Any Americans here? (ideally Californian)

[laissez-faire]

Nowhere on the California DMV does it mention I have to pay sales tax @ 7.75% on a used vehicle. On DMV sites from other states it tells you that you have to prove you have paid the sales tax.

Is there some odd thing in California or will I end up paying sales tax @ 7.75%, the weird Vehicle License Fund at like 1.5% and pay title/tag fees and smog certification too? Going to be expensive for a car I only need for 6 bloody months!

Thanks

 

[laissez-faire]

Wow you're buying a car in Cali' sweet.

Unsure of whether there is some sarcasm there? But yeah - walking is pretty hard and bus routes tend to be excessively scarce....

 

[laissez-faire]

Pretty sure you have to pay when you are register the car in CA, unless you register it in one of the states which don't have sales tax for vehicles.

Yeah, well that's going to be tricky given that I won't have an address in any state other than CA! It's also going to be illegal since if I'm working in CA I need to register the car there by law.