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§ 156.01. Clean Air Vehicle Decals: Transfers and Replacements.

13 CA ADC § 156.01Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 13. Motor Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Division 1. Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1. Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 3. Vehicle Registration and Titling
13 CCR § 156.01
§ 156.01. Clean Air Vehicle Decals: Transfers and Replacements.
Currentness
(a) Clean Air Vehicle Decals shall remain with the qualifying vehicle for which they were originally issued, regardless of changes in ownership.
(b) A new Clean Air Vehicle certification document (i.e., “Clean Air Certificate,” issued with each set of Clean Air Vehicle Decals) shall be made available for subsequent (i.e., transfer) purchasers of qualifying vehicles to which Clean Air Vehicle Decals have been issued. The department shall issue a new Certificate which shall retain the vehicle description while providing the new ownership information.
(1) A new owner of a vehicle that was issued a decal through the dealer prior to sale is not required to obtain a new certification.
(c) Clean Air Vehicle Decals shall be made available for issuance in complete sets as replacements for Clean Air Vehicle Decals that are damaged, destroyed, stolen, or not received, provided that such replacement decals are issued to the same vehicle to which Clean Air Vehicle Decals were originally issued.
(d) Applicants for replacement Clean Air Vehicle Decals or a replacement Clean Air Certificate shall complete an Application for Clean Air Vehicle Decals, Form REG 1000 (Rev. 6/2015), which is hereby incorporated by reference and made available to the public at all field offices and on the department's internet website at www.dmv.ca.gov. The applicant shall sign the application under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California.
(e) An acceptable Application for Clean Air Vehicle Decals, Form REG 1000, herein after referred to as “application,” requesting replacement decals shall contain a check mark in the box labeled “Replacement decal” and a check mark in one of the boxes indicating the reason a replacement is needed.
(1) An acceptable application requesting replacement Clean Air Vehicle Decals that are declared “stolen” shall include a copy of the police report that was created by the responding law enforcement agency to which the stolen decals were reported.
(2) An acceptable application requesting replacement Clean Air Vehicle Decals which have been declared “lost”, “not received”, “damaged”, or “destroyed” shall complete the vehicle information portion and Section E -- Statement of Facts portion of the Form REG 1000, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available to the public at all field offices and on the department's internet website at www.dmv.ca.gov. The applicant shall provide an explanation as to how the decals were lost, not received, damaged or destroyed.
(3) An acceptable application requesting a new Clean Air Certificate only, due to the applicant acquiring a qualified vehicle through transfer, shall contain the word “transfer” or other words to indicate a transfer has taken place, in the space provided under the box marked “Other.”
(f) Any and all remaining Clean Air Vehicle Decals previously assigned to a vehicle shall be removed and surrendered to the department, either at a department field office or by mail to the address identified in subsection (g) of this section, before replacement decals are affixed to the vehicle.
(g) A $22.00 fee for each replacement set of Clean Air Vehicle Decals and the completed application shall be mailed to:
SPECIAL PROCESSING UNIT
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
P.O. BOX 932345
MAIL STATION D238
SACRAMENTO, CA 94232-3450
or delivered to any department field office. There is no fee for an applicant requesting a Clean Air Certificate only.
(1) The $22.00 fee will not be required of an applicant who indicates on the application that the original decals were never received.

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Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 5205.5 and 21655.9, Vehicle Code.
History
1. New section filed 6-16-2008; operative 7-16-2008 (Register 2008, No. 25).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (d) and (e)(2) filed 7-1-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 26).
3. Amendment of section heading and section filed 9-25-2012; operative 10-25-2012 (Register 2012, No. 39).
4. New subsection (b)(1) and amendment of subsections (c)-(e), (e)(2) and (g) filed 9-24-2014; operative 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No. 39).
5. Amendment of subsections (d) and (g)-(g)(1) filed 5-9-2016; operative 7-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 20).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 13, § 156.01, 13 CA ADC § 156.01
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