§ 12818 Late Registration Penalty

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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If you wait more than a month after a registration ends to renew it, you have to pay an extra penalty on top of the normal fee.

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•Renew within one calendar month after a registration expires.
•If you miss that deadline, a penalty is added to the fee.
•The penalty amount is set by the director under another rule.

Example

Your car registration expired on June 1, but you don’t renew it until June 20.

Because you waited more than one calendar month after the June 1 expiration, the state will add a penalty to the renewal cost.

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§ 12818 Late Registration Penalty

If renewal is not applied for within one calendar month after the expiration of a registration, a penalty as prescribed by the director pursuant to Section 12812 shall be added to the registration fee. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 741, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2004.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

renewal one calendar month penalty Section 12812 registration fee

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 12818.

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