{"id":14236,"date":"2020-04-15T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/commercial-vehicles\/weight-exceptions\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T13:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:33:05","slug":"weight-exceptions","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/commercial-vehicles\/weight-exceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"13.150 Weight Exceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A weight certificate is&nbsp;<strong>not&nbsp;<\/strong>required or may be waived for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New commercial vehicles weighing 8,000 pounds or less, which are sold by California-licensed dealers. The dealer must certify to the unladen weight on the Application For Registration Of New Vehicle (REG 397) form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trailers or semi-trailers registered under the Permanent Trailer Identification (PTI) program. The estimated unladen weight&nbsp;<strong>is&nbsp;<\/strong>required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two-or three-axle motor vehicles weighing 10,001 pounds or more. The estimated unladen weight&nbsp;<strong>is&nbsp;<\/strong>required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vehicles previously registered in California when the prior California commercial registration shows the unladen weight and number of axles&nbsp;<strong>and&nbsp;<\/strong>the application includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/file\/statement-of-facts-reg-256-pdf\/\">REG 256 (PDF)<\/a> stating no changes or alterations have been made to the vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nonresident commercial vehicles with an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or less, if the nonresident title or registration shows the empty, unladen, shipping, scale, tare, or WT\/Wheels weight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span role=\"region\" class=\"format-label--note\"><span class=\"format-label__text\">Note<\/span> \u201cWeight\u201d as shown on the Texas title is the empty weight. \u201cWeight with wheels\u201d (Wt\/Wheels) as shown on the New Mexico title and vehicle registration is the empty or unladen weight.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14143,"menu_order":31,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[916,595],"class_list":["post-14236","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-commercial-vehicles","dmv_handbook_category-vehicle-industry-reg-procedures-manual"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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