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These vehicles are issued an SE plate from the series beginning with SE800000. They are exempt from the vehicle license fee (VLF) and weight fee, but are subject to the annual registration, law enforcement, and CHP fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law specifies that to maintain the modular mover exemption:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The vehicle <strong>cannot<\/strong> be operated during the exemption period in any manner other than as a cotton module mover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The exemption <strong>must<\/strong> be renewed annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The vehicle <strong>must<\/strong> be registered before it is operated as a commercial vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14383,"menu_order":6,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[925,595],"class_list":["post-14401","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-special-equipment","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>16.025 Truck Tractor\/Semitrailer Combination Modular Mover (VC \u00a7\u00a736012 and 36101) - 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\/special-equipment\/truck-tractor-semitrailer-combination-modular-mover\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"16.025 Truck Tractor\/Semitrailer Combination Modular Mover (VC \u00a7\u00a736012 and 36101) - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A \u201cmodular mover\u201d includes a truck tractor in combination with a semitrailer that is equipped with a self-loading bed and is designed and used exclusively to transport a cotton module to a cotton gin. 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