{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"4000.5","citation":"Veh. Code, § 4000.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE [4000. - 9808.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title [4000. - 5506.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-3/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Vehicles Subject to Registration [4000. - 4023.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-3/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 322, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 2007.","effective":"2007-01-01","html":"<p>(a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section <a href=\"/veh/175\">175</a>, as a motor vehicle.</p><p>(b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from the vehicle and return them to the department when the autoette is removed from a natural island, as described in Section <a href=\"/veh/175\">175</a>.</p>","text":"(a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section 175, as a motor vehicle. (b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from the vehicle and return them to the department when the autoette is removed from a natural island, as described in Section 175.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/vehicles-subject-to-registration-4000-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}