CHAPTER 1. Penalties [42000. - 42032.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 42000–42032 · 51 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Public Offenses §§ 42000–42010 · 47 sections

   • § 42000 Unless a different penalty is expressly provided by this code, every person convicted of a felony for a violation of any provision of this code shall be…
   • § 42000.1 Notwithstanding Section 42001, every person convicted of an infraction for a violation described in subdivision (b) of Section 22348 shall be punished by a…
   • § 42000.5 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 22350, 22406, or 22407 while operating a bus, motor truck, or truck tractor having three or…
   • § 42001 (a) Except as provided in this code, a person convicted of an infraction for a violation of this code or of a local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code…
   • § 42001.1 (a) Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 2815 or a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 22526 at an intersection posted…
   • § 42001.2 (a) A person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 27153.5 with a motor vehicle having a manufacturer’s maximum gross vehicle weight rating of…
   • § 42001.3 (a) Violations of Section 34506.3, with respect to any regulation adopted under Section 34501 relative to the maintenance of driving logs, shall be punishable…
   • § 42001.4 Every person convicted of an infraction for violation of Section 23117 shall be punished as follows: (a) By a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor…
   • § 42001.5 (a) A person convicted of an infraction for a violation of subdivision (i) or (l) of Section 22500, or of Section 22522, shall be punished by a fine of not…
   • § 42001.6 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 22511.1 is punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100). No part of any fine imposed…
   • § 42001.7 (a) Every person convicted of a violation of Section 23111 or 23112, or subdivision (a) of Section 23113, shall be punished by a mandatory fine of not less…
   • § 42001.8 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 4000 shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than two…
   • § 42001.9 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 23135 shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50).
   • § 42001.10 Every person convicted for a violation of Section 38020 shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) for a first offense, and not more than…
   • § 42001.11 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 21655.5 or 21655.8 shall be punished as follows: (a) For a first conviction, a fine of not…
   • § 42001.12 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 21806 shall be punished as follows: (a) For a first conviction, by a fine of not less than…
   • § 42001.13 (a) A person who commits a violation of Section 22507.8 is subject to either a civil notice of parking violation pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section…
   • § 42001.14 (a) Every person convicted of an infraction for the offense of disconnecting, modifying, or altering a required pollution control device in violation of…
   • § 42001.15 Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 21453, subdivision (c) of Section 21454, or subdivision (a) of…
   • § 42001.16 (a) Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of subdivision (c) of Section 21752, subdivision (c) of Section 22526, or Section 22450, involving…
   • § 42001.17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of Section 21951 shall be punished as follows: (a) For the…
   • § 42001.18 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…
   • § 42001.19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person convicted of a violation of Section 21070 is punishable, as follows: (a) For a violation involving bodily…
   • § 42001.20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who violates subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 27000 is punishable as follows: (a) By a fine of one…
   • § 42001.25 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who violates Section 23140 is punishable as follows: (a) By a fine of one hundred dollars ($100). (b) For…
   • § 42002 Unless a different penalty is expressly provided by this code, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of any of the provisions of this code…
   • § 42002.1 A person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of Section 2800, 2801, or 2803, insofar as it affects a failure to stop and submit to inspection of equipment or…
   • § 42002.4 A violation of Section 10751 shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months if the value of the property does not exceed nine…
   • § 42002.5 Notwithstanding Section 42002, every person convicted of a violation of Section 10852 or 10853 involving a vehicle that has been modified for the use of a…
   • § 42003 (a) A judgment that a person convicted of an infraction be punished by a fine may also provide for the payment to be made within a specified time or in…
   • § 42004 For the purpose of determining the penalty to be imposed pursuant to this code, the court may consider a written report from the Department of Motor Vehicles…
   • § 42004.5 Upon conviction of any violation of any provision of this code, other than a felony violation and except this section, execution of sentence of imprisonment in…
   • § 42005 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a…
   • § 42005.1 The court may order a person designated to attend a traffic violator school to instead participate in a study of traffic violator schools licensed pursuant to…
   • § 42005.3 (a) A local authority shall not allow a person who is alleged to have committed a traffic offense in violation of this code, or an ordinance or resolution…
   • § 42005.5 Notwithstanding Section 46300 or 84500 of the Education Code or any other provision of law, on and after September 1, 1985, attendance at a school for traffic…
   • § 42006 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), there may be levied a special assessment in an amount equal to one dollar ($1) for every fine, forfeiture, and…
   • § 42007 (a) (1) The clerk of the court shall collect a fee from every person who is ordered or permitted to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to Section 41501…
   • § 42007.1 (a) The amount collected by the clerk pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 42007 shall be in an amount equal to the total bail set forth for the eligible…
   • § 42007.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 42007, revenues derived from fees collected under Section 42007 from each person required or permitted to attend traffic violator…
   • § 42007.4 (a) Notwithstanding Section 42007, revenues derived from fees collected under Section 42007 from each person required or permitted to attend traffic violator…
   • § 42008 (a) Any county may operate an amnesty program for delinquent fines and bail imposed for an infraction or misdemeanor violation of the Vehicle Code, except…
   • § 42008.5 (a) A county may establish a one-time amnesty program for fines and bail that have been delinquent for not less than six months as of the date upon which the…
   • § 42008.7 (a) The State of California continues to face a fiscal and economic crisis affecting the State Budget and the overall state economy. In light of this crisis, a…
   • § 42008.8 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a one-time infraction amnesty program would do all of the following: (1) Provide relief to individuals who have…
   • § 42009 (a) For an offense specified in subdivision (b), committed by the driver of a vehicle within a highway construction or maintenance area, during any time when…
   • § 42010 (a) For an offense specified in subdivision (b) that is committed by the driver of a vehicle within an area that has been designated as a Safety…
2. ARTICLE 2. Weight Violations §§ 42030–42032 · 4 sections

   • § 42030 (a) Every person convicted of a violation of any weight limitation provision of Division 15 (commencing with Section 35000), and every person convicted of a…
   • § 42030.1 (a) Every person convicted of a violation of any declared gross vehicle weight limitation provision of this code, shall be punished by a fine that equals the…
   • § 42031 Whenever the gross weight and any axle or wheel weight of a vehicle are in excess of the limits prescribed in this code, the excess weights shall be deemed one…
   • § 42032 (a) In addition to any other fines and penalties, any local public agency which owns or operates vehicles used for the collection of garbage, refuse, or…