{"id":14713,"date":"2020-04-15T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/special-plates\/foreign-organization-license-plates\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:56:46","slug":"foreign-organization-license-plates","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/special-plates\/foreign-organization-license-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"21.110 Foreign Organization License Plates (VC \u00a75006.5)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Foreign Organization License Plates are only issued to automobiles that are currently registered to an officer or designated employee of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO). The license plates have a December 31 expiration date and must be renewed annually. Vehicles assigned Foreign Organization License Plates are exempt from all fees (use tax included), except fees for transfer, duplicate certificates, license plates, and stickers. Foreign Organization License Plates are not available as a personalized license plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All information regarding an individual\u2019s eligibility is provided to DMV by the American Institute in Taiwan, which is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Sequential License Plate Application\u2014the following must be submitted:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The California Certificate of Title or the documents required to register the vehicle to the applicant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Miscellaneous Certification (REG 256A) form with the TECO, R&amp;TC \u00a710781.1 section completed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A photocopy of the applicant\u2019s Tax Exemption Card issued by the California Board of Equalization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A photocopy of the applicant\u2019s ID card issued by the U.S. Department of State.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A smog certification, if appropriate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The out-of-state\/foreign country license plates assigned to the vehicle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exchange<\/strong>\u2014Existing personalized license plates may <strong>not <\/strong>be exchanged to Foreign Organization personalized license plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Renewal<\/strong>\u2014 No additional fee for renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reassignment<\/strong>\u2014The license plates cannot be transferred between vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Retention<\/strong>\u2014The license plates cannot be retained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transfer of Ownership<\/strong>\u2014The license plates must be surrendered to DMV if the vehicle is transferred.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14641,"menu_order":23,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[595],"class_list":["post-14713","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","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>21.110 Foreign Organization License Plates (VC \u00a75006.5) - 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-plates\/foreign-organization-license-plates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"21.110 Foreign Organization License Plates (VC \u00a75006.5) - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Foreign Organization License Plates are only issued to automobiles that are currently registered to an officer or designated employee of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO). 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