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VIRP 5.010: Certificate of Title

Odometer Mileage Reporting

Executive Summary

California DMV VIRP section 5.010 (Certificate of Title) covers several versions of the California Certificate of Title exist as shown below, all of which are valid. Noncomplying Pink Title (“pink slip”)—This title (Certificate of Ownership) has boxes on the front side of the certificate for the odometer mileage. Part of Odometer Mileage Reporting. Tags Clinic hosts the official manual text unchanged below for dealers and registration services in California.

Key Takeaways

  • Several versions of the California Certificate of Title exist as shown below, all of which are valid.
  • Noncomplying Pink Title (“pink slip”)—This title (Certificate of Ownership) has boxes on the front side of the certificate for the odometer mileage.
  • Noncomplying Rainbow Title—This title has only an odometer disclosure statement on its front side for the registered owner to report the mileage.
  • It does not have the information shown in numbers 2 and 3 in the Complying Rainbow Title section.
  • Note Out-of-state titles that contain the document features outlined in the Odometer Disclosure Document Features section in this chapter, the odometer mileage….

Important Facts

Manual section
5.010
Chapter
Odometer Mileage Reporting
Manual text
Verbatim DMV VIRP source below the overview
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