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SROM: Contra .Supervisor Nancy Fanden +
April 15, 1986 Cosa
DATE:
County
Registration of Abandoned Vehicles
SUBJECT:
SPE CIFIC.REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
;'RECOMMENDATION•
.,'-., That the Board of Supervisors request that present DMV
"regulations, that only allow the BUYER of a vehicle to
change a, car' s registration, be reviewed and perhaps
changed, in the interest of addressing the growing statewide
problem of abandoned• vehicles.
Under current regulations the seller of a vehicle could file
500 change of registration notices and as far as the DMV
would be concerned, the car would still be yours until the
NEW OWNER registered. This policy, I believe, has helped
contribute to the growing plague of abandoned vehicles
throughout the State of California.
BACKGROUND:
Present regulations are such that the new owner of a vehicle
must complete the paperwork on the sale BEFORE ownership can
be transferred from the. PREVIOUS OWNER to the new one.
Since forms are available to notify the DMV when a vehicle
has been sold, why not go one step further and have the DMV
send a postcard to the NEW OWNER- notifying them that the DMV
HAS been notified of a transfer of ownership and that they,
as the NEW OWNER, are required to register that vehicle
within a specified length of time.
If legislation is to be successful it must address the issue
of penalizing only those who would willfully abandon a
vehicle.
_ a percentage of the funds generated from this new procedure
should be given back to the DMV to help defray
administrative costs.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON - April 15," 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
April 15, 1986
Ccs ' County Administrator ATTESTED
Department of Motor. Vehicles I Ph?l,8atchel0r, Clerk of the Board of -
Supervisors and county^ar r
M aesl7-es
BY t/4tt�GC-i�..t-•6
DEPUTY