{"id":13819,"date":"2020-04-15T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/renewals\/eevidence-of-registration\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:19:12","slug":"evidence-of-registration","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/renewals\/evidence-of-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"10.050 Evidence of Registration (VC \u00a7\u00a74000 and 5204)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Evidence of current vehicle registration is the valid registration card and the appropriate validation stickers displayed on the <strong>rear<\/strong> license plate of the vehicle, except as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Truck Tractors<\/strong>\u2014The year sticker is displayed on the front license plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commercial Motor Vehicle<\/strong> with a declared gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more, the year sticker is displayed on the front license plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Older Motorcycles<\/strong>\u2014Some older motorcycle license plates have a square sticker well which is too small to properly attach the month and year stickers. 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