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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024
Sales And Use Tax Law
Revenue and Taxation Code
Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 1. Sales and Use Taxes
Chapter 4. Exemptions
Article 2. Exemptions from Sales Tax
Section 6388
6388. New or remanufactured vehicles purchased from out-of-state dealer. Where a new or remanufactured truck, truck tractor, semitrailer, or trailer, any of which has an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or more, or a new or remanufactured trailer coach or a new or remanufactured auxiliary dolly, is purchased from a dealer located outside this State for use without this state and is delivered by the manufacturer or remanufacturer to the purchaser within this state, and the purchaser drives or moves the vehicle from the manufacturer's or remanufacturer's place of business in this state to any point outside this state within 30 days from and after the date of the delivery, there are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part the gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use or other consumption of the vehicle within the state, if the purchaser furnishes the following to the manufacturer or remanufacturer:
(a) Written evidence of an out-of-state registration for the vehicle.
(b) The purchaser's affidavit attesting that he or she is not a resident of California and that he or she purchased the vehicle from a dealer at a specified location without the state for use outside this state.
(c) The purchaser's affidavit that the vehicle has been moved or driven to a point outside this state within 30 days of the date of the delivery of the vehicle to him or her.
History—Added by Stats. 1959, p. 4191, in effect September 18, 1959. Stats. 1963, p. 4016, in effect September 20, 1963, added "new truck, new truck tractor, new semi-trailer, or new trailer, any of which has an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or more," and "new auxiliary dolly". Stats. 1983, Ch. 1286, in effect January 1, 1984, included "remanufacturers" within the scope of the exemption and made numerous grammatical corrections throughout.
Note.—Stats. 1970, p. 2871, operative July 1, 1971, to December 31, 1974, provides in part, Notwithstanding Section 6388 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, where a new truck trailer with an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or more is purchased for use without this state and is delivered by the manufacturer to the purchaser within this state, and such purchaser drives or moves such vehicle from the manufacturer's place of business in this state to any point outside this state within 30 days from and after the date of delivery, there are exempted from the taxes imposed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001), Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251), and Part 17 (commencing with Section 37001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code the gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use or other consumption of such vehicle within the state, provided that the purchaser furnishes the following to the manufacturer:
(a) Written evidence of an out-of-state license and registration for such vehicle.
(b) The purchaser's affidavit attesting that he purchased such vehicle from a dealer at a specified location for use exclusively outside this state, or exclusively in interstate commerce.
(c) The purchaser's affidavit that such vehicle has been moved or driven to a point outside this state within 30 days of the date of the delivery of the vehicle to him.