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Cary:
If you llive in California anything over 40' requires a speacial drivers license, medical exams and restricts you to specified roads. Oh, not to mention the taxes.
Bob
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Cary and Bob,
No special requirements for house car in California. If you go to the
www. DMV.ca.gov website and do a license search you will see that is supported by the code. The license requirements change once you drive for hire.
Russ and Jean
Intrigue LE 11883
In rainy California.
Yahoo Message Number: 16502 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/16502)
From the DMV website:
Noncommercial Class B License with House Car Endorsement
12804.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person issued a class C license under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12804.9 may drive any house car of 40 feet in length or less without obtaining a noncommercial class B driver's license with house car endorsement as described in subdivision (b).
(b) Any person seeking to drive any house car over 40 feet in length, excluding safety devices and safety bumpers, shall obtain a noncommercial class B driver's license with house car endorsement as described in this subdivision. The applicant for that endorsement shall pass a specialized written examination and demonstrate the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in operating that vehicle by driving it under the supervision of an examining officer.
Upon satisfactory completion of the examination and demonstration, the applicant shall be issued a noncommercial class B driver's license with house car endorsement by the department. Upon application for an endorsement to operate this vehicle, and every two years thereafter, the applicant shall submit medical information on a form approved by the department.
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Looking at the Recreational Vehicles and Trailers section of the DMV website, there is this site http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt2.htm (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt2.htm) that says "If you have a Class C license, you may drive 'any housecar' Nothing is said about weight or length.
I also have the DMV booklet Recreational Vehicles and Trailers Handbook published in 2002 and in that publication it says "If you have a Class C license, you may drive 'any housecar 40 feet and under in length'. I was told by the local DMV that the 40 foot length was changed and that all housecars, regardless of length can be driven by a Class C holder.
The only restriction is house cars can only be legally operated in Ca up to 45 feet.
This site has the HouseCar Endorsement clause. I note that it's effective date is Oct 9, 2001 http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d06/vc12804_10.htm (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d06/vc12804_10.htm)
So, on two different DMV websites, we have conflicting information. I carry a copy of the recreational Handbook and a print out of http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt2.htm (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt2.htm)
Dexter
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Russ,
It appears that AB67 is still in effect . That bill requires a cal. resident to get a non-comercial class B license IF they have a house car over 40 ft. in length.
Ron
Innovative Coachworks
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Dexter,
We found the same conflict of informationon the CA DMV website. When we talked directly to the CA DMV, they said that there is no limitation to length. "Any house car" was their words, too.
Russ and Jean
05 Intrigue 11883
DMV website, there is this site
housecar' Nothing is said about weight or length.
Handbook published in 2002 and in that publication
40 feet and under in length'. I was told by the local
regardless of length can be driven by a Class C holder.
Ca up to 45 feet.
effective date is Oct 9, 2001
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d06/vc12804_10.htm (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d06/vc12804_10.htm)
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