so im trying to register a car from AZ to CA

is it as simple as walking in with proper paper work and smog cert and paying what i owe on taxes of the car sale price and pay the tags . thats it ?

i have CA DMV forms for paperless title transfer and bill of sale an the owners registration for the car from AZ and the owners copy DL. cause lost title and all and i cant wait for another week cause of long distance travle

vin match on firewall and dash, tags are up to date

 

Just got my car registered in Cali. Bought it in michigan. DMV will have to do a visual inspection when you bring your car in to register it. Get it smogged then you are good to go.

 

If you're a AAA member, then skip the DMV and go there instead, the lines are much shorter. AAA DMV services can do almost anything regarding vehicle registration.

Note that there is a fairly short window in which to register the vehicle in-state, if the date on the form that asks when the vehicle entered the state is more than 21 days ago (I think it's 21), then they'll charge you a penalty fee. The date of sale does *not* have to be within 21 days, just the date that it entered the state. When I did this recently, the car spent 3-4 weeks sitting at the seller's house waiting for the transport to show up, so the date of sale was significantly earlier than the date it entered CA.

--Ian