California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 35000. - 35000. The provisions of this division refer exclusively to the...

Section 35001. - 35001. The provisions of this division, except those requiring a...

Section 35002. - 35002. (a) (1) This division does not apply to an...

Section 35003. - 35003. For the purpose of this division, booms, masts, machinery...

CHAPTER 2 - Width

Section 35100. - 35100. (a) The total outside width of any vehicle or...

Section 35100.1. - 35100.1. For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 35100, the...

Section 35100.5. - 35100.5. The total outside width of a cotton module mover...

Section 35101. - 35101. When any vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, the...

Section 35102. - 35102. When any vehicle carries a load of loosely piled...

Section 35103. - 35103. (a) A vehicle used for recreational purposes may exceed...

Section 35104. - 35104. The limitations as to width do not apply to...

Section 35105. - 35105. Any city organized under a freeholders’ charter may by...

Section 35106. - 35106. (a) Motor coaches or buses may have a maximum...

Section 35107. - 35107. “Urban and suburban service” means a service performed in...

Section 35109. - 35109. Lights, mirrors, or devices which are required to be...

Section 35110. - 35110. (a) Door handles, hinges, cable cinchers, chain binders, aerodynamic...

Section 35111. - 35111. No passenger vehicle shall be operated on any highway...

CHAPTER 3 - Height

Section 35250. - 35250. No vehicle or load shall exceed a height of...

Section 35251. - 35251. (a) A boom or mast which is designed to...

Section 35252. - 35252. (a) A pilot car may operate a vertical clearance...

CHAPTER 4 - Length

Section 35400. - 35400. (a) A vehicle may not exceed a length of...

Section 35400.5. - 35400.5. Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply to...

Section 35400.6. - 35400.6. (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply...

Section 35400.7. - 35400.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District...

Section 35400.75. - 35400.75. (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...

Section 35400.8. - 35400.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, the Sacramento Regional Transit District,...

Section 35400.9. - 35400.9. (a) Notwithstanding Section 35400, Gold Coast Transit (GCT), created...

Section 35401. - 35401. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and...

Section 35401.1. - 35401.1. A combination of vehicles operated pursuant to Section 35400...

Section 35401.3. - 35401.3. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 35401,...

Section 35401.5. - 35401.5. (a) A combination of vehicles consisting of a truck...

Section 35401.7. - 35401.7. (a) The limitations of access specified in subdivision (d)...

Section 35401.9. - 35401.9. Notwithstanding Section 35401, a driveaway-towaway combination, as described in...

Section 35402. - 35402. (a) Any extension or device, including any adjustable axle...

Section 35403. - 35403. Safety devices which are required to be mounted upon...

Section 35404. - 35404. Any county having a population in excess of 4,000,000...

Section 35405. - 35405. (a) An aerodynamic device that extends no more than...

Section 35406. - 35406. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load...

Section 35407. - 35407. Section 35406 does not apply to the booms or...

Section 35407.5. - 35407.5. Section 35406 and subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section...

Section 35408. - 35408. In no event shall a front bumper on a...

Section 35409. - 35409. (a) Any motor vehicle used for the purpose of...

Section 35410. - 35410. The load upon any motor vehicle alone or an...

Section 35411. - 35411. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load...

Section 35414. - 35414. (a) Except where a load can be transported consistent...

CHAPTER 5 - Weight

ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits

Section 35550. - 35550. (a) The gross weight imposed upon the highway by...

Section 35551. - 35551. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or...

Section 35551.5. - 35551.5. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply only...

Section 35552. - 35552. (a) This section applies only to trucks and vehicle...

Section 35553. - 35553. The provisions of this article shall not apply to...

Section 35554. - 35554. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 35550, the maximum gross weight...

Section 35555. - 35555. (a) During the period commencing September 15 of each...

Section 35557. - 35557. (a) Only upon request to, and approval by, and...

Section 35558. - 35558. Any person or business which has an axle weight...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Intermodal Weight Determination Program

Section 35580. - 35580. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial...

Section 35581. - 35581. (a) The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the...

ARTICLE 2 - Tire Limits

Section 35600. - 35600. The gross weight upon a solid tire upon a...

Section 35601. - 35601. The gross weight of any vehicle and load resting...

ARTICLE 3 - Limit Changes on State Highways

Section 35650. - 35650. The Department of Transportation, whenever it determines after an...

Section 35651. - 35651. Whenever in the judgment of the Department of Transportation...

Section 35652. - 35652. The Department of Transportation shall give notice of the...

Section 35653. - 35653. The hearing shall be conducted by one or more...

Section 35654. - 35654. Following the declaration of maximum weight as provided in...

Section 35655. - 35655. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any...

Section 35655.5. - 35655.5. (a) Notwithstanding this article or any other provision of...

Section 35655.6. - 35655.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person...

ARTICLE 4 - Local Authorities

Section 35700. - 35700. (a) The legislative body of any county or city...

Section 35700.5. - 35700.5. (a) The Department of Transportation, upon adoption of an...

Section 35701. - 35701. (a) Any city, or county for a residence district,...

Section 35702. - 35702. No ordinance proposed under Section 35701 is effective with...

Section 35703. - 35703. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 shall prohibit...

Section 35704. - 35704. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35701 to decrease...

Section 35705. - 35705. Section 35701 shall not be applicable to any city...

Section 35706. - 35706. Boards of supervisors in their respective counties may by...

Section 35707. - 35707. Boards of supervisors in their respective counties may by...

Section 35708. - 35708. In the event any person protests in writing to...

Section 35709. - 35709. The hearing shall be held in the county in...

Section 35710. - 35710. Whenever any weight limit different from those specified in...

Section 35711. - 35711. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35706 or 35707...

Section 35712. - 35712. (a) Any county may, by ordinance, prohibit the use...

Section 35713. - 35713. No ordinance closing a highway under Section 35712 or...

Section 35714. - 35714. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35712 shall be...

Section 35715. - 35715. (a) The County of Nevada may by ordinance prohibit...

Section 35715.1. - 35715.1. (a) The County of Tuolumne may by ordinance prohibit...

Section 35716. - 35716. No ordinance adopted by a city to decrease weight...

Section 35717. - 35717. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any county may...

Section 35718. - 35718. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be...

Section 35719. - 35719. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be...

Section 35720. - 35720. No ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 35717 shall be...

Section 35721. - 35721. No ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to Section 35717...

Section 35722. - 35722. Prior to the execution of freeway agreements for State...

ARTICLE 5 - Bridges and Other Structures

Section 35750. - 35750. (a) The Department of Transportation may, in the manner...

Section 35751. - 35751. (a) The Department of Transportation or the city council...

Section 35752. - 35752. Thereupon, the authority having jurisdiction over the bridge or...

Section 35753. - 35753. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any...

Section 35754. - 35754. Whenever, in the opinion of a local authority, a...

Section 35755. - 35755. Whenever a state highway bridge is in a dangerous...

ARTICLE 6 - Permits and Agreements

Section 35780. - 35780. (a) The Department of Transportation or local authorities, with...

Section 35780.3. - 35780.3. A permit issued under Section 35780 for the movement...

Section 35780.5. - 35780.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 320.5, the Department of Transportation or...

Section 35781. - 35781. The Department of Transportation shall develop a standard application...

Section 35782. - 35782. (a) The Department of Transportation or a local authority...

Section 35783. - 35783. Every permit shall be carried in the vehicle or...

Section 35783.5. - 35783.5. Warning signs required by the terms of a permit...

Section 35784. - 35784. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it is...

Section 35784.5. - 35784.5. (a) Any person convicted of transporting an extralegal load...

Section 35785. - 35785. (a) The axle weight limitations imposed in Sections 35550...

Section 35786. - 35786. Truck booster power units may be used to aid...

Section 35787. - 35787. The Department of Transportation or local authority, as the...

Section 35788. - 35788. Upon application to the Director of Transportation for permission...

Section 35789. - 35789. Any housemoving contractor or other person who by contract...

Section 35789.5. - 35789.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 35790. - 35790. (a) The Department of Transportation or local authorities with...

Section 35790.1. - 35790.1. In addition to the requirements and conditions contained in...

Section 35790.4. - 35790.4. The Legislature finds and declares that current restrictions on...

Section 35790.5. - 35790.5. (a) A permit issued pursuant to Section 35790 may...

Section 35790.6. - 35790.6. A permit issued pursuant to Section 35780 or 35790...

Section 35791. - 35791. The Department of Transportation and any local authority may,...

Section 35795. - 35795. (a) (1) The Department of Transportation may charge a...

Section 35796. - 35796. Any or all of the powers granted to local...