{"id":14866,"date":"2020-04-15T15:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/corrections-and-adjustments\/mixed-license-plates-and-or-registration-card\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:41:03","slug":"mixed-license-plates-and-or-registration-card","status":"publish","type":"dmv_handbook","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/handbook\/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2\/corrections-and-adjustments\/mixed-license-plates-and-or-registration-card\/","title":{"rendered":"22.070 Mixed License Plates and\/or Registration Card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Use the following procedures when a customer says the license plates they received do not agree with the license plate number shown on the registration document(s):<\/p>\n\n\n<body><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table border=\"1\"><tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>If the<br>\n<\/th>\n        <th>The Procedure Below Must Be Followed<br>\n<\/th>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"mobile-title\">If the\n<\/span>Customer currently owns both vehicles and the stickers and\/or license plates were placed on the wrong vehicle<br>\n<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"mobile-title\">The Procedure Below Must Be Followed\n<\/span>\n          <ul>\n<li>The customer must attach the license plates to the correct vehicle.<\/li>\n            <li>The applicant must complete an Application for Replacement Plates, Stickers, Documents (REG 156) form and the fee for new stickers, if stickers were placed on the wrong license plates, must be collected.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"mobile-title\">If the\n<\/span>Customer owned both vehicles, but sold one of the vehicles<br>\n<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"mobile-title\">The Procedure Below Must Be Followed\n<\/span>The applicant must exchange the license plates with the buyer of the other vehicle.<br>\n<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"mobile-title\">If the\n<\/span>License plates were obtained by the dealer<br>\n<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"mobile-title\">The Procedure Below Must Be Followed\n<\/span>The applicant must contact the dealer.<br>\n<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"mobile-title\">If the\n<\/span>Envelope contained the wrong <strong>regular<\/strong> series plates<br>\n<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"mobile-title\">The Procedure Below Must Be Followed\n<\/span>\n          <ul>\n<li>The following must be submitted:<br>\u2014The wrong regular series license plates.<br>\u2014A completed REG 156.<\/li>\n            <li>Write the number of license plates surrendered and \u201cmixed license plates\u201d on the REG 156.<\/li>\n            <li>New license plates and sticker, must be issued at no fee.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"mobile-title\">If the\n<\/span>Envelope contained the wrong <strong>special<\/strong> license plates and the correct license plates cannot be located<br>\n<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"mobile-title\">The Procedure Below Must Be Followed\n<\/span>\n          <ul>\n<li>The following must be submitted:<br>\u2014The wrong special license plates.<br>\u2014A completed REG 156.<\/li>\n            <li>Write the number of license plates surrendered and \u201cmixed license plates\u201d on the REG 156.<\/li>\n            <li>The license plate and sticker fees, must be waived<\/li>\n            <li>The application must be sent to the appropriate Registration Processing Unit (RPU) in DMV headquarters for verification and processing.<\/li>\n            <li>A 60-day temporary operating permit (TOP) must be issued.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14815,"menu_order":15,"template":"","dmv_task":[11],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_handbook_category":[943,595],"class_list":["post-14866","dmv_handbook","type-dmv_handbook","status-publish","hentry","dmv_task-educational","dmv_functional_page_type-informational","dmv_handbook_category-corrections-and-adjustments","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 - 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