Section 156.01 - Clean Air Vehicle Decals: Transfers and Replacements(a) Clean Air Vehicle Decals shall remain with the qualifying vehicle for which they were originally issued, regardless of changes in ownership.(b) A new Clean Air Vehicle certification document (i.e., "Clean Air Certificate," issued with each set of Clean Air Vehicle Decals) shall be made available for subsequent (i.e., transfer) purchasers of qualifying vehicles to which Clean Air Vehicle Decals have been issued. The department shall issue a new Certificate which shall retain the vehicle description while providing the new ownership information.(1) A new owner of a vehicle that was issued a decal through the dealer prior to sale is required to obtain a new certification.(c) Clean Air Vehicle Decals shall be made available for issuance in complete sets as replacements for Clean Air Vehicle Decals that are damaged, destroyed, stolen, or not received, provided that such replacement decals issued are the same year decal originally issued to the vehicle.(d) Applicants for replacement Clean Air Vehicle Decals or a replacement Clean Air Certificate shall apply in accordance with Section 156.00(d)(1)(A) through (d)(1)(H).(e) Any and all remaining Clean Air Vehicle Decals previously assigned to a vehicle shall be removed from the vehicle and destroyed before replacement decals are affixed to the vehicle.(f) A $27.00 fee for each replacement set of Clean Air Vehicle Decals shall be submitted electronically. There is no fee for an applicant requesting a Clean Air Certificate only. The fee will not be required of an applicant who indicates on the application that the original decals were never received.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 156.01
Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 5205.5 and 21655.9, Vehicle Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 5205.5 and 21655.9, Vehicle Code.
1. New section filed 6-16-2008; operative 7-16-2008 (Register 2008, No. 25).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (d) and (e)(2) filed 7-1-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 26).
3. Amendment of section heading and section filed 9-25-2012; operative 10-25-2012 (Register 2012, No. 39).
4. New subsection (b)(1) and amendment of subsections (c)-(e), (e)(2) and (g) filed 9-24-2014; operative 1/1/2015 (Register 2014, No. 39).
5. Amendment of subsections (d) and (g)-(g)(1) filed 5-9-2016; operative 7/1/2016 (Register 2016, No. 20).
6. Amendment filed 9-16-2024; operative 9/16/2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 38).