ARTICLE 1. Vehicles Subject to Registration
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 4000–4023 · 35 sections
- § 4000 (a) (1) A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer,…
- § 4000.1 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of this section, or subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, the…
- § 4000.15 (a) Effective January 1, 2020, the department shall confirm, prior to the initial registration or the transfer of ownership and registration of a diesel-fueled…
- § 4000.17 (a) For purposes of this section, “heavy-duty vehicle” means a nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than…
- § 4000.2 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, and, commencing on April 1, 2005, except for model-years…
- § 4000.3 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 44011 of the Health and Safety Code, the department shall require biennially, upon renewal of registration of any…
- § 4000.37 (a) Upon application for renewal of registration of a motor vehicle, the department shall require that the applicant submit either a form approved by the…
- § 4000.38 (a) The department shall suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vehicle when it determines that any of the following circumstances has occurred: (1)…
- § 4000.4 (a) Except as provided in Sections 6700, 6702, and 6703, any vehicle which is registered to a nonresident owner, and which is based in California or primarily…
- § 4000.5 (a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section 175, as a motor vehicle. (b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from…
- § 4000.6 A commercial motor vehicle, singly or in combination, that operates with a declared gross or combined gross vehicle weight that exceeds 10,000 pounds shall be…
- § 4001 All vehicles exempt from the payment of registration fees shall be registered as otherwise required by this code by the person having custody thereof, and he…
- § 4002 When moved or operated under a permit issued by the department, registration is not required of: (a) A vehicle not previously registered while being moved or…
- § 4003 A permit, as described in Section 9258, may be issued by the department for operating any of the following vehicles, except a crane: (a) A vehicle while being…
- § 4003.5 (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 9258.5, the department shall issue to a manufacturer or dealer a one-trip permit authorizing a new trailer,…
- § 4004 (a) (1) Commercial motor vehicles meeting the registration requirements of a foreign jurisdiction, and subject to registration but not entitled to exemption…
- § 4004.5 The owner of any motor vehicle subject to the registration provisions of this chapter, or exempted therefrom, may file with the department, at the time he…
- § 4004.7 (a) If the apportioned registration issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 for a commercial vehicle or vehicle combination that was…
- § 4005 Any vehicle subject to registration may be operated within a disaster area or region for the purpose of assisting in disaster relief work, under a special…
- § 4006 A vehicle which is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of crossing the highway from one property to another in accordance with a permit issued…
- § 4007 The department, the Public Utilities Commission, and the State Board of Equalization shall enter into an interagency agreement to establish a coordinated…
- § 4009 A vehicle transported upon a highway, no part of which is in contact with the highway, is exempt from registration.
- § 4010 Special construction equipment and special mobile equipment are exempt from registration.
- § 4012 Any vehicle, implement, or equipment specifically designed or altered for and used exclusively in the maintenance or operation of cemetery grounds, which is…
- § 4013 Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading and unloading and for stacking materials and is operated upon a highway only for the purpose of…
- § 4014 Any portable or collapsible dolly carried in a tow truck or in a truck used by an automobile dismantler and used upon a highway exclusively for towing disabled…
- § 4015 Any privately owned vehicle designed or capable of being used for firefighting purposes when operated upon a highway only in responding to, and returning from,…
- § 4016 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4000, unregistered vehicles may be left standing upon a highway adjacent to a vehicle dealer’s place of business when…
- § 4017 The provisions of Section 4000 shall not apply to the moving or operating of a vehicle during the period of time in which application may be made for…
- § 4018 Any logging vehicle is exempt from registration.
- § 4019 A golf cart operated pursuant to Section 21115 is exempt from registration.
- § 4020 A motorized bicycle operated upon a highway is exempt from registration.
- § 4021 Any vehicle that is designed or altered for, and used exclusively for, the refueling of aircraft at a public airport is exempt from registration, if the…
- § 4022 A vehicle repossessed pursuant to the terms of a security agreement is exempt from registration solely for the purpose of transporting the vehicle from the…
- § 4023 A low-speed vehicle operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1 is exempt from registration.