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Not true. You can register cars purchased out of state, that are non-carb compliant. See exemptions page: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochu

• Rebelgecko 7y ago
  Most of the exceptions are pretty big life events (divorce, death of a relative, military PCS). That why I said "typically" in my comment, it's not something you can really do at-will