California Smog Question

[manimal]

Has anybody heard/read about the cut-off for the 'exemption' for pollution controlled vehicles in cali? I thought somewhere I read that if your vehicle was manufactured before April 76 it would fall under the exemption.Can someone confirm that?Thanks
-Lance

[Rc 415]

yes that is true.

[Malo83]

Is the 30yr rule still in effect

83 Silverado

[rfmaster]

Malo83

Here is the legal crap from CalARB....

http://www.arb.ca.gov/bluebook/bb06/...veh_4000_1.htm

§ 4000.1. Pollution control device; Certificate or statement

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of this section, or subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, the department shall require upon initial registration, and upon transfer of ownership and registration, of any motor vehicle subject to Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, a valid certificate of compliance or a certificate of noncompliance, as appropriate, issued in accordance with Section 44015 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a transfer of ownership and registration under any of the following circumstances:
(6) The motor vehicle was manufactured prior to the 1976 model-year.


g) For purposes of subdivision (a), any collector motor vehicle, as defined in Section 259, is exempt from those portions of the test required by subdivision (f) of Section 44012 of the Health and Safety Code, if the collector motor vehicle meets all of the following criteria:
(2) The motor vehicle is at least 35 model-years old

[manimal]

The way I understand that 'LEGAL CRAP' is that it has to be manufactured BEFORE 1976. My truck was made january 1976. When I went to DMV to register and transfer into my name, they handed me a sticker and I didnt have to smog it!

[rfmaster]

Manimal

Well, I guess if the vehicle is over 30 model years old then bi-anual (transfer) smog requirements go away. I did a bit more searching - check this eco-nazi propaganda document:
http://www.cedlink.org/pdf/CED30YearExemption.pdf
which was put in place:

http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/StdPage....ck/doineed.htm

but reality sometimes is stranger then fiction - go figure.

RF