California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 16.5 - OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 38000. - 38000. This division may be cited as the Chappie-Z'berg Off-Highway...

Section 38001. - 38001. (a) Except as otherwise provided, this division applies to...

Section 38006. - 38006. As used in this division, an “off-highway motor vehicle”...

Section 38007. - 38007. The Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of the Department...

CHAPTER 2 - Registration of Off-Highway Vehicles; Original and Renewal of Identification; Issuance of Certificates of Ownership

ARTICLE 1 - Motor Vehicles Subject to Identification

Section 38010. - 38010. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 38012. - 38012. (a) As used in this division, “off-highway motor vehicle...

Section 38013. - 38013. Unless otherwise provided, the terms “identification” and “identification certificate”...

Section 38014. - 38014. As used in this division, “closed course” includes, but...

Section 38020. - 38020. Except as otherwise provided in this division, a person...

Section 38021. - 38021. (a) A manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, or his agent,...

Section 38022. - 38022. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4000, motorcycles issued a...

Section 38025. - 38025. In accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 4000, a...

Section 38026. - 38026. (a) In addition to Section 38025 and after complying...

Section 38026.1. - 38026.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), the County...

Section 38026.2. - 38026.2. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), the City...

Section 38026.5. - 38026.5. (a) In accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 4000,...

Section 38027. - 38027. Motor-driven cycles issued a plate or device pursuant to...

Section 38030. - 38030. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 38020, an unidentified off-highway...

ARTICLE 2 - Original Identification

Section 38040. - 38040. Application for the original identification of a motor vehicle,...

Section 38041. - 38041. Application for the original identification of a motorcycle shall...

Section 38045. - 38045. Ownership of title to an off-highway motor vehicle subject...

Section 38050. - 38050. In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence...

Section 38055. - 38055. In the event the vehicle is no longer identified...

Section 38060. - 38060. (a) Whenever any person, after making application for identification...

ARTICLE 3 - Evidences of Identification

Section 38070. - 38070. The department, upon identifying an off-highway motor vehicle subject...

Section 38075. - 38075. (a) The identification certificate shall contain upon the face...

Section 38076. - 38076. The certificate of ownership shall contain: (a) Not less...

Section 38080. - 38080. (a) The department may authorize, under Section 4456, dealers...

Section 38085. - 38085. (a) Every owner upon receipt of an identification certificate...

Section 38087. - 38087. (a) Upon payment of the fees specified in Section...

Section 38087.5. - 38087.5. (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section...

Section 38088. - 38088. (a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section...

Section 38090. - 38090. If any identification certificate or identification plate or device...

Section 38095. - 38095. If any certificate of ownership is stolen, lost, mutilated...

Section 38100. - 38100. The provisions of Sections 4458, 4460, 4461, 4462, 4463,...

ARTICLE 4 - Renewal of Identification

Section 38110. - 38110. Certificates of ownership shall not be renewed but shall...

Section 38115. - 38115. Every motor vehicle identification and identification certificate issued pursuant...

Section 38120. - 38120. (a) Application for renewal of identification of off-highway motor...

Section 38121. - 38121. (a) Prior to the expiration of the identification of...

Section 38125. - 38125. Whenever by reason of the theft or embezzlement of...

Section 38130. - 38130. When application for identification of an off-highway motor vehicle...

Section 38135. - 38135. The department may, upon renewing of an identification of...

ARTICLE 5 - Refusal of Identification

Section 38145. - 38145. The department shall refuse the identification or renewal or...

Section 38150. - 38150. The department may refuse the identification or renewal or...

ARTICLE 6 - Identification Plate or Device

Section 38160. - 38160. The department, upon identifying an off-highway motor vehicle subject...

Section 38165. - 38165. (a) The department shall determine the size, color, and...

Section 38170. - 38170. (a) Every off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification shall...

ARTICLE 7 - Dismantling of Off-Highway Motor Vehicles

Section 38180. - 38180. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 11500) of Division 5...

Section 38185. - 38185. No off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification which has...

ARTICLE 8 - Transfers of Title or Interest

Section 38195. - 38195. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5600)...

Section 38200. - 38200. (a) Every licensed dealer upon transferring by sale, lease,...

Section 38205. - 38205. Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly...

Section 38210. - 38210. When the transferee of an off-highway motor vehicle subject...

Section 38211. - 38211. (a) The department shall withhold identification of or the...

ARTICLE 9 - Identification Fees

Section 38225. - 38225. (a) A service fee of seven dollars ($7) shall...

Section 38225.4. - 38225.4. In addition to the service fees specified in subdivision...

Section 38225.5. - 38225.5. In addition to the service fees specified in Section...

Section 38230. - 38230. In addition to the fees imposed by Section 38225,...

Section 38231. - 38231. The fees for a special permit issued under Section...

Section 38231.5. - 38231.5. (a) The fee for a special permit issued under...

Section 38232. - 38232. A special fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be...

Section 38235. - 38235. All money collected by the department under Section 38230...

Section 38240. - 38240. (a) The Controller shall allocate the fees collected under...

Section 38245. - 38245. Whenever an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification is...

Section 38246. - 38246. (a) A penalty shall be added upon any application...

Section 38247. - 38247. (a) When a transferee or purchaser of a vehicle...

Section 38250. - 38250. Whenever any person has received as transferee a properly...

Section 38255. - 38255. Upon application for transfer of ownership or any interest...

Section 38260. - 38260. Upon application for a duplicate ownership certificate or identification...

Section 38265. - 38265. (a) The penalty for delinquency in respect to any...

CHAPTER 5 - Off-Highway Vehicle Operating Rules

ARTICLE 1 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings

Section 38280. - 38280. Federal, state, or local authorities having jurisdiction over public...

Section 38285. - 38285. Only those signs, signals, markings, or devices that conform...

Section 38286. - 38286. The provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 38305),...

Section 38300. - 38300. It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle...

Section 38301. - 38301. (a) It is unlawful to operate a vehicle in...

Section 38301.3. - 38301.3. Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 5008 of the Public...

Section 38301.5. - 38301.5. Every person convicted of violating a local ordinance which...

Section 38302. - 38302. It is unlawful for any person to place or...

ARTICLE 2 - Operating Controls

Section 38304. - 38304. The operator of an off-highway motor vehicle shall be...

Section 38304.1. - 38304.1. (a) Neither a parent or guardian of a child...

ARTICLE 3 - Speed Laws

Section 38305. - 38305. No person shall drive an off-highway motor vehicle at...

Section 38310. - 38310. The prima facie speed limit within 50 feet of...

ARTICLE 4 - Turning and Starting

Section 38312. - 38312. No person shall place in motion an off-highway motor...

Section 38314. - 38314. No person shall turn an off-highway motor vehicle from...

ARTICLE 5 - Reckless Driving

Section 38316. - 38316. (a) It is unlawful for any person to drive...

Section 38317. - 38317. Whenever reckless driving of an off-highway motor vehicle proximately...

Section 38318. - 38318. (a) Any person who throws any substance at an...

Section 38318.5. - 38318.5. (a) Any person who maliciously removes or alters trail,...

ARTICLE 6 - Littering and Environmental Protection

Section 38319. - 38319. No person shall operate, nor shall an owner permit...

Section 38320. - 38320. (a) No person shall throw or deposit, nor shall...

Section 38321. - 38321. (a) Any person who drops, dumps, deposits, places, or...

CHAPTER 6 - Equipment of Off-Highway Vehicles

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 38325. - 38325. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all...

Section 38330. - 38330. It is unlawful to operate any vehicle or combination...

ARTICLE 2 - Lighting Equipment

Section 38335. - 38335. When operated from one-half hour after sunset to one-half...

Section 38345. - 38345. When operated from one-half hour after sunset to one-half...

Section 38346. - 38346. A person shall not display a flashing or steady...

ARTICLE 3 - Brakes

Section 38355. - 38355. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every motor...

ARTICLE 4 - Equipment

Section 38365. - 38365. (a) Every off-highway motor vehicle, as defined in Section...

Section 38366. - 38366. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4442 of the Public Resources Code,...

Section 38370. - 38370. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not identify...

Section 38375. - 38375. (a) An off-highway motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency...

Section 38380. - 38380. (a) Because of specialized conditions such as fire hazard,...

ARTICLE 5 - Emission Control Equipment

Section 38390. - 38390. No person shall operate or maintain in a condition...

Section 38391. - 38391. No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or...

Section 38392. - 38392. When the court finds that a person has willfully...

Section 38393. - 38393. No person shall operate an off-highway motor vehicle after...

Section 38394. - 38394. The notice to appear issued or complaint filed for...

Section 38395. - 38395. This article shall not apply to an alteration, modification,...

Section 38396. - 38396. The provisions of this article apply to off-highway motor...

Section 38397. - 38397. Except as provided in Section 38390, this article shall...

CHAPTER 7 - All-Terrain Vehicles

Section 38500. - 38500. The Off-Highway Vehicle Safety Education Committee is hereby established....

Section 38500.1. - 38500.1. The Off-Highway Vehicle Safety Education Committee shall meet periodically...

Section 38501. - 38501. (a) An all-terrain vehicle safety training organization, commencing on...

Section 38502. - 38502. The department, on and after July 1, 1988, may...

Section 38503. - 38503. No person under the age of 18 years, on...

Section 38504. - 38504. No person under 14 years of age, on and...

Section 38504.1. - 38504.1. (a) Neither a parent or guardian of a child...

Section 38504.2. - 38504.2. If a person under 14 years of age was...

Section 38505. - 38505. A person, on and after January 1, 1989, shall...

Section 38506. - 38506. An operator of an all-terrain vehicle shall not carry...

CHAPTER 8 - Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles

Section 38600. - 38600. A person operating a recreational off-highway vehicle on lands,...

Section 38601. - 38601. A person shall not operate, or allow a passenger...

Section 38602. - 38602. A person operating, and any passenger in, a recreational...

Section 38603. - 38603. (a) A person operating a recreational off-highway vehicle with...

Section 38604. - 38604. (a) A person operating a recreational off-highway vehicle on...