{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"40000.28","citation":"Veh. Code, § 40000.28","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 17. OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION [40000.1. - 41610.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-17"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Offenses [40000.1. - 40273.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-17/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Violation of Code [40000.1. - 40008.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-17/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 635.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any offense which would otherwise be an infraction is a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of three or more violations of this code or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code within the 12-month period immediately preceding the commission of the offense and such prior convictions are admitted by the defendant or alleged in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be deemed to be a conviction of the offense charged.</p><p>This section shall have no application to violations by pedestrians.</p>","text":"Any offense which would otherwise be an infraction is a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of three or more violations of this code or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code within the 12-month period immediately preceding the commission of the offense and such prior convictions are admitted by the defendant or alleged in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be deemed to be a conviction of the offense charged. This section shall have no application to violations by pedestrians.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/violation-of-code-40000-28","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}