Please help!!!

What is the name of your state? California

If I have a temporary registration for my vehicle, can I drive without inssurance?

sfimaggot4life said:

What is the name of your state? California

If I have a temporary registration for my vehicle, can I drive without inssurance?

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No. There's no grace period. You need at least temporary insurance (my insurance company gives me 10 days of coverage on newly aquired cars up to the limits of my existing policy).

California requires you to have financial responsibility (insurance or bond) prior to any operation of a vehicle is either operated or parked on California roads.

FlyingRon said:

No. There's no grace period. You need at least temporary insurance (my insurance company gives me 10 days of coverage on newly aquired cars up to the limits of my existing policy).

California requires you to have financial responsibility (insurance or bond) prior to any operation of a vehicle is either operated or parked on California roads.

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The bolded part is assuming that OP currently has insurance, which he does not.

I have NO IDEA how OP associates a temporary registration with NOT having to have insurance in case he causes injury in a car accident, or damage to another person's property.

NO! California state law requires anyone who drives a vehicle must have at least liability insurance.

Cyber Patrol said:

NO! California state law requires anyone who drives a vehicle must have at least liability insurance.

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I'm pretty sure that was stated already, but thanks. (see post #2).

moburkes said:

The bolded part is assuming that OP currently has insurance, which he does not.

I have NO IDEA how OP associates a temporary registration with NOT having to have insurance in case he causes injury in a car accident, or damage to another person's property.

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Call me stupid or whatever but I had a few people tell me that if you just get a car and have temporary registration, you can drive without insurance. But then I had other people telling me that I cannot drive what so ever without insurance cuz it's a California state law. So thats why I got on here to double check on things.

P.S.
It's my first car so I really didn't know to much...

The only way you would not need insurance that specifically covers that vehicle is if you already have insurance that automatically covers purchase of a vehicle (you typically have to advise your insurance company and get it covered within a limited period of time). But one way or another, you have to be covered by insurance (unless you can post bond or whatever alternate financial responsibility California allows).