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VIRP 13.090: Passenger-Type Vehicles With Commercial Registration (VC §260)

Commercial Vehicles

Executive Summary

California DMV VIRP section 13.090 (Passenger-Type Vehicles With Commercial Registration (VC §260)) covers a passenger-type vehicle that transports passengers “for hire” is required to be registered as a commercial vehicle and display commercial license plates. This includes a taxi, rental limousine, or ambulance that transport persons for compensation or profit. Part of Commercial Vehicles. Tags Clinic hosts the official manual text unchanged below for dealers and registration services in California.

Key Takeaways

  • A passenger-type vehicle that transports passengers “for hire” is required to be registered as a commercial vehicle and display commercial license plates.
  • This includes a taxi, rental limousine, or ambulance that transport persons for compensation or profit.
  • Passenger vehicles that transport property for hire cannot be registered commercially.
  • Exception: Commercial registration may be obtained for multipurpose vehicles, station wagons, and hatchback-type vehicles owned and registered to a bona fide….
  • A bus is a vehicle, including a trailer bus, designed, used, or maintained for carrying more than 15 persons including the driver or a vehicle designed, used,….

Important Facts

Manual section
13.090
Chapter
Commercial Vehicles
Manual text
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