DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES [24000. - 28246.]
Division 12 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 24000–28246 · 364 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 24000–24020 · 32 sections
- § 24000 Wherever in this division the word “department” occurs, it means the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
- § 24001 This division and Division 13 (commencing at Section 29000), unless otherwise provided, applies to all vehicles whether publicly or privately owned when upon…
- § 24001.5 A golf cart as defined in Section 345 shall only be subject to the provisions of this division which are applicable to a motorcycle.
- § 24002 (a) It is unlawful to operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition, or which is not safely loaded, and which presents an…
- § 24002.5 (a) No person may operate a farm labor vehicle that is in a condition that presents an immediate safety hazard or in violation of Section 24004 or 31402. (b) A…
- § 24003 No vehicle shall be equipped with any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted in this code, nor shall any lamp or illuminating device be mounted…
- § 24004 No person shall operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles after notice by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 or subdivision (a) of Section 830.2…
- § 24005 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, lease, install, or replace, either for himself or as the agent or employee of another, or through such…
- § 24005.5 It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale for use on loads regulated by the department any type of synthetic fiber rope or webbing strap material…
- § 24006 No person shall sell or offer for sale either separately or as a part of the equipment of a new motor vehicle any equipment or device subject to requirements…
- § 24007 (a) (1) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell a new or used vehicle that is not in compliance with this code and departmental…
- § 24007.1 (a) The manufacturer of equipment used in the assembly of an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in Section 165, used by a local public fire service…
- § 24007.2 If a dealer, or a person holding a retail seller’s permit, sells to an elderly low-income person, as defined in Section 39026.5 of the Health and Safety Code,…
- § 24007.5 (a) (1) No auctioneer or public agency shall sell, at public auction, any vehicle specified in subdivision (a) of Section 24007, which is not in compliance…
- § 24007.6 Except for vehicles sold to a dealer or for the purpose of being wrecked or dismantled or sold exclusively for off-highway use, a salvage pool shall do both of…
- § 24008.5 (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle with a frame height or body floor height greater than specified in subdivisions (b) and (c). (b) The maximum…
- § 24009 No person shall sell or offer for sale a new motor truck, truck tractor, or bus that is not equipped with an identification plate or marking bearing the…
- § 24010 (a) No person engaged in the rental of any vehicle, for periods of 30 days or less, shall rent, lease or otherwise allow the operation of such vehicle unless…
- § 24011 Whenever a federal motor vehicle safety standard is established under federal law (49 U.S.C. Sec. 30101 et seq.), no dealer shall sell or offer for sale a…
- § 24011.3 (a) Every manufacturer or importer of new passenger vehicles for sale or lease in this state, shall affix to a window or the windshield of the vehicle a notice…
- § 24011.5 (a) A dealer or manufacturer shall not sell any new passenger vehicle that is equipped with any partial driving automation feature, or provide any software…
- § 24011.7 (a) Nothing in Chapter 20.4 (commencing with Section 9889.50) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be construed as having any effect on…
- § 24012 All lighting equipment or devices subject to requirements established by the department shall comply with the engineering requirements and specifications,…
- § 24013 No new motor vehicle shall be sold unless the seller provides the buyer with a statement of the minimum octane number of the gasoline for such vehicle. As used…
- § 24013.5 (a) No dealer shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any new light duty truck with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or…
- § 24014 (a) A dealer shall not sell, offer for sale, or display, any new, assembled motorcycle on its premises, unless there is securely attached to its handlebar a…
- § 24015 (a) Motorized bicycles shall comply with those federal motor vehicle safety standards established pursuant to Chapter 301 (commencing with Section 30101) of…
- § 24016 (a) An electric bicycle described in subdivision (a) of Section 312.5 shall meet the following criteria: (1) Comply with the equipment and manufacturing…
- § 24017 (a) A commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 260, operated by a motor carrier, whether the motor carrier is a private company or a public agency shall…
- § 24018 (a) Every transit bus operated by a motor carrier, whether that motor carrier is a private company or a public agency, that provides public transportation…
- § 24019 (a) A nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds shall not be operated on a public road in this…
- § 24020 (a) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell a new or used vehicle equipped with a catalytic converter unless the catalytic converter…
CHAPTER 2. Lighting Equipment §§ 24250–26106 · 135 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 24250–24255 · 6 sections
- § 24250 During darkness, a vehicle shall be equipped with lighted lighting equipment as required for the vehicle by this chapter.
- § 24251 Any requirement in this chapter as to the distance from which any lighting equipment shall render a person or vehicle visible or within which any lighting…
- § 24252 (a) (1) All lighting equipment of a required type installed on a vehicle shall at all times be maintained in good working order. Lamps shall be equipped with…
- § 24253 (a) All motor vehicles manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1970, shall be equipped so all taillamps are capable of remaining lighted for a…
- § 24254 Whenever a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lamps or reflectors, the height shall be measured from the center of the lamp or reflector to…
- § 24255 (a) A vehicle may be equipped with a system to supplement the driver’s visibility of the roadway to the front or rear of the vehicle during darkness. This…
ARTICLE 2. Headlamps and Auxiliary Lamps §§ 24400–24411 · 12 sections
- § 24400 (a) A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two headlamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, and,…
- § 24401 Whenever any motor vehicle is parked or standing upon a highway any headlamp that is lighted shall be dimmed or on the lower beam.
- § 24402 (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height of not less than 16 inches nor more than…
- § 24403 (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two foglamps that may be used with, but may not be used in substitution of, headlamps. (b) On a motor…
- § 24404 (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two white spotlamps, which shall not be used in substitution of headlamps. (b) No spotlamp shall be…
- § 24405 (a) Not more than four lamps of the following types showing to the front of a vehicle may be lighted at any one time: (1) Headlamps. (2) Auxiliary driving or…
- § 24406 Except as otherwise provided, the headlamps, or other auxiliary driving lamps, or a combination thereof, on a motor vehicle during darkness shall be so…
- § 24407 Multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be designed and aimed as follows: (a) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so…
- § 24408 (a) Every new motor vehicle registered in this state after January 1, 1940, which has multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam…
- § 24409 Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated during darkness, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of…
- § 24410 Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps are permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold…
- § 24411 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may be equipped with not more than eight lamps for use as headlamps while the vehicle is operated or…
ARTICLE 3. Rear Lighting Equipment §§ 24600–24617 · 16 sections
- § 24600 During darkness every motor vehicle which is not in combination with any other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of vehicles shall be…
- § 24601 Either the taillamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear license plate during darkness and render…
- § 24602 (a) A vehicle may be equipped with not more than two red fog taillamps mounted on the rear which may be lighted, in addition to the required taillamps, only…
- § 24603 Every motor vehicle that is not in combination with any other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of vehicles shall at all times be equipped…
- § 24604 (a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends, or whenever any integral part of any vehicle projects, to the rear four feet or more beyond the rear of the…
- § 24605 (a) A tow truck or an automobile dismantler’s tow vehicle used to tow a vehicle shall be equipped with and carry a taillamp, a stoplamp, and turn signal lamps…
- § 24606 (a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, of a type subject to registration and manufactured on and after January 1, 1969, shall be equipped with one…
- § 24607 Every vehicle subject to registration under this code shall at all times be equipped with red reflectors mounted on the rear as follows: (a) Every vehicle…
- § 24608 (a) Motortrucks, trailers, semitrailers, and buses 80 or more inches in width manufactured on or after January 1, 1968, shall be equipped with an amber…
- § 24609 (a) A vehicle may be equipped with white or amber reflectors that are mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height of 15 inches or more, but not more than…
- § 24610 A reflector placed on vehicles under Section 24609 which is of the button or other multiple-unit type shall contain not less than seven units with a total of…
- § 24611 Trailers that are equipped with red and white reflective sheeting or reflectors on both the sides and rear and displayed in accordance with federal Motor…
- § 24612 (a) All trailers and semitrailers having an overall width of 80 inches or more and a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, and manufactured…
- § 24615 It is unlawful to operate upon a public highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles, which is designed to be and is operated at a speed of 25 miles per hour…
- § 24616 (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with one or two rear-facing auxiliary lamps. For the purposes of this section, a rear-facing auxiliary lamp is a lamp that…
- § 24617 (a) A transit bus may be authorized to be equipped with a yield right-of-way sign on the left rear of the bus. The yield right-of-way sign may flash…
ARTICLE 4. Parking Lamps §§ 24800–24802 · 3 sections
- § 24800 No vehicle shall be driven at any time with the parking lamps lighted except when the lamps are being used as turn signal lamps or when the headlamps are also…
- § 24801 Parking lamps are those lamps permitted by Section 25106, or any lamps mounted on the front of a vehicle, designed to be displayed primarily when the vehicle…
- § 24802 No lights need be displayed upon a vehicle which is: (a) Parked off the roadway and not in a hazardous position on the highway; or (b) Parked with a wheel…
ARTICLE 5. Signal Lamps and Devices §§ 24950–24953 · 4 sections
- § 24950 Whenever any motor vehicle is towing a trailer coach or a camp trailer the combination of vehicles shall be equipped with a lamp-type turn signal system.
- § 24951 (a) Any vehicle may be equipped with a lamp-type turn signal system capable of clearly indicating any intention to turn either to the right or to the left. (b)…
- § 24952 A lamp-type turn signal shall be plainly visible and understandable in normal sunlight and at nighttime from a distance of at least 300 feet to the front and…
- § 24953 (a) Any turn signal system used to give a signal of intention to turn right or left shall project a flashing white or amber light visible to the front and a…
ARTICLE 6. Side and Fender Lighting Equipment §§ 25100–25110 · 12 sections
- § 25100 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), every vehicle 80 inches or more in overall width shall be equipped during darkness as follows: (1) At least…
- § 25100.1 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, an ambulance may be equipped with clearance and side-marker lamps.
- § 25102 In addition to the lamps otherwise permitted by this chapter, any motor vehicle may be equipped with lamps on the sides thereof, visible from the side of the…
- § 25102.5 (a) A schoolbus may be equipped with lamps mounted so as to be visible from the sides of the bus which may be lighted, in addition to other required lights,…
- § 25103 Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends from the left side of the vehicle one foot or more, there shall be displayed at the extreme left side of the load…
- § 25104 (a) Any vehicle or equipment that requires a permit issued pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 35780) of Chapter 5 of Division 15 because it is…
- § 25105 (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with running board or door-mounted courtesy lamps. The bulbs in the lamps shall not exceed six standard candlepower and…
- § 25106 (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lighted white or amber cowl or fender lamps on the front. Any vehicle may be equipped with not more than one amber…
- § 25107 Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two cornering lamps designed and of sufficient intensity for the purpose of revealing objects only in the…
- § 25108 (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two amber turn-signal pilot indicators mounted on the exterior. The light output from any indicator…
- § 25109 Any motor vehicle may be equipped with two white or amber running lamps mounted on the front, one at each side, which shall not be lighted during darkness…
- § 25110 (a) The following vehicles may be equipped with utility flood or loading lamps mounted on the rear, and sides, that project a white light illuminating an area…
ARTICLE 7. Flashing and Colored Lights §§ 25250–25282 · 49 sections
- § 25250 Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as otherwise permitted.
- § 25251 (a) Flashing lights are permitted on vehicles as follows: (1) To indicate an intention to turn or move to the right or left upon a roadway, turn signal lamps…
- § 25251.1 Any implement of husbandry displaying a slow moving vehicle emblem, as defined in Section 24615, and being operated at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less,…
- § 25251.2 Any motorcycle may be equipped with a means of modulating the upper beam of the headlamp between a high and a lower brightness at a rate of 200 to 280 flashes…
- § 25251.3 No civil liability shall attach to any person for the use or nonuse of turn signal lamps in the manner permitted by paragraph (3) or (5) of subdivision (a) of…
- § 25251.4 Any motor vehicle may also be equipped with a theft alarm system which flashes any of the lights required or permitted on the motor vehicle and which operates…
- § 25251.5 (a) Any motor vehicle may also be equipped with a system in which an amber light is center mounted on the rear of a vehicle to communicate a component of…
- § 25252 Every authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one steady burning red warning lamp visible from at least 1,000 feet to the front of the…
- § 25252.5 (a) Every authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with a system which flashes the upper-beam headlamps of the vehicle with the flashes occurring…
- § 25253 (a) Tow trucks used to tow disabled vehicles shall be equipped with flashing amber warning lamps. This subdivision does not apply to a tractor-trailer…
- § 25253.1 An automobile dismantler’s tow vehicle used to tow a disabled vehicle may be equipped with flashing amber warning lamps. A flashing amber warning lamp upon an…
- § 25256 Vehicles used by highway authorities or bridge and highway districts, and vehicles of duly authorized representatives thereof, used in highway maintenance,…
- § 25257 (a) Every schoolbus, when operated for the transportation of schoolchildren, shall be equipped with a flashing red light signal system. (b) (1) Every schoolbus…
- § 25257.2 If a schoolbus is used for the transportation of persons of any age who are developmentally disabled, as defined by the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities…
- § 25257.5 To warn other motorists or pedestrians on a roadway during a backing maneuver, the operator of a schoolbus may flash turn signal lamps if the front turn signal…
- § 25257.7 (a) A schoolbus may be equipped with a white strobe light mounted so as to be visible from the front, sides, or rear of the bus. The strobe light may only be…
- § 25258 (a) An authorized emergency vehicle operating under the conditions specified in Section 21055 may display a flashing white light from a gaseous discharge lamp…
- § 25259 (a) Any authorized emergency vehicle may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides, or rear. (b) A vehicle operated by a police or traffic…
- § 25259.1 (a) Any vehicle operated by a disaster service worker who has received training in accordance with subdivision (b) and used by that worker in the performance…
- § 25259.5 An emergency response or disaster service vehicle owned or leased and operated by the American National Red Cross, or any chapter or branch thereof, and…
- § 25260 (a) Public utility vehicles, and vehicles of duly authorized representatives of a public utility, actually engaged in the construction, removal, maintenance,…
- § 25260.1 Vehicles actually engaged in the construction, removal, maintenance, or inspection of any oil or gas pipeline may display flashing amber warning lights to the…
- § 25260.3 Any vehicle having personnel aerial lift equipment, actually engaged in the construction, removal, maintenance or inspection of any building, structure, or…
- § 25260.4 Any hazardous substance spill response vehicle, under contract to the Department of Transportation for the cleanup of hazardous substance spills, may display…
- § 25261 Vehicles used by a county or county department of agriculture and vehicles of duly authorized representatives thereof, actually engaged in weed control or pest…
- § 25262 An armored car may be equipped with red lights which may be used while resisting armed robbery. At all other times the red lights shall not be lighted. The…
- § 25263 Trucks actually engaged in the towing of houses or buildings upon any highway may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides or rear on the…
- § 25264 Any motor vehicle operated by a coroner, or by a deputy coroner, and which is at the scene of any violent highway death, may display flashing amber warning…
- § 25265 Repair vehicles of sanitary districts or county sanitation districts necessarily parked other than adjacent to the curb in a highway for purposes of repairing…
- § 25266 Vehicles owned by the state and operated by officers or employees of the state who are actually engaged in aqueduct or levee construction, maintenance, patrol,…
- § 25267 Vehicles used by mosquito abatement districts or pest abatement districts when dispersing insecticides may display flashing amber warning lights to the front…
- § 25268 No person shall display a flashing amber warning light on a vehicle as permitted by this code except when an unusual traffic hazard exists.
- § 25269 No person shall display a flashing or steady burning red warning light on a vehicle except as permitted by Section 21055 or when an extreme hazard exists.
- § 25270 Any pilot car required by the permit referred to in Section 35780 or 35790, or any vehicle or combination of vehicles subject to the permit if specified in the…
- § 25270.5 Any motor vehicle engaged in, or aiding in, the herding of livestock along or across a public roadway may display flashing amber warning lights to the front,…
- § 25271 Any publicly owned vehicle or any vehicle operated by a corporation incorporated under Part 4 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the…
- § 25271.5 Any publicly owned vehicle used for the enforcement of animal control laws contained in a statute, local ordinance, or regulation may display flashing or…
- § 25272 A motor vehicle used by a rural mail carrier may display flashing amber warning lights to the front and rear of the vehicle while the vehicle is necessarily…
- § 25273 Any motor vehicle owned and operated by a school district with an average daily attendance in excess of 400,000 while being used to measure the distance from…
- § 25274 Any vehicle owned by a cable television company and operated by employees, or duly authorized representatives, of a cable television company, when actually…
- § 25275 Any truck or truck tractor which is primarily used in the transportation of loads specified in subdivision (a) of Section 35414, may be equipped with a…
- § 25275.5 Any bus operated either by a public agency or under the authority of a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities…
- § 25276 (a) A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than eight persons, including the driver, owned by a private, nonprofit organization that provides training or…
- § 25277 Any vehicle used by any police department, sheriff’s office, or other governmental agency for the purpose of enforcing parking laws contained in the Vehicle…
- § 25278 Any vehicle owned or operated by a land surveyor or civil engineer licensed to practice in this state may display flashing amber warning lights to the front,…
- § 25279 (a) Vehicles owned and operated by private security agencies and utilized exclusively on privately owned and maintained roads to which this code is made…
- § 25280 Vehicles operated by a local public entity, or pursuant to a permit, license, contract, or franchise with a local public entity, and used to collect and…
- § 25281 A privately owned or operated water tender vehicle, when used exclusively for contract emergency services provided to any public agency, may display flashing…
- § 25282 Any vehicle owned or operated by a contractor or a construction company licensed to operate in this state pursuant to the Business and Professions Code may…
ARTICLE 8. Warning Lights and Devices §§ 25300–25305 · 3 sections
- § 25300 (a) Every vehicle which, if operated during darkness, would be subject to the requirements of Section 25100, and every truck tractor, irrespective of width,…
- § 25301 When utility or public utility vehicles are parked, stopped or standing at the site of work as described in Section 22512, warning devices shall be displayed…
- § 25305 (a) No person shall place, deposit, or display upon or adjacent to any highway any lighted fusee, except as a warning to approaching vehicular traffic or…
ARTICLE 9. Commercial and Common Carrier Vehicles §§ 25350–25353 · 4 sections
- § 25350 Any passenger common carrier motor vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1968, may be equipped with green identification lamps. Any bus may be equipped with…
- § 25351 (a) A commercial vehicle and any other vehicle 80 or more inches in width may be equipped with identification lamps mounted on the front or rear. (b)…
- § 25352 Any bus operated by a publicly owned transit system on regularly scheduled service may be equipped with a device capable of sending a signal that interrupts or…
- § 25353 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 25400 and 25950, a bus operated by a publicly owned transit system on regularly scheduled service may be equipped with illuminated…
ARTICLE 10. Diffused Lights §§ 25400–25401 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 11. Acetylene Lamps §§ 25450–25452 · 3 sections
- § 25450 Any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, equipped with lighted acetylene headlamps complies with the provisions of this code concerning lighted headlamps…
- § 25451 Any motorcycle equipped with one lighted acetylene headlamp complies with the provisions of this code concerning lighted headlamps on motorcycles when the…
- § 25452 No acetylene lamp shall emit any glaring light.
ARTICLE 12. Reflectorizing Material § 25500 · 1 section
- § 25500 (a) Area reflectorizing material may be displayed on any vehicle, provided: the color red is not displayed on the front; designs do not tend to distort the…
ARTICLE 13. Headlamps on Motorcycles and Motor-Driven Cycles §§ 25650–25651 · 3 sections
- § 25650 Every motorcycle during darkness shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two lighted headlamps which shall conform to the requirements and…
- § 25650.5 Every motorcycle manufactured and first registered on and after January 1, 1978, shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which…
- § 25651 The headlamp upon a motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event, when the vehicle is operated during darkness, the…
ARTICLE 14. Vehicles Exempted §§ 25800–25806 · 7 sections
- § 25800 The provisions of Sections 24012, 24250, 24251, 24400 to 24404, inclusive, and Articles 3 (commencing with Section 24600), 4 (commencing with Section 24800), 5…
- § 25801 The provisions of Sections 24012, 24250, 24251, 24254, 24400 to 24404, inclusive, 24600 to 24604, inclusive, 24606 to 24610, inclusive, Section 25950, and…
- § 25802 Sections 24002, 24005, 24012, 24250, 24251, 24400 to 24404, inclusive, 24600 to 24604, inclusive, 24606 to 24610, inclusive, Article 4 (commencing with Section…
- § 25803 (a) All vehicles not otherwise required to be equipped with headlamps, rear lights, or reflectors by this chapter shall, if operated on a highway during…
- § 25804 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, original lighting equipment installed on a vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1946, need not meet the…
- § 25805 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a forklift truck which is towed upon the highway at the end of a combination of vehicles shall at all…
- § 25806 Sections 24003 and 27002 shall not apply to the installation of warning lamps and sirens on ambulances or firetrucks which are used solely for demonstration…
ARTICLE 15. Light Restrictions and Mounting §§ 25950–25952 · 3 sections
- § 25950 This section applies to the color of lamps and to any reflector exhibiting or reflecting perceptible light of 0.05 candela or more per foot-candle of incident…
- § 25951 Any lighted lamp or device upon a motor vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, signal lamps, or auxiliary driving lamps, warning lamps which projects a beam…
- § 25952 (a) Lamps, reflectors, and area reflectorizing material of a type required or permitted on a vehicle may be mounted on a load carried by the vehicle in lieu…
ARTICLE 16. Equipment Testing §§ 26100–26106 · 7 sections
- § 26100 (a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale for use upon or as part of the equipment of a vehicle any lighting equipment, safety glazing material, or other…
- § 26101 (a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale for use upon or as part of the equipment of a vehicle any device that is intended to modify the original design…
- § 26102 In the event any equipment in actual use meets the requirements of this code or a department regulation adopted pursuant to this code, a subsequent regulation…
- § 26103 (a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for safety belts, safety glazing material, safety helmets,…
- § 26104 (a) Every manufacturer who sells, offers for sale, or manufactures for use upon a vehicle devices subject to requirements established by the department shall,…
- § 26105 The department may purchase any equipment sold for use on vehicles and test or retest the same as to conformance with the requirements of this code and…
- § 26106 The department may issue a permit for the use of equipment for experimental purposes. The use of such equipment under the permit is not a violation of this…
CHAPTER 3. Brakes §§ 26301–26522 · 28 sections
ARTICLE 1. Brake Requirements §§ 26301–26311 · 8 sections
- § 26301 Any motor vehicle first registered in this state after January 1, 1940, shall be equipped with power brakes if its gross weight exceeds 14,000 pounds, except…
- § 26301.5 Every passenger vehicle manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1973, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with an emergency brake system so…
- § 26302 (a) Every trailer or semitrailer, manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1940, and having a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or more and which is…
- § 26303 Every trailer coach and every camp trailer having a gross weight of 1,500 pounds or more, but exclusive of passengers, shall be equipped with brakes on at…
- § 26304 (a) Power brakes on any trailer or semitrailer manufactured after December 31, 1955, operated over public highways and required to be equipped with brakes…
- § 26305 Any auxiliary dolly or tow dolly may be equipped with brakes.
- § 26307 No forklift truck manufactured after January 1, 1970, shall be towed behind another vehicle unless it is equipped with brakes on the wheels of the rearmost…
- § 26311 (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels in contact with the roadway, except as follows: (1) Trucks and truck tractors…
ARTICLE 2. Operation of Brakes §§ 26450–26458.5 · 10 sections
- § 26450 Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a service brake system and every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with a parking brake…
- § 26451 The parking brake system of every motor vehicle shall comply with the following requirements: (a) The parking brake shall be adequate to hold the vehicle or…
- § 26452 All motor vehicles shall be so equipped as to permit application of the brakes at least once for the purpose of bringing the vehicle to a stop within the legal…
- § 26453 All brakes and component parts thereof shall be maintained in good condition and in good working order. The brakes shall be so adjusted as to operate as…
- § 26454 (a) The service brakes of every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle or…
- § 26455 In respect to any motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property which is not equipped with a plate or marker showing…
- § 26456 Stopping distance requirement tests shall be conducted on a substantially level, dry, smooth, hard-surfaced road that is free from loose material and where the…
- § 26457 Special mobile equipment, logging vehicles, equipment operated under special permit, and any chassis without body or load are not subject to stopping distance…
- § 26458 (a) The braking system on every motor vehicle used to tow another vehicle shall be so arranged that one control on the towing vehicle shall, when applied,…
- § 26458.5 Pursuant to Section 26458, whenever a motor vehicle is equipped with an additional control to operate the brakes on a trailer, that control shall not be used…
ARTICLE 3. Airbrakes §§ 26502–26508 · 7 sections
- § 26502 (a) Airbrakes of every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles shall be so adjusted and maintained as to be capable of providing full service brake…
- § 26503 Every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be equipped with a standard type safety valve which shall…
- § 26504 The air governor cut-in and cut-out pressures of every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be…
- § 26505 A motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be equipped with a pressure gauge of reliable and satisfactory…
- § 26506 (a) Every motor vehicle airbrake system used to operate the brakes on a motor vehicle or on a towed vehicle shall be equipped with a low air pressure warning…
- § 26507 A check valve shall be installed and properly maintained in the air supply piping of every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes, either between the air…
- § 26508 Every vehicle or combination of vehicles using compressed air at the wheels for applying the service brakes shall be equipped with an emergency stopping system…
ARTICLE 4. Vacuum Brakes §§ 26520–26522 · 3 sections
- § 26520 Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and which are equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes shall be equipped with a properly…
- § 26521 Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes and motor vehicles used to tow vehicles equipped…
- § 26522 Vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes shall have a check valve installed and properly…
CHAPTER 4. Windshields and Mirrors §§ 26700–26712 · 15 sections
- § 26700 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a passenger vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and every bus, motortruck or truck tractor, and every…
- § 26701 (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, manufactured after January 1, 1936, unless it is equipped with…
- § 26703 (a) No person shall replace any glazing materials used in interior partitions, doors, windows, or openings in the roof in any motor vehicle, in the outside…
- § 26704 Wherever the term “safety glazing material” is used in this article, it means safety glazing material of a type meeting requirements established by the…
- § 26705 On or after January 1, 1969, no person shall sell or offer for sale for use upon or as part of the equipment of a motorcycle any motorcycle windshield unless…
- § 26706 (a) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, equipped with a windshield shall also be equipped with a self-operating windshield wiper. (b) Every new motor…
- § 26707 Windshield wipers required by this code shall be maintained in good operating condition and shall provide clear vision through the windshield for the driver.…
- § 26708 (a) (1) A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or…
- § 26708.2 Sun screening devices permitted by paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 26708 shall meet the following requirements: (a) The devices shall be held in…
- § 26708.5 (a) No person shall place, install, affix, or apply any transparent material upon the windshield, or side or rear windows, of any motor vehicle if the material…
- § 26708.7 Notwithstanding any other law, a vehicle operated and owned or leased by a federal, state, or local agency, department, or district, that employs peace…
- § 26709 (a) (1) Every motor vehicle registered in a foreign jurisdiction and every motorcycle subject to registration in this state shall be equipped with a mirror so…
- § 26710 (a) It is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle upon a highway when the windshield or rear window is in such a defective condition as to impair the driver’s…
- § 26711 Every bus or trolley coach, except those first registered prior to January 1, 1960, and engaged in urban and suburban service as defined in Section 35107,…
- § 26712 (a) Every passenger vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit shall be equipped with a defrosting device…
CHAPTER 5. Other Equipment §§ 27000–28160 · 140 sections
ARTICLE 1. Horns, Sirens and Amplification Devices §§ 27000–27007 · 5 sections
- § 27000 (a) A motor vehicle, when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal…
- § 27001 (a) The driver of a motor vehicle when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation shall give audible warning with his horn. (b) The horn shall not otherwise…
- § 27002 (a) No vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren except that an authorized…
- § 27003 An armored car may be equipped with a siren which may be used while resisting armed robbery. At all other times, the siren shall not be sounded. The authority…
- § 27007 No driver of a vehicle shall operate, or permit the operation of, any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 50 or more feet…
ARTICLE 2. Exhaust Systems §§ 27150–27159 · 26 sections
- § 27150 (a) Every motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine and subject to registration shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler in…
- § 27150.1 No person engaged in a business that involves the selling of motor vehicle exhaust systems, or parts thereof, including, but not limited to, mufflers, shall…
- § 27150.2 (a) Stations providing referee functions pursuant to Section 44036 of the Health and Safety Code shall provide for the testing of vehicular exhaust systems and…
- § 27150.3 (a) A person may not modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle with a whistle-tip. (b) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if that vehicle’s exhaust…
- § 27150.4 (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall evaluate the efficacy of sound-activated enforcement devices by evaluating devices from at least…
- § 27150.5 Any person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells or installs an exhaust system, or part thereof, including, but not limited to, a muffler, in violation of…
- § 27150.7 A court may dismiss any action in which a person is prosecuted for operating a vehicle in violation of Section 27150 or 27151 if a certificate of compliance…
- § 27151 (a) A person shall not modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of the vehicle so…
- § 27151.1 (a) For a violation of Section 27150.3 or 27151 of a vehicle under 14,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, a court shall require a certificate of compliance… see note
- § 27152 The exhaust gases from a motor vehicle shall not be directed to the side of the vehicle between 2 feet and 11 feet above the ground.
- § 27153 (a) A motor vehicle shall not be operated in a manner resulting in the escape of excessive smoke, flame, gas, oil, or fuel residue. (b) A nongasoline…
- § 27153.5 (a) No motor vehicle first sold or registered as a new motor vehicle on or after January 1, 1971, shall discharge into the atmosphere at elevation of less than…
- § 27154 The cab of any motor vehicle shall be reasonably tight against the penetration of gases and fumes from the engine or exhaust system. The exhaust system,…
- § 27154.1 (a) The flooring in all motor vehicles shall be substantially constructed, free of unnecessary holes and openings and shall be maintained so as to minimize the…
- § 27155 No motor vehicle shall be operated or parked upon any highway unless the filling spout for the fuel tank is closed by a cap or cover of noncombustible material.
- § 27156 (a) No person shall operate or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle that is a gross polluter, as defined in Section 39032.5 of the Health and Safety…
- § 27156.1 The installation, prior to January 1, 1974, of an auxiliary gasoline fuel tank for use on a 1973 or earlier model year motor vehicle, which vehicle is…
- § 27156.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any publicly owned authorized emergency vehicle operated by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830 of the Penal…
- § 27156.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any motor vehicle of mosquito abatement, vector control, or pest abatement districts or agencies, any authorized…
- § 27157 The State Air Resources Board, after consultation with, and pursuant to the recommendations of, the commissioner, shall adopt such reasonable regulations as it…
- § 27157.5 The State Air Resources Board, after consultation with, and pursuant to the recommendations of, the commissioner, shall adopt such reasonable standards as it…
- § 27158 After notice by a traffic officer that a vehicle does not comply with any regulation adopted pursuant to Section 27157, no person shall operate, and no owner…
- § 27158.1 (a) Commencing one year after the effective date of a regulation implementing the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (Chapter 5.5…
- § 27158.2 (a) The driver of a nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds shall present a Heavy-Duty…
- § 27158.5 After notice by a traffic officer that a motor vehicle does not comply with any standard adopted pursuant to Section 27157.5, no person shall operate, and no…
- § 27159 Any uniformed member of the California Highway Patrol may order a vehicle stored when it is located within the territorial limits in which the member may act…
ARTICLE 2.5. Noise Limits §§ 27200–27207 · 8 sections
- § 27200 (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not register on a dealer’s report of sale a new motor vehicle, except an off-highway motor vehicle subject to…
- § 27201 For the purposes of Section 27200, the noise limit of 92 dbA shall apply to any motorcycle manufactured before 1970.
- § 27202 For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise limits shall apply to any motorcycle, other than a motor-driven cycle, manufactured: (1) After 1969, and…
- § 27202.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not park, use, or operate a motorcycle, registered in the State of California, that does not bear the…
- § 27203 For the purposes of Section 27200, the noise limit of 82 dbA shall apply to any snowmobile manufactured after 1972.
- § 27204 For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise limits shall apply to any motor vehicle within the specified manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating…
- § 27206 For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise limits shall apply to any other motor vehicle, not specified in this article, manufactured: (1) After…
- § 27207 No motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds and equipped with an engine speed governor shall produce a sound level exceeding…
ARTICLE 3. Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems §§ 27302–27319 · 14 sections
- § 27302 No person shall sell or offer for sale any seatbelt or attachments thereto for use in a vehicle unless it complies with requirements established by the…
- § 27304 All vehicles owned and utilized in driver training by a driver training school licensed under the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11100) of…
- § 27305 All publicly owned firefighting vehicles designed for and used in responding to emergency fire calls and in combating fires shall be equipped with seatbelts…
- § 27314 (a) No dealer shall sell or offer for sale any used passenger vehicle that was manufactured on or after January 1, 1962, other than a motorcycle, unless it is…
- § 27314.5 (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (3), no dealer shall sell or offer for sale any used passenger vehicle of a model year of 1972 to 1990, inclusive, unless there is…
- § 27315 (a) The Legislature finds that a mandatory seatbelt law will contribute to reducing highway deaths and injuries by encouraging greater usage of existing manual…
- § 27315.1 Section 27315 applies to any person in a fully enclosed three-wheeled motor vehicle that is not less than seven feet in length and not less than four feet in…
- § 27315.3 (a) As used in this section, “passenger motor vehicle” means a passenger vehicle as defined in Section 465 and a motortruck as defined in Section 410 of less…
- § 27315.5 All law enforcement agencies shall, not later than January 1, 1991, establish a policy and issue an order, in writing, which states whether or not their…
- § 27316 (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all schoolbuses purchased or leased for use in California shall be…
- § 27316.5 (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all type 2 school pupil activity buses, manufactured on or after July…
- § 27317 (a) A person shall not knowingly and intentionally manufacture, import, install, reinstall, distribute, sell, or offer for sale any device intended to replace…
- § 27318 (a) A passenger who is 16 years of age or older in a bus shall be properly restrained by a safety belt. (b) A parent, legal guardian, or chartering party shall…
- § 27319 (a) If a bus is equipped with a driver safety belt, the driver of the bus shall not operate the vehicle unless he or she is properly restrained by the safety…
ARTICLE 3.3. Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements §§ 27360–27368 · 12 sections
- § 27360 (a) Except as provided in Section 27363, a parent, legal guardian, or driver who transports a child under eight years of age on a highway in a motor vehicle,…
- § 27360.5 (a) A parent, legal guardian, or driver shall not transport on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 27315, a…
- § 27360.6 (a) (1) For a conviction under Section 27360 or 27360.5, a first offense is punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100), except that the court may…
- § 27361 A law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of Section 27360 or 27360.5, or both of those sections, may stop a vehicle transporting a child…
- § 27362 (a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer shall not sell, offer for sale, or install in a motor vehicle, a child passenger restraint system that does not…
- § 27362.1 (a) No individual may sell or offer for sale a child passenger restraint system that was in use by a child during an accident involving a motor vehicle. (b) A…
- § 27363 (a) The court may exempt from the requirements of this article any class of child by age, weight, or size if it is determined that the use of a child passenger…
- § 27363.5 (a) A public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center shall, at the time of the discharge of a child, provide to and discuss with the parents or the…
- § 27364 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to insure that children, who are, because of their tender years, helpless dependent…
- § 27365 (a) (1) A car rental agency in California shall inform each of its customers of Section 27360 by posting, in a place conspicuous to the public in each…
- § 27366 (a) The department shall do the following: (1) Prepare and disseminate materials for the purpose of educating the public about the importance of using…
- § 27368 This article applies to child passengers in a fully enclosed three-wheeled motor vehicle that is not less than seven feet in length and not less than four feet…
ARTICLE 3.4. Emergency Exits for Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers § 27375 · 1 section
- § 27375 (a) Any person who operates a modified limousine shall ensure that the vehicle has at least two rear side doors, as specified in paragraph (2), and one or two…
ARTICLE 3.5. Headsets and Earplugs § 27400 · 1 section
- § 27400 A person operating a motor vehicle or bicycle may not wear a headset covering, earplugs in, or earphones covering, resting on, or inserted in, both ears. This…
ARTICLE 3.6. Charter-Party Carrier Safety Equipment §§ 27425–27427 · 3 sections
- § 27425 (a) A vehicle described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 5363 of the Public Utilities Code that is designed to carry 39 or more passengers and…
- § 27426 No later than July 1, 2018, the department shall adopt standards and criteria for the implementation of the safety equipment requirements specified in Section…
- § 27427 This article does not alter or affect the requirements of the Passenger Charter-party Carriers’ Act (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5351) of Division 2 of…
ARTICLE 4. Tires §§ 27450–27503 · 17 sections
- § 27450 When any vehicle is equipped with any solid tire, the solid tire shall have a minimum thickness of resilient rubber as follows: (a) If the width of the tire is…
- § 27451 The rubber of a solid tire shall be measured between the surface of the roadway and the nearest metal part of the base flange to which the tire is attached at…
- § 27452 The required thickness of rubber shall extend evenly around the entire periphery of the tire. The entire solid tire shall be securely attached to the channel…
- § 27453 There shall not be an average difference greater than 1/8 inch between the outside diameters of each single tire composing a dual solid rubber tire.
- § 27454 A tire on a vehicle upon a highway shall not have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, bead, or any other protuberance of metal or wood that…
- § 27455 (a) On and after January 1, 1975, no person shall sell or offer for sale an inner tube for use in a radial tire unless, at the time of manufacture, the tube…
- § 27459 No person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon any portion of a highway without tire traction devices when that portion of the highway…
- § 27459.5 (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, lease, install, or replace on a vehicle for use on a highway, any tire traction devices which are not in compliance…
- § 27460 Any passenger vehicle or motortruck having an unladen weight of 6,500 pounds or less and operated and equipped with four-wheel drive and with snow-tread tires…
- § 27460.5 No person shall knowingly sell or offer or expose for sale any motor vehicle tire except a commercial vehicle tire, or any motor vehicle equipped with any tire…
- § 27461 No person shall cause or permit the operation of and no driver shall knowingly operate any motor vehicle except a commercial vehicle, on any street or highway,…
- § 27465 (a) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or install on a vehicle axle for use on a highway, a…
- § 27470 (a) A nonpneumatic tire shall comply with the standards contained in Part 571 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (b) A nonpneumatic tire shall be…
- § 27500 (a) The department may adopt regulations relating to standards for pneumatic tires of a vehicle type as it determines necessary to provide for public safety.…
- § 27501 (a) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or install on a vehicle for use on a highway, a pneumatic…
- § 27502 No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or install on a vehicle for use on a highway, a tire which is…
- § 27503 (a) The commissioner, after public hearings, shall adopt regulations setting noise standards for pneumatic tires. Such standards shall be the lowest level of…
ARTICLE 5. Fenders, Ornaments, and Television §§ 27600–27607 · 7 sections
- § 27600 No person shall operate any motor vehicle having three or more wheels, any trailer, or semitrailer unless equipped with fenders, covers, or devices, including…
- § 27602 (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually…
- § 27603 When a motor vehicle formerly used as a schoolbus is sold to any person and is used exclusively for purposes other than the transportation of pupils pursuant…
- § 27604 (a) When a motor vehicle, painted, as required by Section 40800, and formerly used in the enforcement of the provisions of Division 10 (commencing with Section…
- § 27605 (a) No person shall own or operate a motor vehicle painted in the manner described in Section 40800 to resemble a motor vehicle used by a peace officer or…
- § 27606 (a) No person shall own or operate a motor vehicle which is equipped with a light bar, or facsimile thereof, to resemble a motor vehicle used by a peace…
- § 27607 (a) Section 27606 does not apply to vehicles owned or used by persons licensed pursuant to Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 7540) or Article 3.2…
ARTICLE 6. Tow Trucks § 27700 · 1 section
- § 27700 (a) Tow trucks shall be equipped with and carry all of the following: (1) One or more brooms, and the driver of the tow truck engaged to remove a disabled…
ARTICLE 7. Motorcycles §§ 27800–27803 · 4 sections
- § 27800 It is unlawful for a driver of a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle to carry any other person thereon, except on a seat securely fastened to the machine at the…
- § 27801 A person shall not drive a two-wheel motorcycle that is equipped with either of the following: (a) A seat so positioned that the driver, when sitting astride…
- § 27802 (a) The department may adopt reasonable regulations establishing specifications and standards for safety helmets offered for sale, or sold, for use by drivers…
- § 27803 (a) A driver and any passenger shall wear a safety helmet meeting requirements established pursuant to Section 27802 when riding on a motorcycle, motor-driven…
ARTICLE 8. Signs §§ 27900–27910 · 14 sections
- § 27900 (a) A motor vehicle or combination of vehicles used to carry the property of others for hire or used to carry passengers for hire, a truck or truck tractor…
- § 27901 The display of the name or trademark shall be in letters in sharp contrast to the background and shall be of such size, shape, and color as to be readily…
- § 27902 Section 27900 does not apply to any motor vehicle having an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or less or to any vehicle towed by such motor vehicles, or to any…
- § 27903 (a) A vehicle transporting an explosive, blasting agent, flammable liquid, flammable solid, oxidizing material, corrosive, compressed gas, poison, radioactive…
- § 27904 There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the right and left sides of a pilot car a sign showing the name of the company which owns or operates…
- § 27904.5 Subject to Section 35783.5, a pilot car shall display neat, clean, and legible signs containing the word “OVERSIZE.” The words “OVERSIZE LOAD,” “WIDE LOAD,” or…
- § 27905 It is unlawful to display on a vehicle any sign with the words “fire” or “fire department” thereon, except on vehicles owned and operated by a regularly…
- § 27906 (a) Every schoolbus, while being used for the transportation of school pupils at or below the 12th-grade level shall bear upon the front and rear of the bus a…
- § 27906.5 Every youth bus, when operated for the transportation of school pupils, shall bear, upon the front and rear of the youth bus, a plainly visible sign containing…
- § 27906.7 (a) A school district, county office of education, or charter school using a zero-emission schoolbus to transport pupils at or below the 12th-grade level may…
- § 27907 There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the right and left side of a tow truck, a repossessor’s tow vehicle, or an automobile dismantler’s tow…
- § 27908 (a) In every taxicab operated in this state there shall be a sign of heavy material, not smaller than 6 inches by 4 inches, or such other size as the agency…
- § 27909 Any vehicle which carries liquefied petroleum gas fuel or natural gas, in a tank attached to a vehicle, in any concealed area, including trunks, compartments,…
- § 27910 The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall initiate a 12-month study to determine an effective means to enforce the provisions of the Commercial…
ARTICLE 9. Refrigeration Equipment § 28000 · 1 section
- § 28000 Every refrigerator van equipped with one or more doors designed to lock automatically upon closure shall have at least one door which can be opened from inside…
ARTICLE 10. Odometers §§ 28050–28053 · 6 sections
- § 28050 It is unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, to use, or to install on any part of a motor vehicle or on an odometer in a motor vehicle any…
- § 28050.5 It is unlawful for any person with the intent to defraud to operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of such vehicle is…
- § 28051 It is unlawful for any person to disconnect, turn back, advance, or reset the odometer of any motor vehicle with the intent to alter the number of miles…
- § 28051.5 It is unlawful for any person to advertise for sale, to sell, or to use, any device designed primarily for the purpose of turning back or resetting the…
- § 28052 If a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of a new motor vehicle makes any warranty to the purchaser of, and with respect to, a new motor vehicle which is…
- § 28053 (a) Nothing in this article prevents the service, repair, or replacement of an odometer, if the mileage indicated thereon remains the same as before the…
ARTICLE 11. Fire Extinguishers §§ 28060–28062 · 2 sections
- § 28060 (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale a new recreational vehicle or new camper which is equipped with cooking equipment or heating equipment, and no…
- § 28062 (a) A modified limousine shall be equipped with two readily accessible and fully charged fire extinguishers having at least a 2A10BC 5 pound rating and…
ARTICLE 11.5. Bumpers §§ 28070–28071 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 12. Camper Signaling Devices §§ 28080–28081 · 2 sections
- § 28080 (a) Every motor vehicle upon which a camper is mounted shall be equipped with an audible or visual signaling device which can be activated from inside the…
- § 28081 The provisions of Section 28080 shall not apply to either of the following: (a) Any motor vehicle upon which a camper is mounted if a person is able to move…
ARTICLE 13. Theft Alarm System § 28085 · 1 section
- § 28085 Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm system which flashes the lights of the vehicle, or sounds an audible signal, or both, and which operates…
ARTICLE 14. Cellular Telephones § 28090 · 1 section
- § 28090 Every renter of a motor vehicle with cellular radio telephone equipment shall provide the person who rents the motor vehicle with written operating…
ARTICLE 15. Pilot Cars §§ 28100–28103 · 4 sections
- § 28100 A pilot car shall display at least one red warning flag on each side of the vehicle. The flags shall be a minimum of 16 inches square, and shall be mounted so…
- § 28101 In addition to the lighting, sign, and flag requirements in Sections 25270, 27904, 27904.5, and 28100, a pilot car shall meet all of the following…
- § 28102 Pilot cars equipped with vertical clearance measuring devices shall comply with Section 35252.
- § 28103 It is unlawful and an infraction for any person to violate any provision of this article or to fail to have any required equipment in good working order.
ARTICLE 16. Methanol or Ethanol Fueled Vehicles §§ 28110–28114 · 5 sections
- § 28110 As used in this article, “antisiphoning device” means a device which prevents the removal by suction of fuel from a motor vehicle.
- § 28111 Except as otherwise provided in Section 28112, any 1993 and later model-year vehicle which is capable of operating on methanol or ethanol and is imported into…
- § 28112 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 28111, the State Air Resources Board may adopt regulations providing for exemptions from antisiphoning device…
- § 28113 (a) Every light-duty and medium-duty motor vehicle operated for compensation to transport persons in an air quality management district or air pollution…
- § 28114 (a) Every heavy-duty vehicle operated by a transit authority or transit district, or owned by a private entity providing transit service under contract with a…
ARTICLE 17. Jamming Devices § 28150 · 1 section
- § 28150 (a) No vehicle shall be equipped with any device that is designed for, or is capable of, jamming, scrambling, neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering…
ARTICLE 17.5. Driver Monitoring Defeat Devices § 28155 · 1 section
- § 28155 (a) A vehicle shall not be equipped with a device that is specifically designed for, marketed for, or being used for, neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise…
ARTICLE 18. Child Safety Alert System § 28160 · 1 section
- § 28160 (a) On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall adopt regulations governing the specifications, installation, and use of child safety alert systems. (b)…
CHAPTER 6. Connected Vehicle Service §§ 28200–28246 · 14 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 28200–28210 · 5 sections
- § 28200 Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Account holder” means a person who…
- § 28202 (a) A vehicle with connected vehicle service shall clearly indicate to a person who is inside the vehicle if connected vehicle location access is enabled. (b)…
- § 28204 The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other…
- § 28206 This chapter does not apply to vehicles owned or operated by a rental company, as defined in Section 1939.01 of the Civil Code.
- § 28210 A covered provider or any officer, director, employee, vendor, or agent of a covered provider shall not be subject to liability for any claims deriving from an…
ARTICLE 2. Access to Connected Vehicle Service §§ 28220–28228 · 5 sections
- § 28220 (a) A covered provider shall provide a process that includes a prominent and clearly visible link entitled “HOW TO DISCONNECT REMOTE VEHICLE ACCESS” on its…
- § 28222 To enhance transparency and communication, the process to submit a connected vehicle service request or obtain a new connected vehicle service account shall be…
- § 28224 (a) A person making a connected vehicle service request shall demonstrate to a covered provider the authority to terminate a person’s access to connected…
- § 28226 (a) If a covered provider terminated a person’s access to connected vehicle service in response to a connected vehicle service request, the covered provider…
- § 28228 The termination of connected vehicle service pursuant to this article shall not be deemed to impact legal ownership of a vehicle.
ARTICLE 3. Disabling Connected Vehicle Location Access §§ 28240–28246 · 4 sections
- § 28240 If a vehicle includes connected vehicle location access, a covered provider shall provide a mechanism that can be used by a driver who is inside a vehicle to…
- § 28242 A mechanism for disabling connected vehicle location access shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be prominently located and easy to use. (b) Not…
- § 28244 Disabling the connected vehicle location access from inside the vehicle shall not result in an account holder of the connected vehicle service receiving any…
- § 28246 This article shall become operative as follows: (a) Beginning with the 2031 model year, all vehicles with connected vehicle location access. (b) For 2028,…