California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 2 - Department of the California Highway Patrol
Chapter 1 - Licensed Stations and Muffler Installers
Article 3 - Fleet Owner Inspection and Maintenance Stations
Section 618 - Surrender of License

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 618

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Surrender of License.

(1) Mandatory.
(A) A station that does not have a journey-level mechanic shall immediately cease to operate as an official station; and unless it employs a journey-level mechanic within 60 days, shall surrender the IMS license to the department. Surrender of a license shall not prevent the department from carrying out investigative or disciplinary proceedings against the licensee or rendering a decision suspending or revoking such license.

(B) Assumption. A motor carrier who is a current IMS licensee shall immediately surrender each IMS license to the department upon assumption by another carrier pursuant to subdivision (a)(2) of Section 34501.12 of the Vehicle Code.

(C) Consolidation. A station shall immediately surrender the IMS license to the department upon consolidation of that station with any other terminal pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34501.12 of the Vehicle Code, unless the IMS licensed facility is the designated terminal for the departmental inspection specified in Subdivision (d) of that section.

(2) Voluntary. A station may voluntarily surrender the license at any time without cause.

(b) Return of Forms. The current IMS license and all unused IMS stickers issued by the department shall be returned to the department when the IMS license is surrendered, suspended, or revoked, or is allowed to expire. The purchase price of the IMS stickers is not refundable.

(c) Submittal of Registers. In the event the station ceases operation as a licensed facility, the licensee shall submit the original or a legible, non-fading copy of the enforcement document clearance register and IMS sticker register to the Department of the California Highway Patrol, Commercial Vehicle Section -- 062, Post Office Box 942898, Sacramento, CA 94298-0001, postmarked within 14 days of the date the station ceases operation.

1. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 11-24-80; designated effective 1-1-81 (Register 80, No. 48).
2. Amendment of section heading and section filed 8-13-2008; operative 9-12-2008 (Register 2008, No. 33).

Note: Authority cited: Section 2525.2, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 2525- 2525.12 and 2540- 2548, Vehicle Code.

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