WHY DON’T YOU JUST CALL YOUR LOCAL DMV OFFICE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL BE GETTING THE CORRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

When you register a vehicle for the first time in the state of California, you need to have it inspected and you need to pay taxes based on the amount the vehicle is worth according to the source the state uses to establish worth, or what you paid for it, which ever is the higher figure.

You will have to pay whatever they establish as due on the vehicle, regardless of how you got it or what happened in MO.