Clean Air Vehicle (CAV) Decals - High Occupancy Vehicle HOV Lane Usage The form (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg1000.pdf) requires a plate number. In http://priuschat.com/forums/toyota-...-ca-green-hov-sticker-yet-34.html#post1558393 Chicken Man posted that he had his stickers before receiving his physical plates and a got a photocopy of his Registration with the License Number, presumably just in case the CHP get difficult.
Yes. My plates arrived about 2 weeks after purchase. I then immediately applied for the green stickers. They arrived about 3 weeks later.
You make two separate applications. To apply for the $1,500 rebate, you need to xerox the temporary registration doc that's stickered to your windshield. You also need to send a copy of a utility bill. To get the green sticker, you need to send the license plate number. You don't have to have the plate itself; my dealer was able to email the plate number to me and that's all I needed. The plates came in the mail a week later. The stickers arrived only a few days after I sent in the application. When your stickers arrive, apply them with great care: they're designed to destroy themselves if you peel them off, so you need to apply them correctly the first time.
