SB 210 registration hold? We can help you clear it.
If the DMV won’t renew your truck’s registration and the notice mentions CARB or SB 210, your vehicle has a Clean Truck Check compliance hold. Danny Garcia, a CARB-credentialed tester, comes to your yard, tests your truck and can handle the CARB paperwork with you. Se habla español.
What is an SB 210 hold?
SB 210 is the California law that created CARB’s Clean Truck Check program for heavy-duty vehicles. It lets the DMV hold the registration of any truck that isn’t in compliance. CARB sends the DMV a list of compliant vehicles every night. If your truck isn’t on it, the DMV can refuse to renew your registration until it is.
Why trucks get a hold
The vehicle was never reported in CARB’s online system (CTC-VIS).
The annual compliance fee wasn’t paid.
The truck didn’t get a passing Clean Truck Check test by its deadline.
How to clear an SB 210 hold
Report the vehicle in CARB’s CTC-VIS system.
Pay any compliance fees owed (about $30 per vehicle, per year).
Pass a Clean Truck Check test with a CARB-credentialed tester. Danny tests on site, often the same day.
Download your compliance certificate. CARB says the DMV can take 3 to 5 business days to update the hold after that.
If you think your truck is already compliant but still has a hold, CARB’s help line is hdim@arb.ca.gov.
How Cen-Cal Truck Testing helps
We come to your yard, job site or driveway anywhere in the Central Valley and run the OBD or smoke opacity (OVI) test your truck needs. If you’d rather not deal with CARB’s website, Danny can report your vehicle and pay the fee for you. Call or text (559) 847-6013 and tell us about your hold.
Based on CARB’s Clean Truck Check guidance. Rules can change, so check ww2.arb.ca.gov for the latest. Cen-Cal Truck Testing is an independent credentialed tester, not part of CARB or the DMV.
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