If you are a California resident deployed outside California, the Department of Motor Vehicles can waive the late penalties on your vehicle registration renewal. Only penalties that build up during the deployment can be waived, and the deployment has to fall in a period when a Presidential Executive Order says the United States is engaged in combat or homeland defense. Temporary duty for training or processing and a permanent change of station do not count.
Renew your registration within 60 days of returning from deployment and submit your official deployment orders with a completed Statement of Facts form. In Block G, write that you are serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, the Reserves or the National Guard, and give the end date of your deployment.
Your official deployment orders and the completed Statement of Facts form.
