California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - December 10, 1996

Licensed vehicles are excluded as resources when jointly owned by a household member and a non-household member not living with the household if the household member does not have possession of, or use of, the vehicle and is not able to sell it (e.g., where the signature of the co-owner is needed and he or she will not sign). MPP §63-501.21 applies to jointly owned vehicles.

Licensed vehicles, whether solely or jointly owned, are excluded as countable resources when the household is legally prohibited from selling the vehicle (e.g., in probate situations). MPP §63-501.3(h), regarding inaccessible resources, applies in those situations.