{"id":14809,"date":"2020-04-15T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/special-plates\/yosemite-foundation-license-plates\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T14:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:39:05","slug":"yosemite-foundation-license-plates","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/special-plates\/yosemite-foundation-license-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"21.265 Yosemite Foundation License Plates (VC \u00a75064)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yosemite license plates are available in a sequential series or personalized with:<br>\u2014 Two to seven characters for automobiles, commercial vehicles, and trailers.<br>\u2014 Two to five characters for motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A qualified existing ELP may be converted to a Yosemite license plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yosemite License Plates belong to the owner and may be transferred to another vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Personalized License Plate Application\u2014the following must be submitted:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application must include:<br>A completed Special Interest License Plate Application (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/file\/special-interest-license-plates-application-reg-17-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 17 (PDF)<\/a>) form.<br>Original Yosemite Personalized license Plate fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/file\/special-interest-license-plates-application-reg-17-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 17 (PDF)<\/a> is submitted in conjunction with a registration application, the following is required:<br>\u2014 The usual registration and\/or transfer documents and fees.<br>\u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/file\/special-interest-license-plates-application-reg-17-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 17  (PDF)<\/a>and Yosemite personalized license plate fee.<br>\u2014 The license plates currently assigned to the vehicle must be surrendered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Original Sequential Plate Applications\u2014the following must be submitted:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A completed Special Interest License Plate Application (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/file\/special-interest-license-plates-application-reg-17-pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REG 17 (PDF)<\/a>) form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The registration card in the applicant\u2019s name\u00a0<strong>or\u00a0<\/strong>the documents required to register the vehicle to the applicant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The license plates currently assigned to the vehicle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original Yosemite Sequential license Plate fee in addition to any other fees due.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Renewal\/Reassignment<\/strong>\u2014Yosemite license plates require an additional fee for renewal and for reassignment of the license plates to another vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Retention<\/strong>\u2014Yosemite license plates, both ELP and sequential, may be retained when the registration is not renewed&nbsp;<strong>if&nbsp;<\/strong>the license plate owner pays the annual retention fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14641,"menu_order":54,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[595],"class_list":["post-14809","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>21.265 Yosemite Foundation License Plates (VC \u00a75064) - 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\/yosemite-foundation-license-plates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"21.265 Yosemite Foundation License Plates (VC \u00a75064) - California DMV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yosemite license plates are available in a sequential series or personalized with:\u2014 Two to seven characters for automobiles, commercial vehicles, and trailers.\u2014 Two to five characters for motorcycles. 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