fumes.

 

[firemansdiesel]

Keep us informed on how this goes. I bought a 2005 49 state 3500 from Lou Fuss in St. Louis MO. for my place in Bend Oregon September 2005. It has been in Oregon and registered there since I bought it and I now want to bring it to California. However I am a confused about the registration process or if I can.

Just be careful if you leave it registered in Oregan. Don't get a California license (you will get screwed if pulled over w/ a CA. CDL and out of state plates registered to you). If that is one of your options your thinking.



If you do register it here. You need to weigh the truck and get a visual inspection at the DMV. Then pay your tax on it (KILLER) and they will give you the registration and plates for your truck over the counter.



I went through this very same issue about 8 years ago when I got hired in California. Except I had a Toyota Tacoma I bought (new) a few months before I got hired. I was all set to go w/ the lady at the DMV giving me my plates and registration and said "wait a minute, you don't have over 7,500 miles on your truck". Needless to say I was given two options.



1. DMV will pay my way back one way and try to sell it in Colorado or

2. Try to trade it in at a dealer and let them worry about the registration.



Well, I traded it in and went upside down in my new truck since my toyota was a couple of months old.

 

[Regcabguy]

Mo' stuff.

They're are no tax implications. It is simply a transfer and re-registration. It will need to be weighed and an inspection by the DMV will verify the vin. plate. There was no sale. He owns it. I went through the same thing with my '07. The difference was that it was an out of state sale of a new vehicle with the intent to register it in California. I can't say enough good things about Dave Smith Motors. plug,plug.

 

[bnbrown]

In the past when we have brought vehicles into CA when they were registered to us in another state it was no problem.
I would not worry much about the Oregon plates, if they happen to ever question it, tell them you just brought it into the state and are intending to take it right back to Oregon... unless they can prove otherwise the worst they should be able to do is give you a fix-it. We even were told by a DMV clerk not to worry about registering a vehicle (registered in our name in NE) until the current plates run close to expiration. Technically I believe you have 3 weeks, but unless you tell them, there is no way they know when you brought it in.

 

[firemansdiesel]

In the past when we have brought vehicles into CA when they were registered to us in another state it was no problem.

I would not worry much about the Oregon plates, if they happen to ever question it, tell them you just brought it into the state and are intending to take it right back to Oregon... unless they can prove otherwise the worst they should be able to do is give you a fix-it. We even were told by a DMV clerk not to worry about registering a vehicle (registered in our name in NE) until the current plates run close to expiration. Technically I believe you have 3 weeks, but unless you tell them, there is no way they know when you brought it in.

As long as someone coming into California has not got thier DL (California) and still has thier out of state DL and the truck is still registered in that state. Your right they would not know when you came into the state (permanent resident), but once you trade in your out of state DL for a California DL and still don't register your vehicle (certain amount of time, 10 days I believe unless they changed it) they will know how long you have been here. It's more than a fix it ticket. It's a fat fine.

 

[bnbrown]

I have no doubt they have some big fines... but there are two dates that are important when registering/bringing a vehicle into CA, date you became resident, and the date your vehicle was first operated in CA. You do have 10 days from the date the vehicle was operated in CA to register it... but that date is not necessarily the same as the date you became a resident... for example when you move to CA and dont bring a vehicle with you... but bring it into CA a few months later... how do they know unless you tell them?

 

[firemansdiesel]

I have no doubt they have some big fines... but there are two dates that are important when registering/bringing a vehicle into CA, date you became resident, and the date your vehicle was first operated in CA. You do have 10 days from the date the vehicle was operated in CA to register it... but that date is not necessarily the same as the date you became a resident... for example when you move to CA and dont bring a vehicle with you... but bring it into CA a few months later... how do they know unless you tell them?

I see what your saying, but as soon as you get a California DL. You are a permanent resident. Now you have a deadline to register your vehicle. You can bring it over a year from now, but if you get caught by LEO and show him/her your California DL and your out of state plates are on. Your info will pop up and caught.



Guess what I'm saying is you can explain to the DMV your situation by saying I just brought my out of state truck to get registered here after a year of residents, but if you drive your truck around and get caught w/ a California DL and out of state plates that's registered to you. Big fine and not worth it.



California see's money only. Registration for out of state people coming to California is ridiculous. I've been there and done that. I was born and grew up in California and when I moved to Colorado for a fire position. I realized how expensive California is w/ stuff like this (when I moved back to California for a fire position). I believe I paid like $60 for my truck to register it in Colorado and just swap DL and pay a very small fee to be a resident.

 

[Paddy McMahon]

I have no doubt they have some big fines... but there are two dates that are important when registering/bringing a vehicle into CA, date you became resident, and the date your vehicle was first operated in CA. You do have 10 days from the date the vehicle was operated in CA to register it... but that date is not necessarily the same as the date you became a resident... for example when you move to CA and dont bring a vehicle with you... but bring it into CA a few months later... how do they know unless you tell them?



They monitor familiar vehicles with out of state plates. My wife was a resident of CA. Her convertible was up in Idaho(with ID plates). I trailered it down for her about a year after she moved back to our California place for a work opportunity. Her car was parked in a "commuter" parking lot and two months later she was greeted with a ticket on her winshield. The local PD routinely patrols parking lots for these and other infractions such as expired tags, fix it tickets, etc. Incidentally the car was registered to me(a resident of Idaho) not my wife, but because she had obtained a CA drivers lisc and was operating my vehicle I had to register the car in CA. I tried to fight this and was planning on returning the car to Idaho at some point, but after shelling out over $700 in ticket and registration fees I gave up.