Vehicle Code section 9255

Upon application for the transfer of the title or any interest of an owner or legal owner in or to a vehicle registered under this code, or for which a certificate of ownership has been issued without registration under Section 4452, other than upon a transfer to a chattel mortgagee and other than upon a transfer to a transferee not required under this code to obtain the issuance to the owner of a new certificate of ownership and registration card, there shall be paid the following fees:

(1)

For a transfer by the owner of an automobile or
motorcycle
$15

(2)

For a transfer by the owner of a trailer coach
or commercial vehicle
$15

(3)

For a transfer by the legal owner
$15

(4)

When an application is presented showing a transfer by both
the owner and legal owner of an automobile or
motorcycle
$15

(5)

When an application is presented showing a transfer by both
the owner and legal owner of a trailer coach or commercial
vehicle
$15

Source: Section 9255, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=9255.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2003; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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