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Department of Motor Vehicles

Driver’s license and registration appointments can be made by calling the DMV at 800-777-0133 or going online to dmv.ca.gov.

Arvin DMV: 317 Campus Drive

Bakersfield DMV: 3120 F St.

Bakersfield Southwest DMV: 7000 Schirra Court

Delano DMV: 631 Jefferson St.

Lake Isabella DMV: 5520 Lake Isabella Blvd., Suite G1

Ridgecrest DMV: 540A Perdew Ave.

Shafter DMV: 548 Walker St.

Taft DMV: 165 Center St.

Tehachapi DMV: Veterans Hall, 125 E. F St. Open 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays. Driver’s test is appointment only; Vehicle registration and driver’s license renewal are walk-in only.

If you are new to California

Adults who are visiting California may drive in this state without getting a California driver’s license as long as their home state or country license is valid. People who become residents in the state must get a California driver’s license within 10 days.

Driver’s license applicants will need the following information:
• Social Security number
• Verification of birth date and citizenship or legal residency
• Payment of $28 application fee
• Pass a vision exam
• Pass a traffic laws and sign test. You have three chances to pass.

To determine commercial driver’s license requirements, visit dmv.ca.gov. If you need a commercial license, please visit the DMV web site for more information.

The DMV has a list of frequently asked questions to assist all new residents in finding the answers to their questions quickly and easily.

If you are a current California resident:

If you were a resident of California prior to moving to Bakersfield, California laws states that you must inform the DMV of an address change within 10 days of your relocation. You may choose to notify them in any of the following ways:

• You may call 1-800-777-0133 and ask for a change of address form to be mailed to your home.

• You may download the change of address form, complete it and mail it to the location listed at the top of the form.

• You may visit the DMV office, complete a change of address form and give it to the technician.

Don’t forget to register or reregister your car while you are doing business with the DMV!

Smogging your car

To register a vehicle in California, it must pass a smog check from an appropriate station. For residents in the Bakersfield area, these tests must be done at stations that have the BAR-97 Emissions Inspection System, which the state says is the most modern type of testing equipment.

Residents of other communities in the county may go to any certified smog check station. Generally in Kern County, cars must be tested every two years or before they’re sold. A vehicle must pass the test and be issued a smog check certificate for it to be legally registered. Most certificates are electronically transferred to the DMV.

For more information about smog checks, go to the Bureau of Automotive Repairs Web site at smogcheck.ca.gov or call the Department of Consumer Affairs at 800-952-5210.

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