What paperwork is required in CA for an out-of-state vehicletraffic stop?

I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.

I'm pretty sure they require both registration and insurance paperwork
but I can't actually find anywhere on the CA DMV site where it actually
says that for an out-of-state vehicle (and we all know CA laws are whacky
- so who knows 'what' they require)?

Any ideas?

On Nov 12, 4:08*pm, AZ > wrote:
> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
>
> I'm pretty sure they require both registration and insurance paperwork
> but I can't actually find anywhere on the CA DMV site where it actually
> says that for an out-of-state vehicle (and we all know CA laws are whacky
> - so who knows 'what' they require)?
>
> Any ideas?

what else is there besides a valid license?

On 11/12/2012 3:08 PM, AZ wrote:
> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
>
> I'm pretty sure they require both registration and insurance paperwork
> but I can't actually find anywhere on the CA DMV site where it actually
> says that for an out-of-state vehicle (and we all know CA laws are whacky
> - so who knows 'what' they require)?
>
> Any ideas?
>

I do not know but when transporting a car from Arkansas to
WI, I was cited in Illinois for no valid plate, no
insurance. I quoted the Constitution (Art. IV) on a phone
call to the DA a week later who agreed and dropped the citation.

Illinois requires that you own the plate, then attach it to
the vehicle at time of sale. Wisconsin allows ten days to
transfer title and arrange plates. I did have the receipt
and signed title with me.

That said, I would never argue with a cop at a traffic stop.
Be polite, accept the paper and fight it later.

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Andrew Muzi
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Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Nov 12, 1:08*pm, AZ > wrote:
> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
>
> I'm pretty sure they require both registration and insurance paperwork
> but I can't actually find anywhere on the CA DMV site where it actually
> says that for an out-of-state vehicle (and we all know CA laws are whacky
> - so who knows 'what' they require)?
>
> Any ideas?

The requirements aren't really for a traffic stop, they're for when
your wheels touch a road in the state. (I've seen off-road bikes get
tickets on utility roads out in the middle of nowhere - one time, I
was the only one who didn't get a ticket on my street legal dp bike.)

http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fas....htm#minliareq See
"Mandatory requirements"
This is linked to from http://dmv.ca.gov/newtoca/newtoca.htm which
also links to http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/how...r9.htm#feesdue

You can ask the dmv guy at http://www.utsandiego.com/categories...dmv-questions/
but he doesn't always answer. The best thing is to ask the dmv in
writing, but even then you might get bureaucratic intransigency.

jg
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On Nov 12, 4:08*pm, AZ > wrote:
> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
> Any ideas?

Same as any POV anywhere in the US; license, registration, proof of
insurance.

I don't know what would lead you to believe anything else.
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- gpsman

AZ wrote:
> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
>
> I'm pretty sure they require both registration and insurance paperwork
> but I can't actually find anywhere on the CA DMV site where it actually
> says that for an out-of-state vehicle (and we all know CA laws are whacky
> - so who knows 'what' they require)?
>
> Any ideas?

Same as every other state.
Registration (or transfer paperwork W/copy of title, receipt of purchase),
Proof of insurance (if the state it's registered in requires insurance),
Proof of vehicle inspection (if the registration state requires it),
Valid drivers license.


--
Steve W.

gpsman > wrote:
>On Nov 12, 4:08=A0pm, AZ > wrote:
>> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
>> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
>> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
>> Any ideas?
>
>Same as any POV anywhere in the US; license, registration, proof of
>insurance.

Well, here in Virginia you don't need proof of insurance. It helps to
be white, though.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On Nov 12, 9:31*pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> gpsman > wrote:
> >On Nov 12, 4:08=A0pm, AZ > wrote:
> >> I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> >> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> >> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
> >> Any ideas?
>
> >Same as any POV anywhere in the US; license, registration, proof of
> >insurance.
>
> Well, here in Virginia you don't need proof of insurance. *It helps to
> be white, though.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Yep I got a Va. tag back in the 80's to avoid Md. inspection for a
year on my first car.

"AZ" > wrote in message
...
>I searched all over the California DMV web site and I can't find the
> requirements for what paperwork is required during a traffic stop when
> you're driving an out-of-state vehicle in California.
>
> I'm pretty sure they require both registration and insurance paperwork
> but I can't actually find anywhere on the CA DMV site where it actually
> says that for an out-of-state vehicle (and we all know CA laws are whacky
> - so who knows 'what' they require)?
>
> Any ideas?

In California, I think a Grant or two is almost mandatory. Maybe I'm
confusing that with Texas.

http://le.alcoda.org/publications/po...ffic_stops.pdf

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