Section 4000.5 - Registration of autoette(a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section 175, as a motor vehicle.(b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from the vehicle and return them to the department when the autoette is removed from a natural island, as described in Section 175.Added by Stats 2006 ch 322 (AB 2401),s 2, eff. 1/1/2007.