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2 unusual facts about California Department of Motor Vehicles


California Arts Council

In 1994, through special legislation, the California Arts Council and the California Department of Motor Vehicles began offering the first specialty license plate in the United States to directly benefit the arts.

GoCar Tours

According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, they are approved for use on surface streets, but can't be driven on freeways or roads where the top speed is 45 mph.


Michael D. Duvall

During his time in the Assembly, he served as the vice chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, which monitored the operations of the California Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, and California Highway Patrol.

Robert John Bardo

Ultimately, he obtained her home address via a detective agency, who in turn tracked it via California Department of Motor Vehicles records.


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2GAT123

The number almost always appears on a California license plate, and is characteristic of the numbering scheme used by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which began using the "1ABC123" numbering format for automobiles around the middle of 1980, replacing the exhausted "123 ABC" series.