{"code":"VEH","codeName":"Vehicle Code","section":"42001.18","citation":"Veh. Code, § 42001.18","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES [42000. - 42277.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Penalties [42000. - 42032.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-18/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Public Offenses [42000. - 42010.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/division-18/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 833, Sec. 15.   Effective January 1, 2001.","effective":"2001-01-01","html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section <a href=\"/veh/21971\">21971</a> shall be punished as follows:</p><p>(a) For the first infraction, by a fine of two hundred twenty dollars ($220).</p><p>(b) For a second infraction for a violation of Section <a href=\"/veh/21971\">21971</a> occurring within one year of a prior violation of that section that resulted in a conviction, by a fine of three hundred twenty dollars ($320).</p><p>(c) For a third or any subsequent infraction for a violation of Section <a href=\"/veh/21971\">21971</a> occurring within one year of two or more prior infractions of violating that section that resulted in convictions by a fine of three hundred seventy dollars ($370).</p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 21971 shall be punished as follows: (a) For the first infraction, by a fine of two hundred twenty dollars ($220). (b) For a second infraction for a violation of Section 21971 occurring within one year of a prior violation of that section that resulted in a conviction, by a fine of three hundred twenty dollars ($320). (c) For a third or any subsequent infraction for a violation of Section 21971 occurring within one year of two or more prior infractions of violating that section that resulted in convictions by a fine of three hundred seventy dollars ($370).","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/vehicle-code/public-offenses-42001-18","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}