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Digest Number 1557

Yahoo Message Number: 16495
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

Re: Digest Number 1557

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16497
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.

California license requirement

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 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.

Quote from: dosgoldens

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

Re: California license requirement

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16503
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 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
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
Dexter

Re: Digest Number 1557

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16504
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
 

Re: California license requirement

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16505
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

Quote from: dextery
Looking at the Recreational Vehicles and Trailers section of the
DMV website, there is this site

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>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.
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I also have the DMV booklet Recreational Vehicles and Trailers
Handbook published in 2002 and in that publication
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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
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DMV that the 40 foot length was changed and that all housecars,
regardless of length can be driven by a Class C holder.
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The only restriction is house cars can only be legally operated in
Ca up to 45 feet.

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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
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So, on two different DMV websites, we have conflicting
information. I carry a copy of the recreational Handbook and a print out of

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>http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt2.htm >

Dexter

From the DMV website:

Noncommercial Class B License with House Car Endorsement >

12804.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a

person

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issued a class C license under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b)

of

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Section 12804.9 may drive any house car of 40 feet in length or

less

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without obtaining a noncommercial class B driver's license with

house

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car endorsement as described in subdivision (b).

(b) Any person seeking to drive any house car over 40 feet in

length,

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excluding safety devices and safety bumpers, shall obtain a > noncommercial class B driver's license with house car endorsement

as

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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

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vehicle by driving it under the supervision of an examining

officer.

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Upon satisfactory completion of the examination and
demonstration,

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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

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years thereafter, the applicant shall submit medical information

on a

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form approved by the department.

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> Cary and Bob,

> No special requirements for house car in California. If you go

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the

> www. DMV.ca.gov website and do a license search you will see

that is

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supported by the code. The license requirements change once you > drive

> for hire.
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> Russ and Jean
 > Intrigue LE 11883
 > In rainy California.
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