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surfdoc
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California DMV....KMA!!!
My California truck Regs is due in Sept. ,,,Talked to Cathy from Clay county on the 23rd of July.. Mailed out the required paperwork and a check for
75$'s on the 25th.
Today I received my South Dakota Lic Plates and Registration...
California DMV........take the 250$ registration and smog requirement and Kiss My A$$........
Heading home in the morning..........about time!!!
[Edited on 8-8-2012 by surfdoc]
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danaeb
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For those of you with cars in baja who don't want to give up your CA registration, you can be exempted from the smog check by presenting the following
pages from the CA smog exemption regs either to the DMV or AAA if you have it. I've done it four years running with no problems, just make sure you
print the pages, fill out form 256 and take them with you.
The applicable reg is on page 12, under section 10.030, paragraph "Vehicles Located Outside California".
http://apps.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg256.pdf
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/reg_hdbk_pdf/ch10_RENEWALS.pdf
The only exceptions are for cars located in Tijuana and Tecate.
[Edited on 8-8-2012 by danaeb]
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Bob and Susan
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its harder than it looks...
the first form actually says "exception: Nevada and Mexico"
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Bob and Susan
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...then the second part doesnt say domiciled in tecate or tj...it says...
if the persons address of residence is in those cities
it worked for me in the past but now...no way
maybe if you go to the AAA...they are "easier"
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danaeb
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Believe me, it's not that hard. I just bring the printed pages with me. I've never had a problem with it. They may take it back to the supervisor,
but in the end, the regs are black and white and I've always walked out with my tags.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Bob and Susan
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it says...
A smog certification is not required when a vehicle is located outside of California. TRUE BUT>>>
•The registered owner must complete a Statement of Facts (REG 256) or
submit a letter explaining that the vehicle is located out of state.
THIS SAYS NOT MEXICO
•The exemption for vehicles located outside of California does not apply if the residence or mailing address of the registered owner/lessee or the
address where the vehicle is garaged is in any of the following cities:
RESIDENCE OR MAILING ADDRESS!!! NOT THE DOMILCILE
Vehicles Located outside California
Nevada:
Mexico:
•Carson City
•Centerville
•Crystal Bay
•Gardnerville
•Genoa
•Glenbrook
•Incline Village
•Minden
•Reno
•Sparks
•Stateline
•Stewart
•Washoe City
•Verdi
•Zephyr Cove
Mexico:
•Tecate
•Tijuana
•Tijuana Baja CA
so....if you can "get it done" "just do it" but the letter of the law is unclear
and some DMVs read these rules differently
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danaeb
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OK, let me rephase: Based on my experience, it's not that hard. Better.
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Cisco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfdoc
My California truck Regs is due in Sept. ,,,Talked to Cathy from Clay county on the 23rd of July.. Mailed out the required paperwork and a check for
75$'s on the 25th.
Today I received my South Dakota Lic Plates and Registration...
California DMV........take the 250$ registration and smog requirement and Kiss My A$$........
Heading home in the morning..........about time!!!
[Edited on 8-8-2012 by surfdoc] |
Only way to go Stan. Will be changing mine over in March.
Problem is with a CA drivers license and South Dakota plates when I am up here.
Get about the same deal in Pahrump, NV but need to spend $100 year for mail forwarding so I can have a NV license. You on a Mexican License?
At any rate no smog, cheap fees and no DL exam, only a vision check and it's close enough to go back to every four or five years for renewal.
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The Sculpin
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Bob & Susan - the way I read your post, if your mailing address and/or residence is in Mulege, you should be fine? It appears to me that
California doesn't want you gaming the system is you live near the border of Cal and Mex, Nev, and maybe Arizona and Oregon?
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
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J.P.
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my vehicles are reg. in Ca. using my Ensenada adress my renewal notices are delivered to my house in Ensenada and in the past they arrived in plenty
of time. I could have renewed through the mail.
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acadist
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Stan, stop by Denver on your way to your new home in South Dakota!LOL!
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Sculpin
Bob & Susan - the way I read your post, if your mailing address and/or residence is in Mulege, you should be fine? It appears to me that
California doesn't want you gaming the system is you live near the border of Cal and Mex, Nev, and maybe Arizona and Oregon? |
The mailing address for my registration is San Diego. The car in is El Centenario (BCS). On form 256 in the statement of facts, I state that the car
is garaged in BCS at XXX address. I've never been asked for anything else. I take copies of my fideicomiso and CFE bills for proof, but I've never
had to provide them. I've renewed at both the DMV and AAA in San Diego. But, as Bob and Susan have indicated, the procedures may be different at
other DMV locations.
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msawin
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Did mine last week for our 1999 Tahoe that lives in Baja and will stay in Baja, Mexiico for everrrrr.....
They are getting their money [our money] , But look at the lines crossing north in the Am from Baja to The Great State of California.. America.
North America , with California plates..... that is where the catch is.. They want our SMOG dollars. Be carefull in your statements made at DMV....
They keep records of all facts gave to them. Paid my boat registration and asked if it was still in Baja Mexico.....
Beware.....
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vacaenbaja
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Someone told me a while back that cars registered in Imperial county
did not require smog certs. I do not know if this was/or is true. If so I think that a PO box address is good enough for the DVM.
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danaeb
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You have to dig through the regs document, but there are several counties in CA that are exempted from smog certs. It makes no sense to me, but it's
the DMV. 
[Edited on 8-9-2012 by danaeb]
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surfdoc
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I feel violated........LOL....
My next goal is to get my Mx Lic..or a OR lic.
But not worried about a SD reg vech and CA Lic. Only here a couple weeks a year,,,
Why do you want CA registration ??? I'm a CAL Native, and spend most of my 20 years in the Navy here...
I feel I paid my dues to say, California sucks.......used to be the greatest state going... but no more folks...
My dos pesos.... which I plan to give to Andy on Friday 
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Bob and Susan
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my experience...the document doesn't actually say exempt in baja
it does identify a couple of cities but thats it
read it again gnukid
i think its up to a supervisor and their read...especially when its time to smog the thing
i'd go to AAA and avoid the hassel
they ARE easier
i dont live in calif anylonger...too mant restrictions and taxes
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I have never had a problem getting a CA smog exemption until this year. I mailed the usual form to Sacramento and got back an incomplete registration
with a snippy little sticky that said "you can get smog tests in Baja". Oh, Right! That little shop up on Mex 1.........
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dmv
Dmv? I would like to avoid paying double insurance to get registered.Does form 256 help with this? I'm one of those Cal places where a smog check is
not needed South lake Tahoe. SD is my next choice as is less expensive when one considers insurance as well
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My vehicle was emissions exempt because of the zip code. Only (?) eighty dollars a year for the absolute minimum old car, disabled plates. But it's
the carrying of 400 dollar a year -minimum- CA insurance with no tickets since 1967, and no accidents, period, that got my goat. Four hundred a year,
for what? Not driving within a hundred miles of the US border? Unh, unh. I would rather donate money to the Ubangi political conservative party than
to a fat-cat insurance company.
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