Vehicle Code § 23220

ARTICLE 2. Offenses Involving Alcohol and Drugs

Current as of September 28, 2026Veh. Code, § 23220Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 232, Sec. 1. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2018.

(a) A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle on any lands described in subdivision (c).

(b) A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while riding as a passenger in any motor vehicle being driven on any lands described in subdivision (c).

(c) As used in this section, “lands” means those lands to which the Chappie-Z’berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971 (Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000)) applies as to off-highway motor vehicles, as described in Section 38001.

(d) A violation of subdivision (a) or (b) shall be punished as an infraction.