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Vehicle Code § 40831

ARTICLE 2. Civil Actions

Current as of September 28, 2026Veh. Code, § 40831Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

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.