{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"21461","citation":"Veh. Code, § 21461","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD [21000. - 23336.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings [21350. - 21468.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Offenses Relating to Traffic Devices [21450. - 21468.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-11/chapter-2/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 203, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2005.","effective":"2005-01-01","html":"<p>(a) It is unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to fail to obey a sign or signal defined as regulatory in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or a Department of Transportation approved supplement to that manual of a regulatory nature erected or maintained to enhance traffic safety and operations or to indicate and carry out the provisions of this code or a local traffic ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to a local traffic ordinance, or to fail to obey a device erected or maintained by lawful authority of a public body or official.</p><p>(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to acts constituting violations under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/veh/22500\">22500</a>) of this division or to acts constituting violations of a local traffic ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/veh/22500\">22500</a>).</p>","text":"(a) It is unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to fail to obey a sign or signal defined as regulatory in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or a Department of Transportation approved supplement to that manual of a regulatory nature erected or maintained to enhance traffic safety and operations or to indicate and carry out the provisions of this code or a local traffic ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to a local traffic ordinance, or to fail to obey a device erected or maintained by lawful authority of a public body or official. (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to acts constituting violations under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 22500) of this division or to acts constituting violations of a local traffic ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 22500).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/offenses-relating-to-traffic-devices-21461","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}