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- § 1. This act shall be known as the Vehicle Code.
- § 2. The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existi
- § 6. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions
- § 10. Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law, s
- § 12.2.
- § 15.
- § 19. Whenever the acknowledgement of any document is required by this code or any regu
- § 24. Proof of the giving of notice may be made by the certificate of any officer, empl
- § 27. Any person who without authority impersonates, or wears the badge of, a member of
- § 28. Whenever possession is taken of any vehicle by or on behalf of its legal owner un
- § 5007. The department shall, upon application and without additional fees, issue a speci
- § 5011. Every piece of special construction equipment, special mobile equipment, cemetery
- § 5014. An application by a person other than a manufacturer or dealer for an identificat
- § 5014.1. Upon the implementation of the permanent trailer identification plate program, th
- § 5016. Upon proper application and payment of the fees specified in Section 5014.1 or 92
- § 5017. Each identification plate issued under Section 5016 shall bear a distinctive numb
- § 5018. Whenever the ownership of equipment, a logging vehicle, or an implement of husban
- § 5019. The authorizations for the issuance of special license plates referred to in Sect
- § 5022. Until December 31, 1984, a person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a
- § 5023.
- § 5024. A person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a set of commemorative coll
- § 5030. A motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406, is required to display a special
- § 31. No person shall give, either orally or in writing, information to a peace officer
- § 100. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions shall gover
- § 110.
- § 112.
- § 165. An authorized emergency vehicle is: (a) Any publicly owned and operated ambulance
- § 166.
- § 220.
- § 221. The term
- § 223. Any reference in this code to
- § 230.5.
- § 231.5.
- § 2113. The chief administrative officer shall carry out and execute such duties with res
- § 2251. All promotions to the classes of deputy chief, assistant chief, captain, lieutena
- § 2254. In the event any dispute arises between the department and any of its members in
- § 2258. Neither the commissioner nor any other person shall issue a badge to any person w
- § 2263. Shooting practice and instruction in the use of firearms shall constitute part of
- § 2264. The commissioner may procure and issue appropriate badges to patrol members for e
- § 2266. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The public safety di
- § 2400. The commissioner shall administer Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10850) of Di
- § 2401. The commissioner shall make adequate provision for patrol of the highways at all
- § 2402. The commissioner may make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necess
- § 2801. It is unlawful to wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order, signal
- § 2804. A member of the California Highway Patrol upon reasonable belief that any vehicle
- § 2805. For the purpose of locating stolen vehicles, (1) any member of the California Hig
- § 2809. All scales and weighing instruments used by any member of the California Highway
- § 2810.2.
- § 2811. Any traffic officer who observes a fence along any highway, which has been damage
- § 2812.5. Whenever visibility limitations pose a significant safety hazard, as determined b
- § 2815. Any person who shall disregard any traffic signal or direction given by a nonstud
- § 4000.37. Upon application for renewal of registration of a motor vehicle, the department s
- § 4000.38. The department shall suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vehicle whe
- § 4000.4. Except as provided in Sections 6700, 6702, and 6703, any vehicle which is registe
- § 4001. All vehicles exempt from the payment of registration fees shall be registered as
- § 4003.5. Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 9258.5, the department shall issue t
- § 4004.
- § 4006. A vehicle which is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of crossin
- § 4009. A vehicle transported upon a highway, no part of which is in contact with the hig
- § 4010. Special construction equipment and special mobile equipment are exempt from regis
- § 4015. Any privately owned vehicle designed or capable of being used for firefighting pu
- § 4018. Any logging vehicle is exempt from registration.
- § 4020. A motorized bicycle operated upon a highway is exempt from registration.
- § 587.
- § 593.
- § 600.
- § 617.
- § 626.2.
- § 626.4.
- § 627.
- § 636.
- § 2402.6. The commissioner may adopt and enforce regulations and standards with respect to
- § 2403. The commissioner may create highway patrol districts for the efficient administra
- § 2404. The commissioner shall establish, in counties having charters, except in counties
- § 2406. The commissioner may provide that any highway patrol vehicle shall be equipped wi
- § 2411. Members of the California Highway Patrol are authorized to serve all warrants rel
- § 2413. The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol is designated as the Statewide
- § 2416. The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol may issue authorized emergency
- § 2418.1. For purposes of enforcing the provisions of Section 2418, the department and the
- § 4021. Any vehicle that is designed or altered for, and used exclusively for, the refuel
- § 4023. A low-speed vehicle operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1 is exempt from
- § 4150.5. Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be held by two (or mo
- § 4151. The department shall not accept an application for the original registration of a
- § 4153. If the vehicle to be registered is a specially constructed or remanufactured vehi
- § 4156. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, and except as provided in subdi
- § 4156.5. Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department in its discretion may issue
- § 4158. In the event the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently
- § 4161. Whenever a motor vehicle engine or motor is installed, except temporarily, in a m
- § 4300.5. An application for registration under this chapter of a vehicle previously regist
- § 5159. A state agency that is eligible to participate in a specialized license plate pro
- § 5160. A state agency authorized under this article to offer specialized license plates
- § 5161. The department, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, shal
- § 5168. The fees specified in Section 5157 shall be imposed for the issuance, renewal, or
- § 5201. License plates, including temporary license plates, shall at all times be securel
- § 5203. This chapter does not apply to plates which the department pursuant to law has or
- § 5204.
- § 5204.5. The department shall post on its Internet Web site, and any other appropriate onl
- § 5205. The department may make appropriate rules and regulations for the use and display
- § 5205.5.
- § 5301. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code and Part 5 (commencing with Sect
- § 5304. Renewal fees shall be paid pursuant to a schedule established by the department.
- § 5308. The director shall adopt procedures for initial application, payment of fees, fle
- § 5309. The registration of any identified fleet vehicle is required annually.
- § 5352. Subject to the exemptions stated in Section 5353, registration of any trailer coa
- § 5505. This section applies to any vehicle reported to be a total loss salvage vehicle p
- § 5600.5. Ownership of title to a vehicle subject to registration may be transferred to two
- § 5601. Section 5600 does not apply to involuntary transfers, as upon the taking of posse
- § 5603. A legal owner may assign his title or interest in or to a vehicle registered unde
- § 5604.5. Every dealer who, upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise, any new or used
- § 5751.5. Upon transfer of the title or interest of the registered owner of a motor vehicle
- § 5753. It is unlawful for any person to fail or neglect properly to endorse, date, and d
- § 5902. Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly endorsed certificate of
- § 232. The
- § 232.5.
- § 236.
- § 243.
- § 247.
- § 255.
- § 265. The
- § 270.
- § 280.
- § 286. The term
- § 2816. It is unlawful to load or discharge children onto or from a youth bus upon a high
- § 2902. To the maximum extent permitted by federal law and regulations and the laws of th
- § 2906. The California Traffic Safety Program Fund is hereby created in the State Treasur
- § 2910. Such local political subdivision may use, in implementing its local traffic safet
- § 2930.
- § 2932. The commissioner may, through contracts with other public agencies or with privat
- § 3000. There is in the Department of Motor Vehicles a New Motor Vehicle Board, which con
- § 3002. The appointments of the appointive members shall be made effective as of the effe
- § 3004. Members of the board shall take an oath of office as provided in the Constitution
- § 288.
- § 291. Any reference in this code to the Department of Public Works shall be deemed to r
- § 295. The
- § 297.
- § 310.
- § 312.5.
- § 313.5.
- § 320.5.
- § 3007. The board shall meet at least twice during each calendar year. Special meetings m
- § 3011. A vacancy on the board shall not impair the power of the remaining members to per
- § 3015. In addition to the office of the executive director in Sacramento, the department
- § 3050. The board shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt rules and regulations in accor
- § 3050.3. A witness, other than an officer or employee of the state or of a political subdi
- § 3050.6. The board or its executive director may, in the event of a granting of a continua
- § 3050.7. The board may adopt stipulated decisions and orders, without a hearing pursuant t
- § 3060. Notwithstanding Section 20999.1 of the Business and Professions Code or the terms
- § 4305. In the absence of knowledge by the department that any certificate of title issue
- § 4451. The certificate of ownership shall contain all of the following: (a) Not less tha
- § 4453. The registration card shall contain upon its face, the date issued, the name and
- § 4454. Every owner, upon receipt of a registration card, shall maintain the same or a fa
- § 4456. When selling a vehicle, dealers and lessor-retailers shall report the sale using
- § 4456.2. The department shall develop a system for dealers and lessor-retailers to electro
- § 4456.3. The department shall charge a dealer or lessor-retailer a fee, as established by
- § 4456.5. A dealer may charge the purchaser or lessee of a vehicle the following charges: (
- § 4459. If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated or illegible, the lega
- § 325.
- § 331.2.
- § 332.
- § 353.
- § 371. Lessee includes
- § 377.
- § 380.
- § 385.3.
- § 2421.5. When any Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies has imposed additional fees on
- § 2422. The department shall determine and implement the basic level of emergency medical
- § 2424. The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol may enter into agreements with
- § 2429. The department shall develop an
- § 2429.7. The commissioner shall appoint an impaired driving task force to develop recommen
- § 2430.2.
- § 2430.5. Every employer intending to hire a tow truck driver on or after July 1, 1992, sha
- § 2431. For the purposes of conducting criminal history and driver history screening of t
- § 2432.3. This article does not preempt the authority of any city, city and county, or coun
- § 2436.7. Every tow truck driver and employer, involved in a freeway service patrol operati
- § 4461. A person shall not lend a certificate of ownership, registration card, license pl
- § 4461.5. In addition to, or instead of, any fine imposed for conviction of a violation of
- § 4462.5. Every person who commits a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 4462, with int
- § 4463. A person who, with intent to prejudice, damage, or defraud, commits any of the fo
- § 4464. A person shall not display upon a vehicle a license plate that is altered from it
- § 4466. The department shall not issue a duplicate or substitute certificate of title or
- § 4467. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall issue new and different licen
- § 4600. Certificates of ownership shall not be renewed annually but shall remain valid un
- § 4603. Whenever in his opinion the interests of the State will be promoted thereby, the
- § 5904. Whenever the ownership of any vehicle for which a certificate of ownership has be
- § 5906. When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who holds the same for resale and op
- § 5910. Upon the death of an owner or legal owner of a vehicle registered under this code
- § 5910.5. On death of the owner of a vehicle owned in beneficiary form, the vehicle belongs
- § 6050. The department upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate of ownership and t
- § 6102. For each vehicle sold pursuant to this article, the dealer who conducts the aucti
- § 6105. This article shall become operative on July 1, 1993.
- § 6153. Where testimony is taken and preserved for use at trial or other stage of the pro
- § 2450. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Hazardous Substances Highway
- § 2452.
- § 2454. The authority for incident command at the scene of an on-highway hazardous substa
- § 2460. The definitions set forth in Article 1 (commencing with Section 19200) of Chapter
- § 2468. A licensed renderer, collection center, or registered transporter who fails in an
- § 2470. It is unlawful for a person to engage in the transportation of inedible kitchen g
- § 2474. It is unlawful for any person to steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage in
- § 2480. A peace officer may remove a vehicle, within the territorial limits in which the
- § 2500. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all licenses issued by the Departme
- § 2503. Licenses issued by the commissioner shall not be transferable. A change in owners
- § 2504. It is unlawful to violate any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to
- § 2511. Licenses for the operation of ambulances may be issued only to those persons or e
- § 6162. An owner of a vehicle who seeks to export a vehicle titled in this state shall ap
- § 6302. Upon the deposit of an application for registration of a secured party as legal o
- § 6700.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may issue an in-transi
- § 6700.4. A nonresident daily commuter indicia shall be displayed in a location on the vehi
- § 6702. Every nonresident, including any foreign corporation, having an established place
- § 8000. The director, or his or her designee, may enter into agreements with foreign juri
- § 8053. Provisions of this code which specify and govern application filing, fee assignme
- § 8055. This article does not apply to any owner or lessee of a commercial vehicle with p
- § 8056. Any application filed pursuant to this article which contains vehicles powered by
- § 8102. In addition to the reasons specified in Section 8800, the department may suspend
- § 8103. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a hearing shall not be provided
- § 8200.
- § 8800. The department may suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vehicle or a
- § 8801. The department may suspend, cancel, revoke, or renew any permanent registration m
- § 8802. Whenever the department cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration of a vehic
- § 5036. A service fee of fifteen dollars (
- § 5038. The department shall establish a record system that provides for identification o
- § 5060. An organization may apply to the department for participation in a special intere
- § 5060.1. Notwithstanding Section 5060 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the d
- § 5062. This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Rosenthal Blue Sky License
- § 5064. The department, in consultation with the Yosemite Foundation, shall design and ma
- § 5066. The department, in conjunction with the Department of the California Highway Patr
- § 5067. The department, in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, shall des
- § 5068.
- § 5069. Revenue derived from the additional special fees provided in Section 5068, less c
- § 5072. Any person described in Section 5101 may also apply for a set of
- § 5074. This section shall be known and may be cited as the Polanco-Bates License Plates
- § 5075. The department, in consultation with the California Tahoe Conservancy, shall desi
- § 5101.2. A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a firefighter, retired fire
- § 650.
- § 657.
- § 665.5.
- § 670.
- § 675.
- § 675.5.
- § 681.
- § 1504. The department is under the control of a civil executive officer known as the Dir
- § 1650. The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this code relating to
- § 3065. Every franchisor shall properly fulfill every warranty agreement made by it and a
- § 3065.1. All claims made by a franchisee for payment under the terms of a franchisor incen
- § 3065.2. A franchisee seeking to establish or modify its retail labor rate, retail parts r
- § 3065.25. As used in Sections 3065, 3065.2, and 3065.4, the following terms shall have the
- § 3065.4. If a franchisor fails to comply with Section 3065.2, or if a franchisee disputes
- § 3066. Upon receiving a protest pursuant to Section 3060, 3062, 3064, 3065, 3065.1, 3065
- § 3068. Either party may seek judicial review of final decisions of the board. Time for f
- § 3070. Notwithstanding Section 20999.1 of the Business and Professions Code or the terms
- § 3072.
- § 3072.5. For the purposes of this article, a
- § 3075. A franchisor shall properly fulfill every warranty agreement made by it and adequ
- § 3062.
- § 5101.4. Any person otherwise eligible under this article who is a recipient of the Army M
- § 5101.5. A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a former American prisoner
- § 5101.6. A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a Congressional Medal of Ho
- § 5101.8. Any person otherwise eligible under this article who is a Purple Heart recipient
- § 5101.9. Until December 31, 1991, any person described in Section 5101 may apply for a set
- § 5102. The environmental license plates shall be the same color and design as regular pa
- § 5105. An applicant for issuance of environmental license plates or renewal of such plat
- § 5108. Whenever any person who has been issued environmental license plates applies to t
- § 5151. As used in this article,
- § 5156.
- § 5157. In addition to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal of regist
- § 1652. The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certif
- § 1653.5. Each form prescribed by the department for use by an applicant for the issuance o
- § 1654. The director may purchase or lease such real estate and erect such buildings as t
- § 1656. The department shall publish on its internet website a synopsis or summary of the
- § 1656.2. The department shall prepare and publish a printed summary describing the penalti
- § 1656.3. The department shall include within the California Driver
- § 1657. The director may assign qualified employees of the department to advise with the
- § 1660. Any institution or organization described in subdivision (o) of Section 286 shall
- § 1664. The department shall publicize the Safe Streets Act of 1994 when mailing vehicle
- § 4604. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), prior to the expiration of the r
- § 4604.5.
- § 4606. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision (a) of Section 5204 to the contrary,
- § 4750.1. If the department receives an application for registration of a specially constru
- § 4750.4. Information provided by an insurer to the department pursuant to Section 11580.10
- § 4750.5. The department shall withhold the registration or the transfer of registration of
- § 4760.
- § 4760.1. The department shall, before renewing the registration of any vehicle, check the
- § 4761. The department shall include on each potential registration card issued for use a
- § 4765. No exemption from the payment of any fee imposed by this code is an exemption fro
- § 4766. Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the department shall refuse to re
- § 386.
- § 395.
- § 405.
- § 407.5.
- § 410.
- § 425.
- § 435.
- § 435.5.
- § 436.
- § 450.
- § 1666.1. Upon updating the California Driver
- § 1669. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department implement procedures to e
- § 1673. For the purposes of refunding the smog impact fee, as prescribed in Sections 1673
- § 1673.2. The department, in coordination with the Department of Finance, shall do all of t
- § 1674. The department shall develop a program to foster a positive atmosphere that is co
- § 1674.4. In order to address any conscious or unconscious bias against a driver by persons