CA SB100 and REG 124 question

[Steve1979]

You may want to give CHP a quick call about whether you need the B & L inspection papers before your visit. I had my B & L inspection performed before my CHP visit last year, because I thought CHP would want to see that it had passed, but the officer said he didn’t need it.
The paper work for the B & L test needs a VIN number to show which vehicle the inspection was performed on. If you do not have a VIN number, then it can cause a problem for the test station because something needs to be written down. In my case, I ended up using the manufacturer’s serial number.
At CHP (San Jose, Junction Ave) I asked the officer if I could use the manufacturer’s serial number and he did ok that and wrote it down on his forms.

So it may be in your best interest to call CHP first and see whether it is needed during your appointment. Unless of course you already have a VIN number that CHP will recognize.

[lippy]

Thanks all. Great info. So on the model year issue, should I register the car as a 2013 and the engine as a 1965?

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by lippy

Thanks all. Great info. So on the model year issue, should I register the car as a 2013 and the engine as a 1965?

I don't think you need to declare the motor as any particular year. If you do, 1965 should be fine since it really doesn't have an impact on the SB100 process. As Ron said, the CHP is really just doing a check to verify if there any stolen parts.

Was your car previously registered in another State? If so, they would probably use the year that the car was originally registered (i.e. 2009 SPCN) as the year of the car.

If it's a new build and has never been registered, then they would identify your car as a 2013 SPCN and year first sold as 0000.

Look at your temporary paperwork to see how they entered it in the system.

[Steve1979]

When going through a little problem with my registration renewal this year, I talked to three different BAR technicians in Sacramento in November, the last one being a supervisor. He mentioned that the model year should be the year your sequence number was obtained. So if you plan on going in on January 2nd, then if what he told me was correct, your model year should be 2014.

[Frank Messina]

The brake and lamp inspection is not always required, it just depends on what DMV calls out. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. If they told you "NO" then go to CHP, then BAR, then back to DMV and collect your plates. Don't do any more than what they asked for.

Frank