Description: Offers eligible consumers repair assistance and vehicle retirement options to help improve California's air quality.Program includes: Repair Assistance: May receive up to $1450 in emissions-related repairs for model year 1996 or newer or $1100 in emissions-related repairs for model year 1976-1995 Vehicle Retirement: May receive either $1500 or $2000 to retire their operational vehicle. If you don't meet the income requirements, you may receive $1,350 to retire your vehicle.Apply online at Consumer Assistance Program
Eligibility: Must meet program requirements and income eligibility. Household gross income must be less than or equal to 225% of federal poverty level.Household size / Annual Gross Income1 person / $33,8852 people / $45,9903 people / $58,0954 people / $70,2005 people / $82,3056 people / $94,4107 people / $106,5158 people / $118,620For families with more than 8 persons, add the following $12,105 for each individual.CAP Repair Assistance criteria: -Must be the registered owner of the vehicle with the vehicle title issued in your name.-Must not have previously participated in CAP with the same vehicle.-Must pay a co-payment toward the total cost of diagnosis and emissions-related repairs. The co-payment is based on the model year of your vehicle and the total cost of diagnosis and emissions-related repairs.CAP Vehicle Retirement criteria:-Must be the registered owner of the vehicle with the vehicle title issued in your name.-Must not have retired another vehicle as a sole owner OR more than two vehicles as a joint owner within the past 12 months.-Vehicle must have failed its most recent Smog Check inspection.-Vehicle must be currently registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with a valid and unexpired registration sticker OR have all fees paid to DMV and not have a registration sticker that has been expired more than 120 days.
Requirements: Photo ID, Proof of income, Vehicle Smog Check inspection, Vehicle registration, Vehicle title. A Notice of Deficient will be mailed out should there be a need for or missing additional information and/or documentation.
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