{"id":1202,"date":"2020-03-02T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/?page_id=1202"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:35:24","slug":"vehicle-registration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/vehicle-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"callout-bock full-width full-width--slant\">\n\n\t<div class=\"container container--wide horiz\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-bock__col-small\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading heading-2 txt--bold\">\n\t\t\t\tRegister your vehicle in California\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"xmedium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/uploads\/2022\/12\/car_truck_motorcycle.svg\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Car, Truck, Motorcycle\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-bock__callouts\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div 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href=\"\/portal\/driver-education-and-safety\/special-interest-driver-guides\/new-to-california\/\">New to California<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/vehicle-registration\/updating-information-on-your-registration\/\">Update Registration<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/vehicle-registration\/registration-fees\/\">Registration Fees<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/vehicle-registration\/new-registration\/commercial-vehicle-registration\/partial-year-registration\/\">Partial Year Registration (PYR)<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/vehicle-registration\/license-plates-decals-and-placards\/license-plates\/order-special-interest-and-personalized-license-plates\/\">License Plates, Decals, &amp; Placards<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 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