Registering in California? OHV? Boat? or?

[wfo]

ive talked to many people out at the dunes who are cali residents and they say its very hard to get even their side x sides regestered their, and that a street legal 6x6 would be laughed at. so many of them get theirs regestered in az and avoid the whole cali headache, you can get anything in az regestered as street legal. my GOLIATH is street and offroad legal and only cost me 30.00 a year and all whippers are too. you might have to just settle with and off road sticker and no plate..

[Andyman]

ive talked to many people out at the dunes who are cali residents and they say its very hard to get even their side x sides regestered their, and that a street legal 6x6 would be laughed at. so many of them get theirs regestered in az and avoid the whole cali headache, you can get anything in az regestered as street legal. my GOLIATH is street and offroad legal and only cost me 30.00 a year and all whippers are too. you might have to just settle with and off road sticker and no plate..

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[phabib]

I found a bit more on street registration. I lifted this from TheSamba.com

Here is some starters....

2013 California Vehicle Code Table of Contents
V C Section 580 Specially Constructed Vehicle
Specially Constructed Vehicles Emission Control
Registration Requirements for Home Made Specially Constructed or Kit Vehicles
Specially Constructed Vehicles Emission Control

You will need

Full Lighting - Head lights (high-low) tail /stop light.
Turnsignals with 4 ways flashers.
Windshield - With wipers.
DOT approved seat belts.
Four wheel brakes.
Parking brakes.
Muffler.
Smog approval or exemption.
Fenders ( exemption only applies to pre 1971 vehicles under 1500 lbs).

There are only 500 SPCN (special construction) plates issued in any one year, the are all gone first business day of new year, everybody that makes dune buggies, reproduction kit car, and whatever are in competition for them. Have all you paper work ready and be standing in line at 8:00 AM Monday morning January 3rd 2011 when DMV opens. Good luck....

Be aware it will be licensed as a 2010 manufactured vehicle if you can not get it into the SPCN program (this means SMOG)....

Almost everything you will need, can be looked up in alphabetical table of table of contents....

[Bill H]

I pulled my Max II out of the forest where it was abandoned, by it's alleged owner, for a year or more due to a night of heavy drinking and a broken jack-shaft chain break. I live in the area they call the "lost sierra" here in California, which has a lot of off road trails to play on. I will work on some sort of registration, OHV...boat...?, and keep everyone posted! No title, no bill of sale, manufacture out of business, Good luck to me!

[neveroddoreven]

FWIW, in WA I went through the titling process but did not have any old documents as my Max II is at least third-hand by now. I provided the manufacture year, and WA DMV was able to find Recreatives Industries in their make list (initials "SABE" for some reason). They asked me for Max II - some number which is probably the original engine CCs 450, 650, something like that. Price comps took some unhappy wrangling in the DMV computer to for them to accept the price I paid. I registered it for off-road only to access WA Green Dot trails. WA state patrol needed to do an inspection, used the five-digit serial as a new VIN, and I got a three-year Title - Owner In Doubt, after which will become a regular title. The WA state patrol said they see one of these about every other year. When I joked that I didn't know whether to register a vehicle or a vessel, they laughed and just did the vehicle registration.

I was offered the chance to pay more and register for on-road use, if I upgrade to the minimums like turn signals brake lights and a mirror. Since pavement is so terrible for the axles and chains, I declined.

[Laird]

And I thought I went through a hassle to get a title and plates for my Argo. Wrote to Argo and they sent back a paper stating that the machine had not been registered , which I took to the MTO office along with a bill of sale from the previous owner. I had a plate from my SxS which they registered to my Argo. I now have a registered ownership, am plated for atv use and have insurance. This all happened within a week of emailing Argo.