In other words, to ensure you make it to the DMV’s website, dmv.ca.gov, focus on the URL’s tail. Garza said if you pay with a credit card, the DMV will indeed charge you a fee for that – but ...

By the way, an officer can pull up the registration info via the computer in his or her squad car, so long as the database is up, using the license-plate number or the vehicle-identification ...