California Vehicle Code

§ 4760.1

VEH § 4760.1 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)The department shall, before renewing the registration of any vehicle, check the driver’s license record of all registered owners for conviction of traffic violations and traffic accidents.

(b)The department shall, before renewing the registration of any vehicle, check the driver’s license record of all registered owners for notices filed with the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of former Section 40509 and notices that the licensee has failed to pay a lawfully imposed fine, penalty, assessment, or bail within the time authorized by the court for any violation that is required to be reported pursuant to Section 1803 and shall refuse to renew the registration of the vehicle if the driver’s license record of any registered owner has any such outstanding notices to appear or failures to pay a court-ordered fine, unless the department has received a certificate issued by the magistrate or clerk of the court hearing the case in which the promise was given showing that the case has been adjudicated or unless the registered owner’s record is cleared as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 41500) of Division 17. In lieu of the certificate of adjudication, a notice from the court stating that the original records have been lost or destroyed shall permit the department to renew the registration.

(c)Any notice received by the department pursuant to former Section 40509 that has been on file five years may be removed from the department records and destroyed, in the discretion of the department.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 800, Sec. 4. (AB 2746) Effective January 1, 2023.