Sunday, January 8, 2012

Is it a felony to drive without a catalytic converter in California?

Someone told me that it is a felony to drive a car without a catalytic converter in California.|||Umm well yeah and no.





Its a violation of Federal law so that can make it a felony, but in 99.999% of cases the driver/.owner of car would not be charged with a felony





This aint just CA. It's all 50 states. Fed law says all 1975 and newer cars/trucks must have the cat converter in good working order|||It is illegal to drive without a catalytic converter (depending on the year). It is NOT a felony. If the car is registered in California, the worst that can happen is that you fail smog unless the car is exempt due to age (like my '63 Cadillac). If the car is registered outside California, then no.





Actively removing a catalytic converter is a different story and could get a federal (EPA) fine.|||Doesn't seem like a missing cat falls under the catagory of felony. Felonies are a class of charges for very heinous crimes like theft, drug dealing/trafficking, running from the law, murder, rape, etc. I don't live in California so I don't know for sure what the state's laws are concerning emission control systems on vehicles. If anything, I would think a car missing a cat won't pass a CA smog inspection and can't be legal to drive until the cat is replaced.|||it is a 10,000 dollar fine for taking off a catalytic converter from a car that is supposed to have one, proving who took one off is difficult at best, there are millions of cars in california with no cats,78 and older are smog exempt no one goes around checking exhaust pipes, except the smog guys, and if a car is missing one, they just fail it, so unless someone admits they took of a cat, there is no proof.|||You wont pass the smog check and be able to register your car without it unless car is 30 years old|||depends on year of car

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