{"id":13402,"date":"2020-04-15T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/general-registration-information\/17-digit-vins-on-vehicles-fmvss-regulations-part-565\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:22:30","slug":"17-digit-vins-on-vehicles-fmvss-regulations-part-565","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/general-registration-information\/17-digit-vins-on-vehicles-fmvss-regulations-part-565\/","title":{"rendered":"1.175 17-Digit VINs on Vehicles (FMVSS Regulations, Part 565)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 17-digit VIN that passes check digit is required on all 1983 and newer year model motor vehicles and all 1985 and newer year model trailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exceptions: <\/strong>Certain motor vehicles incidentally operated on a highway, such a special equipment (SE), off-highway vehicles (OHV), and park trailers, are not required to have a 17-digit VIN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This does<strong> not include<\/strong> \u201cyard trucks\u201d. Yard trucks <strong>must<\/strong> have a complying 17-digit VIN to be registered, titled, or operated on-highway, off-highway, or as SE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Refusal of Registration Required<\/strong>\u2014Federal statutes require DMV to refuse registration of a new vehicle which does not pass check-digit. Most vehicles manufactured for on-road use in the U.S. have a 17-digit VIN. Manufacturers compute the VIN using a mathematical formula obtained from the Society of Automotive Engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufacturers of vehicles incidentally operated on the highway may request 17-position VIN assignments from the Society of Automotive Engineers at: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Society of Automotive Engineers<br>400 Commonwealth Dr.<br>Warrendale, PA 15096-0001<br><a href=\"http:\/\/sae.org\">www.sae.org<\/a><br>1-877-606-7323<br>(724) 776-4841 ext. 427<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":13291,"menu_order":36,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[880,595],"class_list":["post-13402","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-general-registration-information","dmv_handbook_category-vehicle-industry-reg-procedures-manual"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1.175 17-Digit VINs on Vehicles (FMVSS Regulations, Part 565) - California DMV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/general-registration-information\/17-digit-vins-on-vehicles-fmvss-regulations-part-565\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1.175 17-Digit VINs on Vehicles (FMVSS Regulations, Part 565) - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 17-digit VIN that passes check digit is required on all 1983 and newer year model motor vehicles and all 1985 and newer year model trailers. 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