{"id":13645,"date":"2020-04-15T15:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/new-vehicles-sold-by-california-dealers\/multipurpose-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:36:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:36:38","slug":"multipurpose-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/new-vehicles-sold-by-california-dealers\/multipurpose-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"6.015 Multipurpose Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Multipurpose vehicles are designed primarily as passenger vehicles but also have a limited cargo carrying capability. <strong>Examples:<\/strong> Jeep, Bronco, Blazer, Scout, and Jimmy. Any of these vehicles with a permanently-attached top may be issued auto or commercial license plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some manufacturers produce variations of multipurpose vehicles that are actually pickups, but their VIN configurations may generate a utility (UT) body type model (BTM). These vehicles include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cadillac Escalade EXT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chevrolet Avalanche<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ford Explorer Sport Trac<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hummer H2 SUT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vehicles that have an open box-type bed or can transform from a commercial (pickup) to a noncommercial utility body type<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span role=\"region\" class=\"format-label--note\"><span class=\"format-label__text\">Note<\/span> If the automated system generates BTM UT for these vehicles, change it to PK. These vehicles are subject to commercial registration and weight fees. Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/commercial-vehicles\/\">Chapter 13<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passenger Vehicle Registration<\/strong>\u2014A multipurpose vehicle with BTM UT may be issued auto license plates provided the vehicle is used primarily as a passenger vehicle and is not modified or altered from its original design to purposely increase its load carrying capacity, which would make it subject to commercial registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Commercial Registration<\/strong>\u2014To obtain commercial registration for a multipurpose vehicle, <strong>the following must be submitted:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The California Certificate of Title and registration card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A weight certificate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weight fees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/corrections-and-adjustments\/\">Chapter 22<\/a> for body type corrections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":13633,"menu_order":4,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[895,595],"class_list":["post-13645","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-new-vehicles-sold-by-california-dealers","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>6.015 Multipurpose Vehicles - 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\/new-vehicles-sold-by-california-dealers\/multipurpose-vehicles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"6.015 Multipurpose Vehicles - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multipurpose vehicles are designed primarily as passenger vehicles but also have a limited cargo carrying capability. 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