What is the car sales tax in California? - The car sales tax in California is 7.25% as of 2025. Use the California car sales tax calculator to calculate the sales tax for buying a vehicle in California.
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Below is a list of the car sales tax rate for each county in California.
| County | County Tax |
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| Alameda | 0.25% |
| Alpine | 0.25% |
| Amador | 0.25% |
| Butte | 0.25% |
| Calaveras | 0.25% |
| Colusa | 0.25% |
| Contra Costa | 0.25% |
| Del Norte | 0.25% |
| El Dorado | 0.25% |
| Fresno | 0.25% |
| Glenn | 0.25% |
| Humboldt | 0.25% |
| Imperial | 0.25% |
| Inyo | 0.25% |
| Kern | 0.25% |
| Kings | 0.25% |
| Lake | 0.25% |
| Lassen | 0.25% |
| Los Angeles | 0.25% |
| Madera | 0.25% |
| Marin | 0.25% |
| Mariposa | 0.25% |
| Mendocino | 0.25% |
| Merced | 0.25% |
| Modoc | 0.25% |
| Mono | 0.25% |
| Monterey | 0.25% |
| Napa | 0.25% |
| Nevada | 0.25% |
| Orange | 0.25% |
| Placer | 0.25% |
| Plumas | 0.25% |
| Riverside | 0.25% |
| Sacramento | 0.25% |
| San Benito | 0.25% |
| San Bernardino | 0.25% |
| San Diego | 0.25% |
| San Francisco | 0.25% |
| San Joaquin | 0.25% |
| San Luis Obispo | 0.25% |
| San Mateo | 0.25% |
| Santa Barbara | 0.25% |
| Santa Clara | 0.25% |
| Santa Cruz | 0.25% |
| Shasta | 0.25% |
| Sierra | 0.25% |
| Siskiyou | 0.25% |
| Solano | 0.25% |
| Sonoma | 0.25% |
| Stanislaus | 0.25% |
| Sutter | 0.25% |
| Tehama | 0.25% |
| Trinity | 0.25% |
| Tulare | 0.25% |
| Tuolumne | 0.25% |
| Ventura | 0.25% |
| Yolo | 0.25% |
| Yuba | 0.25% |