All vehicles driven or parked on a public roadway, within the state of California even those that are not driven, are required to be currently registered. Vehicles exempt from this law, include those (vehicles) with proper temporary permits, those reserved for government use, those moved by manufacturers or licensed dealers and those listed with Dept. of Motor Vehicles as non-operational and parked on private property.
Vehicle owners are required to display all appropriate license plates and yearly registration tags indicating compliance with the registration law. Failure to have your vehicle registered or displaying the current tags may result in fines and penalties.
New residents to California have 20 days following their change of residency to apply for vehicle registration. Vehicle owners who have allowed their (vehicle) registration to lapse for longer that six (6) months run the risk of having their vehicles towed to a storage garage until such time as they provide current registration for their vehicle.
For more information concerning vehicle registration, contact your local office of the Department of Motor vehicles between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, call 800-777-0133.
City of Irvine 1 Civic Center Plaza Irvine, CA 92606-5207 Phone: 949-724-6000 Hours of Operation:
Mon.- Thur. 7:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
