DMV Registration Hold (SB 210) – Clean Truck Check
DMV Registration Notice with CARB Non-Compliant Vehicle Warning
You may have received a registration renewal notice or experiencing delay in receiving your tags and registration due to some mysterious CRAB non-compliance hold placed on your paperwork. You are in the right place and we’ll help you fix your problem.
DMV sends a registration hold notice when it can not locate a Smog Check certificate for a vehicle. For vehicles with (GVWR) over 14,000 pounds DMV must have current CARB Compliance certificate to complete the registration / renewal of the vehicles. Basically a smog check for Heavy Duty diesel vehicles is called Clean Truck Check.
The law requires the DMV to deny registration for any vehicle that is non-compliant or has not reported to CARB as compliant or exempt from the Regulation. In order to avoid SB 210 holds at DMV, your vehicle MUST be reported in CTC-VIS for Clean Truck Check and obtain a compliance certificate at time of DMV renewal.
CARB Warning on DMV Registration Renewal Notice
Starting January 1st 2025 California Air Resources Board HD I/M program will require all commercial vehicles with gross weight over 14,000 pounds to test emission control systems and submit a reading snap shot to CARB database. As this new regulation took affect this year, many business owners got caught by surprise when commercial truck DMV registration renewal was showing incomplete and marked non CARB compliant vehicle. To complete registration renewal requires diesel emissions test: smoke opacity test or OBD reading snap shot.
We come to you and get your truck tested and CARB Compliant On-Site.
Our mobile technicians are CARB certified and credentialed testers with latest approved equipment to test your truck, RV or bus and get you CARB Compliance Certificate Instantly. We test, read and transfer emissions data to Clean Truck Check Vehicle Inspection System (CTC-VIS) database and automatically update CARB and DMV records to remove any registration holds.
Our Services
- ✅ Mobile Clean Truck Check testing at your location.
- ✅ On demand same day services available.
- ✅ Instant reporting and updating test results using CTC-VIS system.
- ✅ Update vehicle record with CARB and DMV to show compliance.
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✅ We offer convenient Clean Truck Check testing San Diego and mobile County locations services. Doesn’t matter if you need to test one truck or several.
✅ Digital test results data upload provides instant CARB compliance certification and updates DMV truck record.
✅ Mobile service available 7 days a week.
We Test Semi Trucks, Box Trucks, Tow Trucks, Buses, Truck Tractors, Motorhomes and RVs.
What Is Clean Truck Check?
Clean Truck Check is a program implemented by The California Air Resource Board (CARB) to provide significant reductions in smog-forming and carcinogenic toxic air pollution necessary to achieve federal air quality mandates and healthy air in California’s communities.
The action how the program works are following:
- Periodic commercial vehicle testing requirements,
- Other roadside emissions monitoring techniques,
- Identification of vehicles in need of emissions related repairs,
- Making sure any needed repairs are performed.
SB 210 COMPLIANCE PROCESS DMV
- Create owner account at https://cleantruckcheck.arb.ca.gov/
- Pay vehicles annual compliance fee.
- Get your vehicle tested by credentialed tester in your area. Call (858) 255-1122
- Pass emissions test and results will be automatically submitted and will show up in your CTC-VIS owners account.
- Your vehicle is now Clean Truck Check Compliant.
Please note if you are trying to get compliance certificate ASAP, keep in mind there are possible delays due to payment processing. Depending on the type of payment you may have to wait 1-7 business days. Credit or Debit card payments takes 1-2 business days. ECheck payments can take up 5-7 business days.
What Are The Requirements To Pass Clean Truck Check Emissions Testing and Inspection?
To successfully pass emissions test and obtain Clean Truck Check certificate First you must registered VIN in CTC-VIS database and pay annual compliance fee ( ~$32). Second, your truck must meet specific requirement before testing can begin.
No Check Engine
Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) must be off and there should not be any emissions related diagnostic trouble codes in vehicles memory. Pending, Stored Or Permanent.
Monitor Readiness
Readiness monitors determine whether emissions control systems have completed self test necessary to run and check for emissions related faults. Including data like distance traveled, number of warmups and engine run time since the last Check Engine codes cleared.
No Dead Battery
Disconnecting battery or needing to jump start the vehicles will erase OBD data and will clear saved readiness monitor status. You will need to complete multiple drive cycles until truck is ready for testing.
“Clean Truck Check testing is a Smog Check for commercial trucks.”
CARB Non Compliant Motorhome or RV?
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance compliance testing must be performed by CARB credentialed tester who completed HD I/M training course, passed examination and received CARB Authorized Tester Certification. Onsite CTC mobile service available 7 days a week from Rancho Bernardo to El Cajon, CA. Call us (858) 255-1122
What Clean Truck Check program requires from you as Commercial Fleet Owner?
This program requires all commercial diesel, hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) over 14,000 pounds to be tested semi annually. And starting in 2027 quarterly testing will be mandatory to stay in compliance.
Commercial fleet owners and vehicle lessees are responsible for vehicle compliance status. In some cases employees of a company may take the credentialed tester class and perform in house Clean Truck Check compliance testing on their own vehicles with approved equipment.
Hiring a publicly available credentialed testing company to do it for them is another option. These rules apply to all California registered trucks and out of state vehicles operating withing the state of California.
Who is subject to Clean Truck Check Compliance?
All non-gasoline heavy-duty commercial vehicles operating in California with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) over 14,000 pounds. That includes Diesel, Bio-Diesel, Propane, Natural Gas, Ethanol, Methanol engines.
- Commercial trucks and buses
- Agricultural vehicles
- Transit buses
- Motor Homes for Personal Use
- Motor Homes for Commercial Use
- Hybrid heavy-duty vehicles
Zero tailpipe emissions fuels like Electric and Hydrogen vehicles are excluded.
Mobile CARB Compliance Diesel Testing Near Me
Mobile on demand CARB compliance diesel testing service. We offer fast and professional Clean Truck Check emissions testing at your location. We come to you, the same or next day, carrying all necessary testing equipment and software to test and update your compliance certificate onsite. Testing available for 2013 year and newer vehicles with OBD J1937 and J1979 connectors.
Contact us with your CARB Compliance questions or to schedule mobile truck emissions testing appointment call (858) 255-1122.
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We offer all in one mobile CARB compliance testing service. Onsite service at your location – means convenience for your fleet and saving valuable time. Available CTC-VIS account setup assistance.