California Vehicle Code CHAPTER 2 - Registration

• Section 9850.
  Every undocumented vessel using the waters or on the waters of this state shall be currently numbered. No person shall operate nor shall any county,...
• Section 9851.
  The department may adopt rules and regulations for the registration of undocumented vessels belonging to the state, local public agencies, or to the United States...
• Section 9852.
  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth requirements relative to establishing proof of ownership to be submitted by the owner at the time...
• Section 9852.5.
  Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may be held by two or more coowners as follows:(a) A vessel may be registered in the names...
• Section 9852.7.
  (a) Ownership of an undocumented vessel subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the vessel to...
• Section 9852.9.
  (a) On and after July 1, 2008, the form for an initial application for a number prepared by the department pursuant to Section 9853 shall include...
• Section 9853.
  (a) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by this state shall file an initial application for a number with the department or with an agent...
• Section 9853.1.
  Upon receipt of the application in approved form, the department shall issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a certificate of number...
• Section 9853.2.
  The owner shall paint on or attach to each side of the forward half of the vessel the identification number in such manner as may...
• Section 9853.3.
  The certificate of number for vessels less than 26 feet in length and leased or rented to another for the latter’s noncommercial use of less...
• Section 9853.4.
  (a) The department may issue one or more stickers, tabs, or other suitable devices to identify vessels as being currently registered. The size, shape, and color...
• Section 9853.5.
  Upon request, the department shall issue for any power-driven pleasure craft which is constructed of wood and which was constructed prior to December 31, 1942,...
• Section 9853.6.
  (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 9853 shall be increased by ten dollars ($10).(2) Five dollars ($5)...
• Section 9853.7.
  (a) (1) When the retail seller of an undocumented sterndrive or inboard vessel, that contains a spark-ignition marine engine below 373 kW (500 hp) rated power output...
• Section 9853.8.
  (a) This section applies only to a sterndrive or inboard vessel that contains a spark-ignition marine engine below 373 kW (500 hp) rated power output that...
• Section 9854.
  The owner of any vessel already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been issued to it pursuant to then operative...
• Section 9855.
  If the ownership of an undocumented vessel changes, the existing certificate of ownership and a new application form accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars...
• Section 9856.
  (a) It is not required that the department issue, or that an application be made for a new certificate of ownership or a new certificate of...
• Section 9857.
  If an agency of the United States government shall have in force an overall system of identification numbering for undocumented vessels within the United States,...
• Section 9858.
  The department may issue any certificate of ownership and certificate of number or temporary certificate of number directly or the department may authorize any person...
• Section 9858.1.
  Any documentary preparation charge by an authorized agent of the department shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20).(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1407, Sec. 2.)
• Section 9858.5.
  Any licensed yacht and ship broker acting as an authorized agent of the department may collect use tax on a vessel transfer when applicable, and...
• Section 9859.
  All money received by an agent from the sale of certificates of number or temporary certificates of number and use tax shall be kept separate...
• Section 9860.
  (a) Certificates of number shall be renewed before midnight of the expiration date by presentation of the certificate of number last issued for the vessel or...
• Section 9861.
  All certificates of number expire on December 31 of every odd-numbered year.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 473, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
• Section 9862.
  (a) If the initial application for a number is not received by the department on or before the date set by the department, a penalty of...
• Section 9862.5.
  In computing any penalty imposed under this chapter, a fraction of a dollar shall be disregarded unless it equals or exceeds fifty cents ($0.50), in...
• Section 9863.
  (a) Except as required under subdivisions (b) and (c), and except moneys collected under Section 9875, fees received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in...
• Section 9864.
  The owner shall furnish the department notice of the wrecking or dismantling, or the destruction or abandonment of an undocumented vessel within 15 days thereof....
• Section 9865.
  Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the department within 15 days, if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing on...
• Section 9866.
  No number other than the number issued to an undocumented vessel or granted reciprocity pursuant to this chapter shall be painted, attached, or otherwise displayed...
• Section 9867.
  A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged for a duplicate of certificate of number, certificate of ownership, or current year registration stickers.(Amended by...
• Section 9867.5.
  Upon application for transfer of registration pursuant to Section 9917, a fee as specified in Section 9867 shall be paid to the department in addition...
• Section 9868.
  Fees received pursuant to this chapter are appropriated for payment of refunds of money received or collected in the payment of fees, permits, or services...
• Section 9869.
  The department shall transmit information from each initial application and each transfer application or renewal application to the county assessor in the county of residence...
• Section 9870.
  A nonprofit public benefit corporation governed by the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law (Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1...
• Section 9871.
  Upon application for original registration or transfer of registration of an undocumented vessel, the department may assign an appropriate hull identification number to such vessel...
• Section 9871.5.
  Upon application for renewal of registration of an undocumented vessel, the applicant is required to furnish the hull identification number if the records of the...
• Section 9872.
  No person shall intentionally deface, destroy, or alter the hull identification number of a vessel required to be numbered under this chapter without written authorization...
• Section 9872.1.
  (a) No person shall knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, or have in his or her possession any vessel, or component part thereof, from which...
• Section 9872.5.
  No certificate of ownership shall be issued under this chapter for any “amphibious vehicle” for which a certificate of ownership may be issued by the...
• Section 9873.
  An undocumented vessel shall not be required to be numbered under this chapter if it is:(a) Already covered by a number in full force and effect...
• Section 9874.
  The department may suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vessel, a certificate of number, sticker, certificate of ownership, or temporary certificate of number...
• Section 9875.
  Except as provided in Section 40000.8, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation of the department adopted pursuant...
• Section 9880.
  (a) The department shall not renew the certificate of number of, or allow a transfer of any title to or interest in, a vessel if the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018