California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 24000. - 24000. Wherever in this division the word “department” occurs, it...

Section 24001. - 24001. This division and Division 13 (commencing at Section 29000),...

Section 24001.5. - 24001.5. A golf cart as defined in Section 345 shall...

Section 24002. - 24002. (a) It is unlawful to operate any vehicle or...

Section 24002.5. - 24002.5. (a) No person may operate a farm labor vehicle...

Section 24003. - 24003. No vehicle shall be equipped with any lamp or...

Section 24004. - 24004. No person shall operate any vehicle or combination of...

Section 24005. - 24005. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer...

Section 24005.5. - 24005.5. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

Section 24006. - 24006. No person shall sell or offer for sale either...

Section 24007. - 24007. (a) (1) No dealer or person holding a retail...

Section 24007.1. - 24007.1. (a) The manufacturer of equipment used in the assembly...

Section 24007.2. - 24007.2. If a dealer, or a person holding a retail...

Section 24007.5. - 24007.5. (a) (1) No auctioneer or public agency shall sell,...

Section 24007.6. - 24007.6. Except for vehicles sold to a dealer or for...

Section 24008. - 24008. It is unlawful to operate any passenger vehicle, or...

Section 24008.5. - 24008.5. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle with...

Section 24009. - 24009. No person shall sell or offer for sale a...

Section 24010. - 24010. (a) No person engaged in the rental of any...

Section 24011. - 24011. Whenever a federal motor vehicle safety standard is established...

Section 24011.3. - 24011.3. (a) Every manufacturer or importer of new passenger vehicles...

Section 24011.5. - 24011.5. (a) A dealer or manufacturer shall not sell any...

Section 24011.7. - 24011.7. (a) Nothing in Chapter 20.4 (commencing with Section 9889.50)...

Section 24012. - 24012. All lighting equipment or devices subject to requirements established...

Section 24013. - 24013. No new motor vehicle shall be sold unless the...

Section 24013.5. - 24013.5. (a) No dealer shall sell, offer for sale, or...

Section 24014. - 24014. (a) A dealer shall not sell, offer for sale,...

Section 24015. - 24015. (a) Motorized bicycles shall comply with those federal motor...

Section 24016. - 24016. (a) An electric bicycle described in subdivision (a) of...

Section 24017. - 24017. (a) A commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section...

Section 24018. - 24018. (a) Every transit bus operated by a motor carrier,...

Section 24019. - 24019. (a) A nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicle with a...

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...

CHAPTER 3 - Brakes

ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements

Section 26301. - 26301. Any motor vehicle first registered in this state after...

Section 26301.5. - 26301.5. Every passenger vehicle manufactured and first registered after January...

Section 26302. - 26302. (a) Every trailer or semitrailer, manufactured and first registered...

Section 26303. - 26303. Every trailer coach and every camp trailer having a...

Section 26304. - 26304. (a) Power brakes on any trailer or semitrailer manufactured...

Section 26305. - 26305. Any auxiliary dolly or tow dolly may be equipped...

Section 26307. - 26307. No forklift truck manufactured after January 1, 1970, shall...

Section 26311. - 26311. (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service...

ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes

Section 26450. - 26450. Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a service...

Section 26451. - 26451. The parking brake system of every motor vehicle shall...

Section 26452. - 26452. All motor vehicles shall be so equipped as to...

Section 26453. - 26453. All brakes and component parts thereof shall be maintained...

Section 26454. - 26454. (a) The service brakes of every motor vehicle or...

Section 26455. - 26455. In respect to any motor vehicle designed, used or...

Section 26456. - 26456. Stopping distance requirement tests shall be conducted on a...

Section 26457. - 26457. Special mobile equipment, logging vehicles, equipment operated under special...

Section 26458. - 26458. (a) The braking system on every motor vehicle used...

Section 26458.5. - 26458.5. Pursuant to Section 26458, whenever a motor vehicle is...

ARTICLE 3 - Airbrakes

Section 26502. - 26502. (a) Airbrakes of every motor vehicle and combination of...

Section 26503. - 26503. Every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to...

Section 26504. - 26504. The air governor cut-in and cut-out pressures of every...

Section 26505. - 26505. A motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to...

Section 26506. - 26506. (a) Every motor vehicle airbrake system used to operate...

Section 26507. - 26507. A check valve shall be installed and properly maintained...

Section 26508. - 26508. Every vehicle or combination of vehicles using compressed air...

ARTICLE 4 - Vacuum Brakes

Section 26520. - 26520. Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes...

Section 26521. - 26521. Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes...

Section 26522. - 26522. Vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and...

CHAPTER 4 - Windshields and Mirrors

Section 26700. - 26700. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c),...

Section 26701. - 26701. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or...

Section 26703. - 26703. (a) No person shall replace any glazing materials used...

Section 26704. - 26704. Wherever the term “safety glazing material” is used in...

Section 26705. - 26705. On or after January 1, 1969, no person shall...

Section 26706. - 26706. (a) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, equipped with a...

Section 26707. - 26707. Windshield wipers required by this code shall be maintained...

Section 26708. - 26708. (a) (1) A person shall not drive any motor...

Section 26708.2. - 26708.2. Sun screening devices permitted by paragraph (10) of subdivision...

Section 26708.5. - 26708.5. (a) No person shall place, install, affix, or apply...

Section 26708.7. - 26708.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a vehicle operated and owned...

Section 26709. - 26709. (a) (1) Every motor vehicle registered in a foreign...

Section 26710. - 26710. (a) It is unlawful to operate any motor vehicle...

Section 26711. - 26711. Every bus or trolley coach, except those first registered...

Section 26712. - 26712. (a) Every passenger vehicle used or maintained for the...

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...