Buying a Vehicle Out of State

[WagonWheel]

Hopefully your FL vehicle meets the eligibility of the 50 state emissions requirement:

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/buying-a-vehicle-from-out-of-state-can-you-register-it-in-california-ffvr-29-pdf/

Edit: As pointed out by @atikovi , this requirement only applies to new vehicles. Need to have more coffee

 

[atikovi]

Hopefully your FL vehicle meets the eligibility of the 50 state emissions requirement:

That's for NEW cars.

 

[WagonWheel]

That's for NEW cars.

Ahh you’re right, applies to < 7,500 miles.

 

[JHZR2]

No, I'm not. That's exactly what I did/have done in West, CA, NV, OR and WA.

I bought a car in CA to drive home to NJ. In CA, the plates stay with the car. So I had a signed off title, signed bill of sale, and drove with the CA plates. Was fine.

 

[rneal55555_NH]

Temporary Operating Permits - California DMV

A Temporary Operating Permit (TOP) may be issued in certain circumstances when all registration fees have been paid, but license plates and/or registration stickers haven’t been issued.

www.dmv.ca.gov