Your car needs to be running, CHP has to verify Vin #, Referee Station has to run a smog check on the car to Issue exemption, you need a Brake and Lamp certification. Immediately contact DMV to get the necessary forms and get a Temporary operating permit. If you are standing in line on the 1st business day of the year you will probably not get a certificate, you need someone in the DMV on the phone to Sacramento to give you the best chance.