{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"40831","citation":"Veh. Code, § 40831","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 3. Illegal Evidence [40800. - 40834.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-17/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Civil Actions [40830. - 40834.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-17/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.","effective":null,"html":"<p>In any civil action proof of speed in excess of any prima facie limit declared in Section <a href=\"/veh/22352\">22352</a> at a particular time and place does not establish negligence as a matter of law but in all such actions it shall be necessary to establish as a fact that the operation of a vehicle at the excess speed constituted negligence.</p>","text":"In any civil action proof of speed in excess of any prima facie limit declared in Section 22352 at a particular time and place does not establish negligence as a matter of law but in all such actions it shall be necessary to establish as a fact that the operation of a vehicle at the excess speed constituted negligence.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/civil-actions-40831","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}