Bureau of Automotive Repair Phone Number (and Useful Links)
We’re experts at everything to do with the Bureau of Automotive Repair. Most of our incoming calls are from SMOG stations, SMOG techs, or STAR Program stations who have received a letter, a citation, and/or an accusation from the BAR. They’re confounded, often angry – a) what have the done wrong, if anything, b) how […]
Bureau of Automotive Repair Letter: What to Do?
Many people look forward to the mail. Your grandparents or great grandparents, for example, probably lived a lot of their lives before this age of email, iPhones and SnapChat. They might have eagerly awaited the daily mail, for letters from loved ones, the Saturday Evening Post, postcards from people on fun trips, and other items […]
Bureau of Automotive Repair Informal Hearings: Win, Loss, Draw
Often times, a SMOG check station or STAR program participant will get a citation from the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
Bureau of Automotive Repair: Attorneys Specializing in Criminal Cases
The average person is not an attorney, and certainly the average SMOG Check technician or STAR program station is far from the world of law and regulations.
Alert on BAR 97 Citations and BAR-OIS Issues Issued by Automotive Defense Specialists
Automotive Defense Specialists, led by William Ferreira, a top Bureau of Automotive Repair defense attorney at, has issued an alert on their blog concerning confusion concerning BAR 97 vs. BAR-OIS actions taken by the Bureau of Automotive Repair in California.
BAR 97 Citations – Simple Ideas about a Complex Problem with the Bureau of Automotive Repair
Updated: February 16, 2016 (We’re hearing reports of citations for using the old machine (using BAR 97 instead of the OIS new system), which are now being used to invalidate STAR even though the BAR originally said they would not use it to invalidate STAR).