And if you do wait until december to buy one you probably want to wait until january to apply for a sticker as that one will last an extra year.
Red carpool sticker expiration.
Extend the popular hov lane access program.
But there s a catch or actually a few.
Watchdog groups hail the move as a way to promote ridesharing and reduce the 223 000 clean energy vehicles using.
So the red stickers expire on jan 1 2022 purple ones expire on jan 1 2023.
There will be a different sticker issued beginning jan.
Future cav decals will expire on january 1st of the fourth year after the year they are issued.
Those and the red stickers will expire after the fourth calendar year of issuance.
Carb establishes the official list of eligible vehicles based upon vehicle emissions.
This provides an access period of three full years plus the partial year from when the decal was issued.
The california department of motor vehicles dmv issues clean air vehicle cav decals that allow vehicles meeting specified emissions standards single occupancy use of high occupancy vehicle hov or carpool lanes.
If you find the original cav decals after you replace them surrender the originals to dmv with a letter of explanation for example you requested a new set of cav decals received them and the missing original cav decals were.
The colors for future decals have not yet been determined.
Their red hov stickers will still be valid.
What this means is now is a great time to buy an ev because you ll get the extra carpool lane time.
Replacement decals will be the same color with the same expiration date that were initially issued to the vehicle.
The california bill signed into law october 10 ab 544 extends by three years the program.