CA DMV
VIRP Manual
Executive Summary
California DMV VIRP section 12.045 (Determining the Date Fees Become Due) covers when California registration fees become due on a nonresident vehicle: Penalties are due if the fees are not paid within 20 days of the date they became due. (VC §4152.5) Prior fees and/or penalties cannot be collected on the assumption that they were due at an earlier date. Part of Nonresident Vehicles. Tags Clinic hosts the official manual text unchanged below for dealers and registration services in California.
Key Takeaways
- When California registration fees become due on a nonresident vehicle: Penalties are due if the fees are not paid within 20 days of the date they became due.
- (VC §4152.5) Prior fees and/or penalties cannot be collected on the assumption that they were due at an earlier date.
- For vehicles brought into California by someone other than the applicant/purchaser, the: Date of entry must show “unknown.” Fees are due from the date of….
- Example: When multiple transfers have occurred.
Important Facts
- Manual section
- 12.045
- Chapter
- Nonresident Vehicles
- Manual text
- Verbatim DMV VIRP source below the overview