California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD

CHAPTER 1 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 21000. - 21000. Wherever in this division “department” occurs, it means the...

Section 21001. - 21001. The provisions of this division refer exclusively to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Traffic Laws

Section 21050. - 21050. Every person riding or driving an animal upon a...

Section 21051. - 21051. The following sections apply to trolley coaches: (a) Sections...

Section 21052. - 21052. The provisions of this code applicable to the drivers...

Section 21053. - 21053. This code, except Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20000)...

Section 21054. - 21054. The provisions of this division do not apply to...

Section 21055. - 21055. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle is exempt...

Section 21056. - 21056. Section 21055 does not relieve the driver of a...

Section 21057. - 21057. Every police and traffic officer is hereby expressly prohibited...

Section 21058. - 21058. A physician traveling in response to an emergency call...

Section 21059. - 21059. Sections 21211, 21650, 21660, 22502, 22504, and subdivision (h)...

Section 21060. - 21060. Between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.,...

Section 21061. - 21061. (a) In addition to any action prescribed in Division...

Section 21062. - 21062. The arresting officer shall, before the end of the...

Section 21070. - 21070. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a driver who...

ARTICLE 3 - Local Regulation

Section 21100. - 21100. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21100.1. - 21100.1. Whenever any city or county, by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 21100.3. - 21100.3. It is unlawful for any person to disobey the...

Section 21100.4. - 21100.4. (a) (1) A magistrate presented with the affidavit of...

Section 21100.5. - 21100.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, local authorities of...

Section 21101. - 21101. Local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, may...

Section 21101.2. - 21101.2. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21101.4. - 21101.4. (a) A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 21101.6. - 21101.6. Notwithstanding Section 21101, local authorities may not place gates...

Section 21102. - 21102. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21102.1. - 21102.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local authorities may,...

Section 21103. - 21103. No ordinance or resolution enacted under Section 21101 shall...

Section 21104. - 21104. No ordinance or resolution proposed to be enacted under...

Section 21105. - 21105. No rule or regulation adopted under Sections 21100 or...

Section 21106. - 21106. (a) Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may establish...

Section 21107. - 21107. The provisions of this code shall not prevent any...

Section 21107.5. - 21107.5. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or...

Section 21107.6. - 21107.6. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance, find...

Section 21107.7. - 21107.7. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or...

Section 21107.8. - 21107.8. (a) (1) A city, county, or city and county...

Section 21107.9. - 21107.9. (a) Any city or county, or city and county,...

Section 21108. - 21108. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21109. - 21109. (a) Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by...

Section 21109.5. - 21109.5. (a) No restriction or prohibition shall be effective pursuant...

Section 21110. - 21110. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21111. - 21111. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21112. - 21112. Local authorities may by ordinance license and regulate the...

Section 21113. - 21113. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a...

Section 21114. - 21114. If a local authority finds that a city street...

Section 21114.5. - 21114.5. Notwithstanding Section 21663 or any other provision of this...

Section 21115. - 21115. (a) If a local authority finds that a highway...

Section 21115.1. - 21115.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21115, a local authority may, by...

Section 21116. - 21116. (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon...

Section 21117. - 21117. (a) Local authorities may, notwithstanding Section 21101 or 21101.6,...

Section 21118. - 21118. (a) A local authority may adopt rules and regulations...

ARTICLE 4 - Operation of Bicycles

Section 21200. - 21200. (a) (1) A person riding a bicycle or operating...

Section 21200.5. - 21200.5. Notwithstanding Section 21200, it is unlawful for any person...

Section 21201. - 21201. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle on a...

Section 21201.3. - 21201.3. (a) A bicycle or motorized bicycle used by a...

Section 21201.5. - 21201.5. (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale,...

Section 21202. - 21202. (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway...

Section 21203. - 21203. No person riding upon any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle,...

Section 21204. - 21204. (a) A person operating a bicycle upon a highway...

Section 21205. - 21205. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package,...

Section 21206. - 21206. This chapter does not prevent local authorities, by ordinance,...

Section 21207. - 21207. (a) This chapter does not prohibit local authorities from...

Section 21207.5. - 21207.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 21207 and 23127 of this code,...

Section 21208. - 21208. (a) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on...

Section 21209. - 21209. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in...

Section 21210. - 21210. No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its...

Section 21211. - 21211. (a) No person may stop, stand, sit, or loiter...

Section 21212. - 21212. (a) A person under 18 years of age shall...

Section 21213. - 21213. (a) A person under 16 years of age shall...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Operation of Pedicabs

Section 21215. - 21215. (a) A pedicab defined in subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 21215.2. - 21215.2. (a) If alcoholic beverages are consumed on board the...

Section 21215.5. - 21215.5. This article does not preclude a local authority from...

ARTICLE 5 - Operation of Motorized Scooters

Section 21220. - 21220. (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the...

Section 21220.5. - 21220.5. For the purposes of this article, a motorized scooter...

Section 21221. - 21221. Every person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway...

Section 21221.5. - 21221.5. Notwithstanding Section 21221, it is unlawful for any person...

Section 21223. - 21223. (a) Every motorized scooter operated upon any highway during...

Section 21224. - 21224. (a) A person operating a motorized scooter is not...

Section 21225. - 21225. This article does not prevent a local authority, by...

Section 21226. - 21226. (a) A person shall not sell or offer for...

Section 21227. - 21227. (a) A motorized scooter shall comply with one of...

Section 21228. - 21228. Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway...

Section 21229. - 21229. (a) Whenever a class II bicycle lane has been...

Section 21230. - 21230. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a motorized scooter...

Section 21235. - 21235. The operator of a motorized scooter shall not do...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles

Section 21250. - 21250. For the purposes of this article, a low-speed vehicle...

Section 21251. - 21251. Except as provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section...

Section 21252. - 21252. A vehicle dealer, selling a low-speed vehicle, shall provide...

Section 21253. - 21253. A low-speed vehicle operated or parked on the roadway...

Section 21254. - 21254. A motor vehicle that was originally designated as a...

Section 21260. - 21260. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision...

Section 21266. - 21266. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21260, local authorities, by ordinance or...

ARTICLE 6 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

Section 21280. - 21280. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 21280.5. - 21280.5. For purposes of this article, an electric personal assistive...

Section 21281. - 21281. Every electric personal assistive mobility device, or EPAMD, shall...

Section 21281.5. - 21281.5. (a) A person shall not operate an EPAMD on...

Section 21282. - 21282. Notwithstanding Section 21966, for the purpose of assuring the...

ARTICLE 7 - Operation of Electrically Motorized Boards

Section 21290. - 21290. (a) For purposes of this article, “bikeway” is defined...

Section 21291. - 21291. An electrically motorized board shall be operated only by...

Section 21292. - 21292. A person shall not operate an electrically motorized board...

Section 21293. - 21293. (a) Every electrically motorized board operated upon a highway...

Section 21294. - 21294. (a) An electrically motorized board shall only operate upon...

Section 21295. - 21295. The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall submit...

Section 21296. - 21296. (a) It is unlawful for a person to operate...

ARTICLE 8 - Horseback Riding

Section 21300. - 21300. (a) A person under 18 years of age shall...

CHAPTER 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings

ARTICLE 1 - Erection and Maintenance

Section 21350. - 21350. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain, or...

Section 21351. - 21351. Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and...

Section 21351.3. - 21351.3. Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may place and...

Section 21351.5. - 21351.5. The Department of Transportation or local authorities, with respect...

Section 21351.7. - 21351.7. Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may place and...

Section 21352. - 21352. The Department of Transportation may erect stop signs at...

Section 21353. - 21353. No local authority, except by permission of the Department...

Section 21354. - 21354. Subject to the provisions of Section 21353, a local...

Section 21355. - 21355. (a) Stop signs erected under Section 21350, 21351, 21352,...

Section 21356. - 21356. The Department of Transportation or local authorities, with respect...

Section 21356.5. - 21356.5. Local authorities may place signs, mirrors, or other visual...

Section 21357. - 21357. Speed restriction signs may, but need not, be erected...

Section 21358. - 21358. Where one or more business and residence districts are...

Section 21359. - 21359. Whenever the Department of Transportation or a local authority...

Section 21360. - 21360. Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, within the...

Section 21361. - 21361. (a) When the outermost boundaries of two or more...

Section 21362. - 21362. Railroad warning approach signs shall be erected by local...

Section 21362.5. - 21362.5. (a) (1) Railroad and rail transit grade crossings may...

Section 21363. - 21363. Detour signs shall be erected at the nearest points...

Section 21364. - 21364. The Department of Transportation may authorize an owner of...

Section 21365. - 21365. The Department of Transportation, with respect to state highways...

Section 21366. - 21366. At each signal-controlled intersection on streets and highways, there...

Section 21367. - 21367. (a) As provided in Section 125 of the Streets...

Section 21368. - 21368. Whenever a marked pedestrian crosswalk has been established in...

Section 21369. - 21369. All speed restriction signs in place on January 1,...

Section 21370. - 21370. The Department of Transportation, or its duly authorized representatives...

Section 21372. - 21372. The Department of Transportation and local authorities shall, with...

Section 21373. - 21373. The governing board of any school district may request...

Section 21374. - 21374. A local authority may mark or paint the surface...

Section 21375. - 21375. (a) The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain,...

Section 21376. - 21376. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain on...

ARTICLE 2 - Official Traffic Control Devices

Section 21400. - 21400. (a) The Department of Transportation shall, after consultation with...

Section 21401. - 21401. (a) Except as provided in Section 21374, only those...

ARTICLE 3 - Offenses Relating to Traffic Devices

Section 21450. - 21450. Whenever traffic is controlled by official traffic control signals...

Section 21450.5. - 21450.5. (a) A traffic-actuated signal is an official traffic control...

Section 21451. - 21451. (a) A driver facing a circular green signal shall...

Section 21452. - 21452. (a) A driver facing a steady circular yellow or...

Section 21453. - 21453. (a) A driver facing a steady circular red signal...

Section 21454. - 21454. When lane use control signals are placed over individual...

Section 21455. - 21455. If an official traffic control signal is erected and...

Section 21455.5. - 21455.5. (a) The limit line, the intersection, or a place...

Section 21455.6. - 21455.6. (a) A city council or county board of supervisors...

Section 21455.7. - 21455.7. (a) At an intersection at which there is an...

Section 21456. - 21456. (a) If a pedestrian control signal showing the words...

Section 21456. - 21456. (a) If a pedestrian control signal showing the words...

Section 21456.1. - 21456.1. Whenever an official traffic control signal exhibiting an approved...

Section 21456.2. - 21456.2. (a) Unless otherwise directed by a bicycle signal as...

Section 21456.2. - 21456.2. (a) Unless otherwise directed by a bicycle signal as...

Section 21456.3. - 21456.3. (a) An operator of a bicycle facing a green...

Section 21457. - 21457. Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow light is...

Section 21458. - 21458. (a) Whenever local authorities enact local parking regulations and...

Section 21459. - 21459. (a) The Department of Transportation in respect to state...

Section 21460. - 21460. (a) If double parallel solid yellow lines are in...

Section 21460.5. - 21460.5. (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities in...

Section 21461. - 21461. (a) It is unlawful for a driver of a...

Section 21461.5. - 21461.5. (a) It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to...

Section 21462. - 21462. (a) The driver of a vehicle, the person in...

Section 21463. - 21463. No person shall operate a manually or traffic actuated...

Section 21464. - 21464. (a) A person, without lawful authority, may not deface,...

Section 21465. - 21465. No person shall place, maintain, or display upon, or...

Section 21466. - 21466. No person shall place or maintain or display upon...

Section 21466.5. - 21466.5. No person shall place or maintain or display, upon...

Section 21467. - 21467. Every prohibited sign, signal, device, or light is a...

Section 21468. - 21468. This division does not modify or limit the authority...

CHAPTER 3 - Driving, Overtaking, and Passing

ARTICLE 1 - Driving on Right Side

Section 21650. - 21650. Upon all highways, a vehicle shall be driven upon...

Section 21650.1. - 21650.1. A bicycle operated on a roadway, or the shoulder...

Section 21651. - 21651. (a) Whenever a highway has been divided into two...

Section 21652. - 21652. When any service road has been constructed on or...

Section 21654. - 21654. (a) Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits, any vehicle...

Section 21655. - 21655. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation or local authorities...

Section 21655.1. - 21655.1. (a) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle...

Section 21655.5. - 21655.5. (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with...

Section 21655.6. - 21655.6. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation authorizes or permits...

Section 21655.7. - 21655.7. A local authority, with respect to any highway under...

Section 21655.8. - 21655.8. (a) Except as required under subdivision (b), when exclusive...

Section 21655.9. - 21655.9. (a) (1) Whenever the Department of Transportation or a...

Section 21656. - 21656. On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because...

Section 21657. - 21657. The authorities in charge of any highway may designate...

Section 21658. - 21658. Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or...

Section 21658.1. - 21658.1. (a) For the purposes of this section, “lane splitting”...

Section 21659. - 21659. Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes...

Section 21660. - 21660. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass...

Section 21661. - 21661. Whenever upon any grade the width of the roadway...

Section 21662. - 21662. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles...

Section 21663. - 21663. Except as expressly permitted pursuant to this code, including...

Section 21664. - 21664. It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle...

ARTICLE 2 - Additional Driving Rules

Section 21700. - 21700. No person shall drive a vehicle when it is...

Section 21700.5. - 21700.5. No person shall knowingly drive a bus within the...

Section 21701. - 21701. No person shall wilfully interfere with the driver of...

Section 21702. - 21702. (a) No person shall drive upon any highway any...

Section 21703. - 21703. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow...

Section 21704. - 21704. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle subject to...

Section 21705. - 21705. Motor vehicles being driven outside of a business or...

Section 21706. - 21706. No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall...

Section 21706.5. - 21706.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 21707. - 21707. No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle or...

Section 21708. - 21708. No person shall drive or propel any vehicle or...

Section 21709. - 21709. No vehicle shall at any time be driven through...

Section 21710. - 21710. The driver of a motor vehicle when traveling on...

Section 21711. - 21711. No person shall operate a train of vehicles when...

Section 21712. - 21712. (a) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not...

Section 21713. - 21713. No person shall operate on any highway any privately...

Section 21714. - 21714. The driver of a vehicle described in subdivision (f)...

Section 21715. - 21715. (a) No passenger vehicle regardless of weight, or any...

Section 21716. - 21716. Except as provided in Section 21115.1 and Chapter 6...

Section 21717. - 21717. Whenever it is necessary for the driver of a...

Section 21718. - 21718. (a) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing...

Section 21719. - 21719. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in the event of...

Section 21720. - 21720. A pocket bike shall not be operated on a...

Section 21721. - 21721. (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

ARTICLE 3 - Overtaking and Passing

Section 21750. - 21750. (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle...

Section 21751. - 21751. On a two-lane highway, no vehicle shall be driven...

Section 21752. - 21752. No vehicle shall be driven to the left side...

Section 21753. - 21753. Except when passing on the right is permitted, the...

Section 21754. - 21754. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass...

Section 21755. - 21755. (a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and...

Section 21756. - 21756. (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking any interurban...

Section 21757. - 21757. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and...

Section 21758. - 21758. In the event any vehicle is being operated on...

Section 21759. - 21759. The driver of any vehicle approaching any horse drawn...

Section 21760. - 21760. (a) This section shall be known and may be...

Section 21761. - 21761. (a) The driver of a vehicle on a public...

CHAPTER 4 - Right-of-Way

Section 21800. - 21800. (a) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection...

Section 21801. - 21801. (a) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn...

Section 21802. - 21802. (a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop...

Section 21803. - 21803. (a) The driver of any vehicle approaching any intersection...

Section 21804. - 21804. (a) The driver of any vehicle about to enter...

Section 21805. - 21805. (a) The Department of Transportation, and local authorities with...

Section 21806. - 21806. Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle...

Section 21807. - 21807. The provisions of Section 21806 shall not operate to...

Section 21809. - 21809. (a) A person driving a vehicle on a highway...

CHAPTER 5 - Pedestrians Rights and Duties

Section 21949. - 21949. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it...

Section 21949.5. - 21949.5. (a) On or before January 1, 2028, the Commissioner...

Section 21950. - 21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the...

Section 21950.5. - 21950.5. (a) An existing marked crosswalk may not be removed...

Section 21951. - 21951. Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk...

Section 21952. - 21952. The driver of any motor vehicle, prior to driving...

Section 21953. - 21953. (a) Whenever any pedestrian crosses a roadway other than...

Section 21954. - 21954. (a) Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point...

Section 21955. - 21955. (a) Between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic control signal...

Section 21956. - 21956. (a) A pedestrian shall not walk upon a roadway...

Section 21957. - 21957. No person shall stand in a roadway for the...

Section 21959. - 21959. It is unlawful for any person to ski or...

Section 21960. - 21960. (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, by...

Section 21961. - 21961. (a) This chapter does not prevent local authorities from...

Section 21962. - 21962. Any peace officer having reasonable cause to believe that...

Section 21963. - 21963. A totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying...

Section 21964. - 21964. No person, other than those totally or partially blind,...

Section 21965. - 21965. As used in Sections 21963 and 21964, “blind,” “totally...

Section 21966. - 21966. (a) A pedestrian shall not proceed along a bicycle...

Section 21967. - 21967. Except as provided in Section 21968, a local authority...

Section 21968. - 21968. (a) A motorized skateboard shall not be propelled on...

Section 21969. - 21969. A local authority may adopt rules and regulations by...

Section 21970. - 21970. (a) No person may stop a vehicle unnecessarily in...

Section 21971. - 21971. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who...

CHAPTER 6 - Turning and Stopping and Turning Signals

Section 22100. - 22100. Except as provided in Section 22100.5 or 22101, the...

Section 22100.5. - 22100.5. No driver shall make a U-turn at an intersection...

Section 22101. - 22101. (a) The Department of Transportation or local authorities, in...

Section 22102. - 22102. No person in a business district shall make a...

Section 22103. - 22103. No person in a residence district shall make a...

Section 22104. - 22104. No person shall make a U-turn in front of...

Section 22105. - 22105. No person shall make a U-turn upon any highway...

Section 22106. - 22106. No person shall start a vehicle stopped, standing, or...

Section 22107. - 22107. No person shall turn a vehicle from a direct...

Section 22108. - 22108. Any signal of intention to turn right or left...

Section 22109. - 22109. No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed...

Section 22110. - 22110. (a) The signals required by this chapter shall be...

Section 22111. - 22111. All required signals given by hand and arm shall...

Section 22112. - 22112. (a) On approach to a schoolbus stop where pupils...

Section 22113. - 22113. This chapter does not prevent local authorities, by ordinance,...

CHAPTER 7 - Speed Laws

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 22348. - 22348. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 22351, a person...

Section 22349. - 22349. (a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person...

Section 22350. - 22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway...

Section 22351. - 22351. (a) The speed of any vehicle upon a highway...

Section 22352. - 22352. The prima facie limits are as follows and shall...

Section 22353. - 22353. When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, the City...

Section 22353.2. - 22353.2. The City of Burbank may also consider equestrian safety...

Section 22353.3. - 22353.3. The City of Glendale may also consider equestrian safety...

Section 22353.4. - 22353.4. The City of Los Angeles may also consider equestrian...

Section 22353.5. - 22353.5. When conducting an engineering and traffic survey of the...

Section 22354. - 22354. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines upon the...

Section 22354.5. - 22354.5. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the...

Section 22355. - 22355. Whenever the Department of Transportation determines upon the basis...

Section 22356. - 22356. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation, after consultation with...

Section 22357. - 22357. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis...

Section 22357.1. - 22357.1. Notwithstanding Section 22357, a local authority may, by ordinance...

Section 22358. - 22358. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis...

Section 22358.3. - 22358.3. Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of...

Section 22358.4. - 22358.4. (a) (1) Whenever a local authority determines upon the...

Section 22358.5. - 22358.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that physical...

Section 22358.6. - 22358.6. (a) The Department of Transportation shall, in the next...

Section 22358.7. - 22358.7. (a) If a local authority, after completing an engineering...

Section 22358.8. - 22358.8. (a) If a local authority, after completing an engineering...

Section 22358.9. - 22358.9. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a local authority...

Section 22359. - 22359. With respect to boundary line streets and highways where...

Section 22360. - 22360. (a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis...

Section 22361. - 22361. On multiple-lane highways with two or more separate roadways...

Section 22362. - 22362. It is prima facie a violation of the basic...

Section 22363. - 22363. Notwithstanding any speed limit that may be in effect...

Section 22364. - 22364. Whenever the Department of Transportation determines, upon the basis...

Section 22365. - 22365. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county or...

Section 22366. - 22366. (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation determines the date...

ARTICLE 2 - Other Speed Laws

Section 22400. - 22400. (a) No person shall drive upon a highway at...

Section 22401. - 22401. Local authorities in timing traffic signals may so regulate...

Section 22402. - 22402. The Department of Transportation may, in the manner provided...

Section 22403. - 22403. Any local authority may, in the manner provided in...

Section 22404. - 22404. The Department of Transportation or local authority making a...

Section 22405. - 22405. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any...

Section 22406. - 22406. No person may drive any of the following vehicles...

Section 22406.1. - 22406.1. (a) A person who operates a commercial motor vehicle,...

Section 22406.5. - 22406.5. Any person who drives a tank vehicle subject to...

Section 22407. - 22407. Whenever the Department of Transportation or local authority determines...

Section 22409. - 22409. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any...

Section 22410. - 22410. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any...

Section 22411. - 22411. No person shall operate a motorized scooter at a...

Section 22413. - 22413. Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of...

CHAPTER 8 - Special Stops Required

Section 22450. - 22450. (a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop...

Section 22451. - 22451. (a) The driver of any vehicle or pedestrian approaching...

Section 22452. - 22452. (a) Subdivisions (b) and (d) apply to the operation...

Section 22452.5. - 22452.5. The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with respect...

Section 22453. - 22453. Failure of the driver of a motor vehicle carrying...

Section 22454. - 22454. (a) The driver of any vehicle, upon meeting or...

Section 22454.5. - 22454.5. Notwithstanding Section 42001, a person convicted of a first...

Section 22455. - 22455. (a) The driver of any commercial vehicle engaged in...

Section 22456. - 22456. (a) This section shall be known and may be...

CHAPTER 9 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking

Section 22500. - 22500. A person shall not stop, park, or leave standing...

Section 22500.1. - 22500.1. In addition to Section 22500, no person shall stop,...

Section 22500.2. - 22500.2. (a) A local authority may, by ordinance, prohibit a...

Section 22500.5. - 22500.5. Upon agreement between a transit system operating buses engaged...

Section 22501. - 22501. No ordinance enacted by local authorities pursuant to subdivisions...

Section 22502. - 22502. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a...

Section 22503. - 22503. Local authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on...

Section 22503.5. - 22503.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any local...

Section 22504. - 22504. (a) Upon any highway in unincorporated areas, a person...

Section 22505. - 22505. (a) The Department of Transportation with respect to highways...

Section 22506. - 22506. Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit or...

Section 22507. - 22507. (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit...

Section 22507.1. - 22507.1. (a) A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 22507.2. - 22507.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 22500, a local authority...

Section 22507.5. - 22507.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22507, local authorities may, by ordinance...

Section 22507.6. - 22507.6. Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or...

Section 22507.8. - 22507.8. (a) It is unlawful for any person to park...

Section 22507.9. - 22507.9. Local authorities may establish a special enforcement unit for...

Section 22508. - 22508. (a) A local authority shall not establish parking meter...

Section 22508.5. - 22508.5. (a) A vehicle may park, for up to the...

Section 22509. - 22509. Local authorities within the reasonable exercise of their police...

Section 22510. - 22510. (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit...

Section 22511. - 22511. (a) (1) A local authority, by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 22511.1. - 22511.1. (a) A person shall not park or leave standing...

Section 22511.2. - 22511.2. (a) A parking space served by electric vehicle supply...

Section 22511.3. - 22511.3. (a) A veteran displaying special license plates issued under...

Section 22511.5. - 22511.5. (a) (1) A disabled person or disabled veteran displaying...

Section 22511.55. - 22511.55. (a) (1) A disabled person or disabled veteran may...

Section 22511.56. - 22511.56. (a) A person using a distinguishing placard issued under...

Section 22511.57. - 22511.57. A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit...

Section 22511.58. - 22511.58. (a) Upon a request to the department by a...

Section 22511.59. - 22511.59. (a) Upon the receipt of the applications and documents...

Section 22511.6. - 22511.6. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles may cancel or...

Section 22511.7. - 22511.7. (a) In addition to Section 22511.8 for offstreet parking,...

Section 22511.8. - 22511.8. (a) A local authority, by ordinance or resolution, and...

Section 22511.85. - 22511.85. A vehicle, identified with a special license plate issued...

Section 22511.9. - 22511.9. Every new or replacement sign installed on or after...

Section 22511.95. - 22511.95. All new or replacement signs installed on or after...

Section 22511.10. - 22511.10. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 22511.11. - 22511.11. (a) The Office of the State Architect shall propose...

Section 22512. - 22512. Except as otherwise indicated in subdivision (b), none of...

Section 22513. - 22513. (a) (1) It is a misdemeanor for a towing...

Section 22513.1. - 22513.1. (a) (1) A business taking possession of a vehicle...

Section 22514. - 22514. No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any...

Section 22515. - 22515. (a) No person driving, or in control of, or...

Section 22516. - 22516. No person shall leave standing a locked vehicle in...

Section 22517. - 22517. No person shall open the door of a vehicle...

Section 22518. - 22518. (a) Fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities constructed, maintained,...

Section 22519. - 22519. Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit, restrict...

Section 22520.5. - 22520.5. (a) No person shall solicit, display, sell, offer for...

Section 22520.6. - 22520.6. (a) No person shall engage in any activity within...

Section 22521. - 22521. No person shall park a vehicle upon any railroad...

Section 22522. - 22522. No person shall park a vehicle within three feet...

Section 22523. - 22523. (a) No person shall abandon a vehicle upon any...

Section 22524. - 22524. (a) The abandonment of any vehicle in a manner...

Section 22524.5. - 22524.5. (a) Any insurer that is responsible for coverage for...

Section 22525. - 22525. Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution authorize vanpool...

Section 22526. - 22526. (a) Notwithstanding any official traffic control signal indication to...

CHAPTER 10 - Removal of Parked and Abandoned Vehicles

ARTICLE 1 - Authority to Remove Vehicles

Section 22650. - 22650. (a) It is unlawful for a peace officer or...

Section 22651. - 22651. A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing...

Section 22651.05. - 22651.05. (a) A trained volunteer of a state or local...

Section 22651.07. - 22651.07. (a) A person, including a law enforcement agency, city,...

Section 22651.1. - 22651.1. Persons operating or in charge of any storage facility...

Section 22651.2. - 22651.2. (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

Section 22651.3. - 22651.3. (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined...

Section 22651.4. - 22651.4. (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

Section 22651.5. - 22651.5. (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

Section 22651.6. - 22651.6. A peace officer or employee specified in Section 22651...

Section 22651.7. - 22651.7. (a) In addition to, or as an alternative to,...

Section 22651.8. - 22651.8. For purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of...

Section 22651.9. - 22651.9. (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

Section 22652. - 22652. (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

Section 22652.5. - 22652.5. The owner or person in lawful possession of an...

Section 22652.6. - 22652.6. Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing...

Section 22653. - 22653. (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined...

Section 22654. - 22654. (a) Whenever any peace officer, as that term is...

Section 22655. - 22655. (a) When any peace officer, as that term is...

Section 22655.3. - 22655.3. Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing...

Section 22655.5. - 22655.5. A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing...

Section 22656. - 22656. Any peace officer, as that term is defined in...

Section 22658. - 22658. (a) The owner or person in lawful possession of...

Section 22658.1. - 22658.1. (a) Any towing company that, in removing a vehicle,...

Section 22659. - 22659. Any peace officer of the Department of the California...

Section 22659.5. - 22659.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city or...

Section 22660. - 22660. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county,...

Section 22661. - 22661. Any ordinance establishing procedures for the removal of abandoned...

Section 22662. - 22662. Vehicles or parts thereof may be disposed of by...

Section 22663. - 22663. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 22660 shall provide...

Section 22664. - 22664. Any licensed dismantler or commercial enterprise acquiring vehicles removed...

Section 22665. - 22665. Notwithstanding Section 22710 or any other provision of law,...

Section 22666. - 22666. Whenever the department is administering a program pursuant to...

Section 22667. - 22667. In establishing procedures for the abatement and removal of...

Section 22668. - 22668. No local authority whose abandoned vehicle abatement and removal...

Section 22669. - 22669. (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined...

Section 22670. - 22670. (a) For lien sale purposes, the public agency causing...

Section 22671. - 22671. A local authority may either issue a franchise or...

Section 22710. - 22710. (a) A service authority for the abatement of abandoned...

Section 22711. - 22711. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Highway...

ARTICLE 2 - Vehicle Disposition

Section 22850. - 22850. Whenever an officer or employee removes a vehicle from...

Section 22850.3. - 22850.3. (a) A vehicle placed in storage pursuant to Section...

Section 22850.5. - 22850.5. (a) A city, county, or city and county, or...

Section 22851. - 22851. (a) (1) Whenever a vehicle has been removed to...

Section 22851.1. - 22851.1. (a) If the vehicle is impounded pursuant to subdivision...

Section 22851.2. - 22851.2. (a) Excepting a vehicle removed pursuant to Section 22669,...

Section 22851.3. - 22851.3. Whenever a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

Section 22851.4. - 22851.4. If the vehicle is determined to have a value...

Section 22851.6. - 22851.6. (a) Lienholders who acquire a vehicle subject to Section...

Section 22851.8. - 22851.8. (a) The lienholder shall, within 15 working days following...

Section 22851.10. - 22851.10. (a) A vehicle determined to have a value not...

Section 22851.12. - 22851.12. The lienholder may charge a fee for lien-sale preparations...

Section 22852. - 22852. (a) Whenever an authorized member of a public agency...

Section 22852.5. - 22852.5. (a) Whenever the possessory lien upon any vehicle is...

Section 22853. - 22853. (a) Whenever an officer or an employee removing a...

Section 22854. - 22854. The Department of Justice upon receiving notice under Section...

Section 22854.5. - 22854.5. Whenever an officer or employee of a public agency...

Section 22855. - 22855. The following persons shall have the authority to make...

Section 22856. - 22856. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no cause of...

CHAPTER 11 - Parking Lots

Section 22950. - 22950. Any city having a population of over 2,000,000 inhabitants...

Section 22951. - 22951. No operator of any offstreet parking facility shall park...

Section 22952. - 22952. Every person engaged in the operation of off-street parking...

Section 22953. - 22953. (a) An owner or person in lawful possession of...

CHAPTER 12 - Public Offenses

ARTICLE 1 - Driving Offenses

Section 23100. - 23100. The provisions of this chapter apply to vehicles upon...

Section 23103. - 23103. (a) A person who drives a vehicle upon a...

Section 23103.5. - 23103.5. (a) If the prosecution agrees to a plea of...

Section 23103.5. - 23103.5. (a) If the prosecution agrees to a plea of...

Section 23104. - 23104. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever reckless...

Section 23105. - 23105. (a) A person convicted of reckless driving in violation...

Section 23109. - 23109. (a) A person shall not engage in a motor...

Section 23109.1. - 23109.1. (a) A person convicted of engaging in a motor...

Section 23109.2. - 23109.2. (a) (1) Whenever a peace officer determines that a...

Section 23109.5. - 23109.5. (a) In any case charging a violation of subdivision...

Section 23110. - 23110. (a) Any person who throws any substance at a...

Section 23111. - 23111. No person in any vehicle and no pedestrian shall...

Section 23112. - 23112. (a) No person shall throw or deposit, nor shall...

Section 23112.5. - 23112.5. (a) Any person who dumps, spills, or causes the...

Section 23112.7. - 23112.7. (a) (1) A motor vehicle used for illegal dumping...

Section 23113. - 23113. (a) Any person who drops, dumps, deposits, places, or...

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