{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"24403","citation":"Veh. Code, § 24403","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES [24000. - 28246.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-12"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Lighting Equipment [24250. - 26106.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-12/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Headlamps and Auxiliary Lamps [24400. - 24411.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-12/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 451, Sec. 20.   Effective January 1, 2004.","effective":"2004-01-01","html":"<p>(a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two foglamps that may be used with, but may not be used in substitution of, headlamps.</p><p>(b) On a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, the foglamps authorized under this section shall be mounted on the front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches and aimed so that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle projects higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, for a distance of 25 feet in front of the vehicle.</p><p>(c) On a motorcycle, the foglamps authorized under this section shall be mounted on the front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 40 inches and aimed so that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle projects higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, for a distance of 25 feet in front of the vehicle.</p>","text":"(a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two foglamps that may be used with, but may not be used in substitution of, headlamps. (b) On a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, the foglamps authorized under this section shall be mounted on the front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches and aimed so that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle projects higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, for a distance of 25 feet in front of the vehicle. (c) On a motorcycle, the foglamps authorized under this section shall be mounted on the front at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 40 inches and aimed so that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle projects higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, for a distance of 25 feet in front of the vehicle.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/headlamps-and-auxiliary-lamps-24403","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}