California Code
DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 24250. - 24250. During darkness, a vehicle shall be equipped with lighted...

Section 24251. - 24251. Any requirement in this chapter as to the distance...

Section 24252. - 24252. (a) (1) All lighting equipment of a required type...

Section 24253. - 24253. (a) All motor vehicles manufactured and first registered after...

Section 24254. - 24254. Whenever a requirement is declared as to the mounted...

Section 24255. - 24255. (a) A vehicle may be equipped with a system...

ARTICLE 2 - Headlamps and Auxiliary Lamps

Section 24400. - 24400. (a) A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall...

Section 24401. - 24401. Whenever any motor vehicle is parked or standing upon...

Section 24402. - 24402. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not...

Section 24403. - 24403. (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not...

Section 24404. - 24404. (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not...

Section 24405. - 24405. (a) Not more than four lamps of the following...

Section 24406. - 24406. Except as otherwise provided, the headlamps, or other auxiliary...

Section 24407. - 24407. Multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be designed and aimed...

Section 24408. - 24408. (a) Every new motor vehicle registered in this state...

Section 24409. - 24409. Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated during darkness,...

Section 24410. - 24410. Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light...

Section 24411. - 24411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vehicle may...

ARTICLE 3 - Rear Lighting Equipment

Section 24600. - 24600. During darkness every motor vehicle which is not in...

Section 24601. - 24601. Either the taillamp or a separate lamp shall be...

Section 24602. - 24602. (a) A vehicle may be equipped with not more...

Section 24603. - 24603. Every motor vehicle that is not in combination with...

Section 24604. - 24604. (a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends, or...

Section 24605. - 24605. (a) A tow truck or an automobile dismantler’s tow...

Section 24606. - 24606. (a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, of...

Section 24607. - 24607. Every vehicle subject to registration under this code shall...

Section 24608. - 24608. (a) Motortrucks, trailers, semitrailers, and buses 80 or more...

Section 24609. - 24609. (a) A vehicle may be equipped with white or...

Section 24610. - 24610. A reflector placed on vehicles under Section 24609 which...

Section 24611. - 24611. Trailers that are equipped with red and white reflective...

Section 24612. - 24612. (a) All trailers and semitrailers having an overall width...

Section 24615. - 24615. It is unlawful to operate upon a public highway...

Section 24616. - 24616. (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with one...

Section 24617. - 24617. (a) A transit bus may be authorized to be...

ARTICLE 4 - Parking Lamps

Section 24800. - 24800. No vehicle shall be driven at any time with...

Section 24801. - 24801. Parking lamps are those lamps permitted by Section 25106,...

Section 24802. - 24802. No lights need be displayed upon a vehicle which...

ARTICLE 5 - Signal Lamps and Devices

Section 24950. - 24950. Whenever any motor vehicle is towing a trailer coach...

Section 24951. - 24951. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped with a lamp-type...

Section 24952. - 24952. A lamp-type turn signal shall be plainly visible and...

Section 24953. - 24953. (a) Any turn signal system used to give a...

ARTICLE 6 - Side and Fender Lighting Equipment

Section 25100. - 25100. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d),...

Section 25100.1. - 25100.1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, an ambulance...

Section 25102. - 25102. In addition to the lamps otherwise permitted by this...

Section 25102.5. - 25102.5. (a) A schoolbus may be equipped with lamps mounted...

Section 25103. - 25103. Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends from the...

Section 25104. - 25104. (a) Any vehicle or equipment that requires a permit...

Section 25105. - 25105. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with running...

Section 25106. - 25106. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with lighted...

Section 25107. - 25107. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...

Section 25108. - 25108. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not...

Section 25109. - 25109. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with two white...

Section 25110. - 25110. (a) The following vehicles may be equipped with utility...

ARTICLE 7 - Flashing and Colored Lights

Section 25250. - 25250. Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as otherwise...

Section 25251. - 25251. (a) Flashing lights are permitted on vehicles as follows:...

Section 25251.1. - 25251.1. Any implement of husbandry displaying a slow moving vehicle...

Section 25251.2. - 25251.2. Any motorcycle may be equipped with a means of...

Section 25251.3. - 25251.3. No civil liability shall attach to any person for...

Section 25251.4. - 25251.4. Any motor vehicle may also be equipped with a...

Section 25251.5. - 25251.5. (a) Any motor vehicle may also be equipped with...

Section 25252. - 25252. Every authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at...

Section 25252.5. - 25252.5. (a) Every authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with...

Section 25253. - 25253. (a) Tow trucks used to tow disabled vehicles shall...

Section 25253.1. - 25253.1. An automobile dismantler’s tow vehicle used to tow a...

Section 25256. - 25256. Vehicles used by highway authorities or bridge and highway...

Section 25257. - 25257. (a) Every schoolbus, when operated for the transportation of...

Section 25257.2. - 25257.2. If a schoolbus is used for the transportation of...

Section 25257.5. - 25257.5. To warn other motorists or pedestrians on a roadway...

Section 25257.7. - 25257.7. (a) A schoolbus may be equipped with a white...

Section 25258. - 25258. (a) An authorized emergency vehicle operating under the conditions...

Section 25259. - 25259. (a) Any authorized emergency vehicle may display flashing amber...

Section 25259.1. - 25259.1. (a) Any vehicle operated by a disaster service worker...

Section 25259.5. - 25259.5. An emergency response or disaster service vehicle owned or...

Section 25260. - 25260. (a) Public utility vehicles, and vehicles of duly authorized...

Section 25260.1. - 25260.1. Vehicles actually engaged in the construction, removal, maintenance, or...

Section 25260.3. - 25260.3. Any vehicle having personnel aerial lift equipment, actually engaged...

Section 25260.4. - 25260.4. Any hazardous substance spill response vehicle, under contract to...

Section 25261. - 25261. Vehicles used by a county or county department of...

Section 25262. - 25262. An armored car may be equipped with red lights...

Section 25263. - 25263. Trucks actually engaged in the towing of houses or...

Section 25264. - 25264. Any motor vehicle operated by a coroner, or by...

Section 25265. - 25265. Repair vehicles of sanitary districts or county sanitation districts...

Section 25266. - 25266. Vehicles owned by the state and operated by officers...

Section 25267. - 25267. Vehicles used by mosquito abatement districts or pest abatement...

Section 25268. - 25268. No person shall display a flashing amber warning light...

Section 25269. - 25269. No person shall display a flashing or steady burning...

Section 25270. - 25270. Any pilot car required by the permit referred to...

Section 25270.5. - 25270.5. Any motor vehicle engaged in, or aiding in, the...

Section 25271. - 25271. Any publicly owned vehicle or any vehicle operated by...

Section 25271.5. - 25271.5. Any publicly owned vehicle used for the enforcement of...

Section 25272. - 25272. A motor vehicle used by a rural mail carrier...

Section 25273. - 25273. Any motor vehicle owned and operated by a school...

Section 25274. - 25274. Any vehicle owned by a cable television company and...

Section 25275. - 25275. Any truck or truck tractor which is primarily used...

Section 25275.5. - 25275.5. Any bus operated either by a public agency or...

Section 25276. - 25276. (a) A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than...

Section 25277. - 25277. Any vehicle used by any police department, sheriff’s office,...

Section 25278. - 25278. Any vehicle owned or operated by a land surveyor...

Section 25279. - 25279. (a) Vehicles owned and operated by private security agencies...

Section 25280. - 25280. Vehicles operated by a local public entity, or pursuant...

Section 25281. - 25281. A privately owned or operated water tender vehicle, when...

Section 25282. - 25282. Any vehicle owned or operated by a contractor or...

ARTICLE 8 - Warning Lights and Devices

Section 25300. - 25300. (a) Every vehicle which, if operated during darkness, would...

Section 25301. - 25301. When utility or public utility vehicles are parked, stopped...

Section 25305. - 25305. (a) No person shall place, deposit, or display upon...

ARTICLE 9 - Commercial and Common Carrier Vehicles

Section 25350. - 25350. Any passenger common carrier motor vehicle manufactured prior to...

Section 25351. - 25351. (a) A commercial vehicle and any other vehicle 80...

Section 25352. - 25352. Any bus operated by a publicly owned transit system...

Section 25353. - 25353. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 25400 and 25950, a bus operated...

ARTICLE 10 - Diffused Lights

Section 25400. - 25400. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped with a lamp...

Section 25401. - 25401. No diffused nonglaring light on a vehicle shall resemble...

ARTICLE 11 - Acetylene Lamps

Section 25450. - 25450. Any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, equipped with...

Section 25451. - 25451. Any motorcycle equipped with one lighted acetylene headlamp complies...

Section 25452. - 25452. No acetylene lamp shall emit any glaring light. (Enacted...

ARTICLE 12 - Reflectorizing Material

Section 25500. - 25500. (a) Area reflectorizing material may be displayed on any...

ARTICLE 13 - Headlamps on Motorcycles and Motor-Driven Cycles

Section 25650. - 25650. Every motorcycle during darkness shall be equipped with at...

Section 25650.5. - 25650.5. Every motorcycle manufactured and first registered on and after...

Section 25651. - 25651. The headlamp upon a motor-driven cycle may be of...

ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted

Section 25800. - 25800. The provisions of Sections 24012, 24250, 24251, 24400 to...

Section 25801. - 25801. The provisions of Sections 24012, 24250, 24251, 24254, 24400...

Section 25802. - 25802. Sections 24002, 24005, 24012, 24250, 24251, 24400 to 24404,...

Section 25803. - 25803. (a) All vehicles not otherwise required to be equipped...

Section 25804. - 25804. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, original lighting...

Section 25805. - 25805. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a forklift...

Section 25806. - 25806. Sections 24003 and 27002 shall not apply to the...

ARTICLE 15 - Light Restrictions and Mounting

Section 25950. - 25950. This section applies to the color of lamps and...

Section 25951. - 25951. Any lighted lamp or device upon a motor vehicle...

Section 25952. - 25952. (a) Lamps, reflectors, and area reflectorizing material of a...

ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing

Section 26100. - 26100. (a) A person shall not sell or offer for...

Section 26101. - 26101. (a) A person shall not sell or offer for...

Section 26102. - 26102. In the event any equipment in actual use meets...

Section 26103. - 26103. (a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations establishing...

Section 26104. - 26104. (a) Every manufacturer who sells, offers for sale, or...

Section 26105. - 26105. The department may purchase any equipment sold for use...

Section 26106. - 26106. The department may issue a permit for the use...