10.035 Emission Compliance for Heavy Duty Vehicles (VC §§4000.15, 4156.5 (c)(2),(e)(1), and 9257.5)

Emission Compliance for Heavy Duty Vehicles

Changes to the DMV Virtual Clerk system (utilized by Business Partner Automation [BPA] Program participants) were implemented to verify heavy-duty vehicles with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) over 14,000 pounds comply with California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission standards. DMV will confirm compliance electronically, as identified by CARB, and deny the vehicle registration renewal or transfer of non-compliant vehicles.

• If the below error messages are displayed in Virtual Clerk, BPA program participants should contact their First Line Service Provider for guidance.
  • Q212 WARNING CARB NON-COMPLIANT (HDIM)
  • Q023 CNA SHORT TERM (VINTELLIGENCE)
  • D444 DB2 LOOKUP FAILED (CARB ELIGIBILITY / COMPLIANCE)

• Transactions impacted by the changes are limited to the following.
  • C10/C11 Revived Junk/Revived Salvage (Original/Clearing)
  • F00/F01 Transfer of Registered Owner/Transfer of RO/Revived Salvage Clearing
  • F10/F11 Transfer of Legal Owner (LO)/Clearing
  • H00/H01 Stickers/Plates/Renewal/Registration Cards/Clearing
  • J00/J01 Duplicate Owner Certificate/Clearing

• When there are no renewal fees due the system will perform a compliance check on eligible vehicles but will not perform a hard stop on:
  • Replacement indicia only transactions, such as:
    • Title replacement.
    • Plates replacement.
    • Stickers replacement.
    • Registration replacement.
    • Metal tab replacement.
    • Vehicles on PNO for all impacted TTCs except for F00/F01.

Changes have been made to allow transfers for CARB non-compliant vehicles that are unrecovered stolen vehicles being transferred to an insurance company or registered out of state.