This was roughly my experience, too. I first brought my paperwork to the DMV in June, prior to the truck's arrival, so that I would have a temporary tag in order to drive it home from the port. A DMV inspection was followed by a CHP inspection and a return trip to the DMV. On that last trip to the DMV I handed over all of my importation documents, which were packaged and sent to Sacramento. About six weeks later I got plates in the mail, and three days after that I got a CA title (which I was a very pleasant surprise).
The total process took about five months, but a good three months of that was spent waiting for my scheduled CHP appointment/inspection.
-- Tom
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Originally Posted by Diescipel
Congrats!
My experience though is that the DMV will give you plates and register it, but they won't give you a CA title. Instead, a letter will come later from the 'technical compliance division' or somesuch asking for a letter from Toyota stating that it conforms to USDOT regs. That letter will never come, or will be inadequate. I had to copy all my import docs and send them to the DMV and then they sent me a CA title. That's my experience at least; YMMV.
Enjoy!
B
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