California Code
DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment

ARTICLE 1 - Horns, Sirens and Amplification Devices

Section 27000. - 27000. (a) A motor vehicle, when operated upon a highway,...

Section 27001. - 27001. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle when reasonably...

Section 27002. - 27002. (a) No vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall...

Section 27003. - 27003. An armored car may be equipped with a siren...

Section 27007. - 27007. No driver of a vehicle shall operate, or permit...

ARTICLE 2 - Exhaust Systems

Section 27150. - 27150. (a) Every motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion...

Section 27150.1. - 27150.1. No person engaged in a business that involves the...

Section 27150.2. - 27150.2. (a) Stations providing referee functions pursuant to Section 44036...

Section 27150.2. - 27150.2. (a) Stations providing referee functions pursuant to Section 44036...

Section 27150.3. - 27150.3. (a) A person may not modify the exhaust system...

Section 27150.4. - 27150.4. (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall...

Section 27150.5. - 27150.5. Any person holding a retail seller’s permit who sells...

Section 27150.7. - 27150.7. A court may dismiss any action in which a...

Section 27151. - 27151. (a) A person shall not modify the exhaust system...

Section 27151.1. - 27151.1. (a) For a violation of Section 27150.3 or 27151...

Section 27152. - 27152. The exhaust gases from a motor vehicle shall not...

Section 27153. - 27153. (a) A motor vehicle shall not be operated in...

Section 27153.5. - 27153.5. (a) No motor vehicle first sold or registered as...

Section 27154. - 27154. The cab of any motor vehicle shall be reasonably...

Section 27154.1. - 27154.1. (a) The flooring in all motor vehicles shall be...

Section 27155. - 27155. No motor vehicle shall be operated or parked upon...

Section 27156. - 27156. (a) No person shall operate or leave standing upon...

Section 27156.1. - 27156.1. The installation, prior to January 1, 1974, of an...

Section 27156.2. - 27156.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any publicly owned...

Section 27156.3. - 27156.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any motor vehicle...

Section 27157. - 27157. The State Air Resources Board, after consultation with, and...

Section 27157.5. - 27157.5. The State Air Resources Board, after consultation with, and...

Section 27158. - 27158. After notice by a traffic officer that a vehicle...

Section 27158.1. - 27158.1. (a) Commencing one year after the effective date of...

Section 27158.2. - 27158.2. (a) The driver of a nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor...

Section 27158.5. - 27158.5. After notice by a traffic officer that a motor...

Section 27159. - 27159. Any uniformed member of the California Highway Patrol may...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Noise Limits

Section 27200. - 27200. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not register...

Section 27201. - 27201. For the purposes of Section 27200, the noise limit...

Section 27202. - 27202. For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise...

Section 27202.1. - 27202.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not...

Section 27203. - 27203. For the purposes of Section 27200, the noise limit...

Section 27204. - 27204. For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise...

Section 27206. - 27206. For the purposes of Section 27200, the following noise...

Section 27207. - 27207. No motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating...

ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems

Section 27302. - 27302. No person shall sell or offer for sale any...

Section 27304. - 27304. All vehicles owned and utilized in driver training by...

Section 27305. - 27305. All publicly owned firefighting vehicles designed for and used...

Section 27314. - 27314. (a) No dealer shall sell or offer for sale...

Section 27314.5. - 27314.5. (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (3), no dealer shall...

Section 27315. - 27315. (a) The Legislature finds that a mandatory seatbelt law...

Section 27315.1. - 27315.1. Section 27315 applies to any person in a fully...

Section 27315.3. - 27315.3. (a) As used in this section, “passenger motor vehicle”...

Section 27315.5. - 27315.5. All law enforcement agencies shall, not later than January...

Section 27316. - 27316. (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic...

Section 27316.5. - 27316.5. (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic...

Section 27317. - 27317. (a) A person shall not knowingly and intentionally manufacture,...

Section 27318. - 27318. (a) A passenger who is 16 years of age...

Section 27319. - 27319. (a) If a bus is equipped with a driver...

ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements

Section 27360. - 27360. (a) Except as provided in Section 27363, a parent,...

Section 27360.5. - 27360.5. (a) A parent, legal guardian, or driver shall not...

Section 27360.6. - 27360.6. (a) (1) For a conviction under Section 27360 or...

Section 27361. - 27361. A law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of...

Section 27362. - 27362. (a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer shall not sell,...

Section 27362.1. - 27362.1. (a) No individual may sell or offer for sale...

Section 27363. - 27363. (a) The court may exempt from the requirements of...

Section 27363.5. - 27363.5. (a) A public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing...

Section 27364. - 27364. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in...

Section 27365. - 27365. (a) (1) A car rental agency in California shall...

Section 27366. - 27366. (a) The department shall do the following: (1) Prepare...

Section 27368. - 27368. This article applies to child passengers in a fully...

ARTICLE 3.4 - Emergency Exits for Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers

Section 27375. - 27375. (a) Any person who operates a modified limousine shall...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Headsets and Earplugs

Section 27400. - 27400. A person operating a motor vehicle or bicycle may...

ARTICLE 3.6 - Charter-Party Carrier Safety Equipment

Section 27425. - 27425. (a) A vehicle described in paragraph (1) of subdivision...

Section 27426. - 27426. No later than July 1, 2018, the department shall...

Section 27427. - 27427. This article does not alter or affect the requirements...

ARTICLE 4 - Tires

Section 27450. - 27450. When any vehicle is equipped with any solid tire,...

Section 27451. - 27451. The rubber of a solid tire shall be measured...

Section 27452. - 27452. The required thickness of rubber shall extend evenly around...

Section 27453. - 27453. There shall not be an average difference greater than...

Section 27454. - 27454. A tire on a vehicle upon a highway shall...

Section 27455. - 27455. (a) On and after January 1, 1975, no person...

Section 27459. - 27459. No person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer or...

Section 27459.5. - 27459.5. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, lease,...

Section 27460. - 27460. Any passenger vehicle or motortruck having an unladen weight...

Section 27460.5. - 27460.5. No person shall knowingly sell or offer or expose...

Section 27461. - 27461. No person shall cause or permit the operation of...

Section 27465. - 27465. (a) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s...

Section 27500. - 27500. (a) The department may adopt regulations relating to standards...

Section 27501. - 27501. (a) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s...

Section 27502. - 27502. No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit...

Section 27503. - 27503. (a) The commissioner, after public hearings, shall adopt regulations...

ARTICLE 5 - Fenders, Ornaments, and Television

Section 27600. - 27600. No person shall operate any motor vehicle having three...

Section 27602. - 27602. (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle...

Section 27603. - 27603. When a motor vehicle formerly used as a schoolbus...

Section 27604. - 27604. (a) When a motor vehicle, painted, as required by...

Section 27605. - 27605. (a) No person shall own or operate a motor...

Section 27606. - 27606. (a) No person shall own or operate a motor...

Section 27607. - 27607. (a) Section 27606 does not apply to vehicles owned...

ARTICLE 6 - Tow Trucks

Section 27700. - 27700. (a) Tow trucks shall be equipped with and carry...

ARTICLE 7 - Motorcycles

Section 27800. - 27800. It is unlawful for a driver of a motorcycle...

Section 27801. - 27801. A person shall not drive a two-wheel motorcycle that...

Section 27802. - 27802. (a) The department may adopt reasonable regulations establishing specifications...

Section 27803. - 27803. (a) A driver and any passenger shall wear a...

ARTICLE 8 - Signs

Section 27900. - 27900. (a) A motor vehicle or combination of vehicles used...

Section 27901. - 27901. The display of the name or trademark shall be...

Section 27902. - 27902. Section 27900 does not apply to any motor vehicle...

Section 27903. - 27903. (a) Subject to Section 114765 of the Health and...

Section 27904. - 27904. There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on...

Section 27904.5. - 27904.5. Subject to Section 35783.5, a pilot car shall display...

Section 27905. - 27905. It is unlawful to display on a vehicle any...

Section 27906. - 27906. (a) Every schoolbus, while being used for the transportation...

Section 27906.5. - 27906.5. Every youth bus, when operated for the transportation of...

Section 27907. - 27907. There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on...

Section 27908. - 27908. (a) In every taxicab operated in this state there...

Section 27909. - 27909. Any vehicle which carries liquefied petroleum gas fuel or...

Section 27910. - 27910. The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall initiate...

ARTICLE 9 - Refrigeration Equipment

Section 28000. - 28000. Every refrigerator van equipped with one or more doors...

ARTICLE 10 - Odometers

Section 28050. - 28050. It is unlawful for any person to advertise for...

Section 28050.5. - 28050.5. It is unlawful for any person with the intent...

Section 28051. - 28051. It is unlawful for any person to disconnect, turn...

Section 28051.5. - 28051.5. It is unlawful for any person to advertise for...

Section 28052. - 28052. If a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of a new...

Section 28053. - 28053. (a) Nothing in this article prevents the service, repair,...

ARTICLE 11 - Fire Extinguishers

Section 28060. - 28060. (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale...

Section 28062. - 28062. (a) A modified limousine shall be equipped with two...

ARTICLE 11.5 - Bumpers

Section 28070. - 28070. As used in this article, “passenger vehicle” means “passenger...

Section 28071. - 28071. Every passenger vehicle registered in this state shall be...

ARTICLE 12 - Camper Signaling Devices

Section 28080. - 28080. (a) Every motor vehicle upon which a camper is...

Section 28081. - 28081. The provisions of Section 28080 shall not apply to...

ARTICLE 13 - Theft Alarm System

Section 28085. - 28085. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a theft...

ARTICLE 14 - Cellular Telephones

Section 28090. - 28090. Every renter of a motor vehicle with cellular radio...

ARTICLE 15 - Pilot Cars

Section 28100. - 28100. A pilot car shall display at least one red...

Section 28101. - 28101. In addition to the lighting, sign, and flag requirements...

Section 28102. - 28102. Pilot cars equipped with vertical clearance measuring devices shall...

Section 28103. - 28103. It is unlawful and an infraction for any person...

ARTICLE 16 - Methanol or Ethanol Fueled Vehicles

Section 28110. - 28110. As used in this article, “antisiphoning device” means a...

Section 28111. - 28111. Except as otherwise provided in Section 28112, any 1993...

Section 28112. - 28112. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 28111, the State Air...

Section 28113. - 28113. (a) Every light-duty and medium-duty motor vehicle operated for...

Section 28114. - 28114. (a) Every heavy-duty vehicle operated by a transit authority...

ARTICLE 17 - Jamming Devices

Section 28150. - 28150. (a) No vehicle shall be equipped with any device...

ARTICLE 18 - Child Safety Alert System

Section 28160. - 28160. (a) On or before January 1, 2018, the department...