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The question of whether or not AAA will register the car has been discussed before, so I did some personal research--I went directly to the AAA office.

Here's the reason there is some debate--there are two separate, privately owned, AAA's in California, one in Southern California and one in Northern California. They are not the same company and have different policies. I asked the agent about the issues raised by Noah930 and wes-r, and she didn't know why they couldn't get their vehicles registered/titled but she was not aware of the Northern California policies. They could have had their DMV work done at AAA if they were in the So. Cal area.

AAA of Southern California will and does register out of state vehicles without issue. They process the paperwork for the DMV and do the VIN inspections. Since you are in San Diego, that would be the place to go.