California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 2 - Original Registration

• Section 4150.
  Application for the original or renewal registration of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code shall be made by the...
• Section 4150.1.
  (a) On a form provided by the department, the registered owner of record, lessee, or the owner’s designee shall certify and report the declared gross or...
• Section 4150.2.
  Application for the original registration or renewal of the registration of a motorcycle shall be made by the owner to the department upon the appropriate...
• Section 4150.5.
  Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held by two (or more) coowners as provided in Section 682 of the Civil...
• Section 4150.7.
  (a) Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the vehicle...
• Section 4151.
  The department shall not accept an application for the original registration of a vehicle in this State unless the vehicle at the time of application...
• Section 4152.
  (a) The department may accept an application for registration of a vehicle which is not within this state, but which is to be registered to a...
• Section 4152.5.
  Except as provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 9553, when California registration is required of a vehicle last registered in a foreign jurisdiction, an...
• Section 4153.
  If the vehicle to be registered is a specially constructed or remanufactured vehicle, the application shall also state that fact and contain additional information as...
• Section 4154.
  The department may not issue or renew the registration of a farm labor vehicle unless the owner of the vehicle provides verification to the department...
• Section 4155.
  Registration under this code shall apply to any vehicle owned by the United States government, the state, or any city, county, or political subdivision of...
• Section 4156.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), the department in its discretion may issue a temporary permit to...
• Section 4157.
  In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence of ownership upon application for registration or transfer of a vehicle, the department may accept an...
• Section 4158.
  In the event the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of ownership is surrendered to the department, the...
• Section 4159.
  Whenever any person after making application for the registration of a vehicle required to be registered under this code, or after obtaining registration either as...
• Section 4160.
  Any registered owner of a vehicle who moves or acquires a new address different from the address shown upon the registration card issued for the...
• Section 4161.
  (a) Whenever a motor vehicle engine or motor is installed, except temporarily, in a motor vehicle which is identified on the ownership and registration certificates by...
• Section 4163.
  The owner of three or more motor vehicles is not required to notify the department or to pay the fee required under Section 9257 when...
• Section 4166.
  The department may assign a distinguishing vehicle identification number to a motor vehicle whenever the motor or other identifying number thereon is removed, destroyed or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018