California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 3.3 - Special Plates
Section 205.04 - Year of Manufacture License Plates for Vehicles with Model Years Prior to 1963
Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 205.04
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Base year license plate must have the appropriate year validation sticker or tab attached to the plate to be authenticated as other than the base year. For example, a 1956 base-year license plate with a 1958 validation sticker validates a 1958 license plate.
(1) Vehicles
with model year 1942 and prior, 1947 and 1956 will not require the validation
sticker or tab as those were the base-year plates.
1. New
section filed 3-4-2010; operative 4-3-2010 (Register 2010, No.
10).
2. Amendment filed 6-19-2017; operative 10-1-2017 (Register
2017, No. 25).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Section 5004.1, Vehicle Code.
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