[rokndad]

Ask to see the Office manager at the DMV on Rosemead Blvd and tell them that you got a ticket for operating on their TOP.

The Red TOP is a temporary (meaning less than annual) registration that allows you to operate your so registered and fees paid motor vehicle on the streets of the State. This is regardless of why you are only issued a limited registration. It has nothing to do with smog or BAR or CHP inpsections specifically, it is given because you are incomplete in your application and you have things to do with other State agencies. None of my TOP's had any mention of why they were issued as incomplete applications. I think you have a good appeal here. Since you live in the area, probably not a good idea to p**s off Pasadena's finest any further. Take it up with the DMV and the CHP.

One of the reasons I moved from the Pasadena area.