Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The application for the refund of the
remaining portion of the vehicle license fee for an unrecovered total loss
vehicle shall be submitted to the department on an Application for Vehicle
License Fee Refund, Part A, Unrecovered Total Loss Vehicle, form REG 65 (Rev.
4/2007), and shall contain the following information:
(1) The vehicle license plate number, vehicle
identification number, year model, and vehicle make of the unrecovered total
loss vehicle.
(2) The month, day
and year of the vehicle theft.
(3)
The month, day and year of the vehicle theft report and the name and location
of the police where the theft was reported.
(A) A copy of the police vehicle theft report
shall be submitted to the department with the application for a refund for an
unrecovered total loss vehicle when a Department of Justice stolen vehicle
update is not included in the vehicle report of the
department.
(4) A
certification signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the State of California that the information entered by the applicant is
true and correct.
(5) The true full
name(s) and address of the registered owner(s) of record at the time the
vehicle was stolen.
(6) The
signature of the applicant and the date signed.
(b) The application for the refund of the
remaining portion of the vehicle license fee for a constructive total loss or
nonrepairable vehicle shall be submitted to the department on an Application
for Vehicle License Fee Refund, Part B, Constructive Total Loss or
Nonrepairable Vehicle, form REG 65, and shall contain the following
information:
(1) The vehicle license plate
number, vehicle identification number, year model, and vehicle make of the
constructive total loss or nonrepairable vehicle.
(2) The month, day and year the constructive
total loss or nonrepairable vehicle was wrecked, destroyed or damaged by a
single event.
(3) The true full
name(s) and the address of the registered owner(s) of record at the time the
vehicle was wrecked, destroyed or damaged.
(4) A certification signed under penalty of
perjury under the laws of the State of California by the registered owner(s) of
record named in subdivision (3) that he and/or she was not cited or convicted
of one or more violations pursuant to section 23152 or section 23153 of the
Vehicle Code which relates to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs,
or pursuant to section 23103 of the Vehicle Code as specified in section
23103.5 of the Vehicle Code which involves a substitute (plea) for an original
citation of driving under the influence on connection with the loss of the
vehicle described in the application.
(A) If
the registered owner of record named in subdivision (3) was cited under any of
these code sections, acceptable proof of the dismissal of the citation or a
finding of not guilty shall be submitted to the department with the
application.
(B) Acceptable proof
shall be defined as a court abstract form (DL106R), a magnetic tape court
abstract, a letter from a court on court letterhead, a departmental phone slip
signed or initialed by the department employee who initiated the telephone
call, or departmental microfilm or microfiche
documentation.
(5) A
declaration signed by the registered owner(s) of record named in subdivision
(3) under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that all
the information entered on the application by the owner(s) is true and
correct.
(6) The signature(s) and
the date signed by the registered owner(s) of record named in subdivision
(3).
(7) The true full name and
address of the applicant who is the owner of the salvage value of the
vehicle.
(8) A certification signed
by the applicant under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
California that the information entered by the applicant is true and
correct.
(9) The signature of the
applicant and the date signed.
(c) The application for a refund for the
remaining portion of the vehicle license fee for a total loss vehicle shall be
received by the department within three (3) years after the date the vehicle
license fees were paid.
1. Change
without regulatory effect renumbering former section
205.04 to section 155.04 filed
7-19-93 pursuant to title 1, section
100, California Code of
Regulations (Register 93, No. 30).
2. Editorial correction of
subsection (b)(7) (Register 95, No. 43).
3. Editorial correction
reinstating inadvertently omitted section (Register 2003, No.
27).
4. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 9-2-2004; operative
10-2-2004 (Register 2004, No. 36).
5. Change without regulatory
effect amending subsections (a) and (b) filed 11-29-2016 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2016, No. 49).
6. Editorial correction of
section heading (Register 2017, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Section
10902,
Revenue and Taxation Code; and Section
1651, Vehicle
Code. Reference: Sections
9868,
11515 and
11515.2,
Vehicle Code; and Section
10902,
Revenue and Taxation Code.
