California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 7 - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS

CHAPTER 1 - Compulsory Financial Responsibility

ARTICLE 1 - Accident Reports

Section 16000. - 16000. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle who is...

Section 16000.1. - 16000.1. (a) For purposes of this division, a “reportable off-highway...

Section 16000.7. - 16000.7. As used in this division an “uninsured motor vehicle”...

Section 16000.8. - 16000.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if...

Section 16001. - 16001. If the vehicle involved was a driverless runaway vehicle...

Section 16002. - 16002. (a) If the driver at the time of the...

Section 16003. - 16003. If any driver is physically incapable of making the...

Section 16004. - 16004. (a) The department shall suspend the driving privilege of...

Section 16005. - 16005. (a) All reports and supplemental reports required by this...

ARTICLE 2 - Financial Responsibility

Section 16020. - 16020. (a) All drivers and all owners of a motor...

Section 16020.3. - 16020.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employer that...

Section 16021. - 16021. Financial responsibility of the driver or owner is established...

Section 16025. - 16025. (a) Every driver involved in the accident shall, unless...

Section 16027. - 16027. (a) Whenever proof of financial responsibility has been established...

Section 16028. - 16028. (a) Upon the demand of a peace officer pursuant...

Section 16029. - 16029. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of...

Section 16030. - 16030. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person...

Section 16033. - 16033. No public entity or employee, agent, or any person...

ARTICLE 3 - Evidence of Financial Responsibility

Section 16050. - 16050. In order to establish evidence of financial responsibility, every...

Section 16050.5. - 16050.5. The owner of a vehicle, who has a liability...

Section 16051. - 16051. (a) Evidence may be established by filing a report...

Section 16052. - 16052. Evidence may be established if the owner of the...

Section 16053. - 16053. (a) The department may in its discretion, upon application,...

Section 16054. - 16054. (a) Evidence may be established by filing with the...

Section 16054.2. - 16054.2. Evidence may also be established by any of the...

Section 16055. - 16055. Evidence of insurance or bond shall be submitted by...

Section 16056. - 16056. (a) No policy or bond shall be effective under...

Section 16056. - 16056. (a) No policy or bond shall be effective under...

Section 16056.1. - 16056.1. Notwithstanding the coverage limits specified in Section 16056, an...

Section 16057. - 16057. Upon receipt of notice of an accident from the...

Section 16058. - 16058. (a) (1) An insurer that issues private passenger automobile...

Section 16058.1. - 16058.1. The department shall develop a method by which law...

ARTICLE 4 - Suspensions

Section 16070. - 16070. (a) Whenever a driver involved in an accident described...

Section 16071. - 16071. The department shall suspend the driving privilege of any...

Section 16072. - 16072. (a) The suspension of the driving privilege of a...

Section 16073. - 16073. (a) The privilege of a person employed for the...

Section 16074. - 16074. Whenever the department has taken any action or has...

Section 16075. - 16075. (a) The suspension provisions of this article shall not...

Section 16076. - 16076. (a) The department shall notify every person whose driving...

Section 16077. - 16077. (a) The department, upon application and payment of a...

Section 16078. - 16078. Any person who has paid the penalty fee prescribed...

CHAPTER 2 - Suspensions Following Unsatisfied Judgments

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 16250. - 16250. As used in this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing...

Section 16251. - 16251. (a) As used in this chapter and Chapter 3...

ARTICLE 2 - Suspension of Driving Privilege

Section 16370. - 16370. The department shall suspend the privilege of any person...

Section 16370.5. - 16370.5. The department shall suspend the privilege of any person...

Section 16370.7. - 16370.7. Documents filed with the department pursuant to Section 16370...

Section 16371. - 16371. The suspension shall remain in effect, and no license...

Section 16373. - 16373. (a) The clerk of a court shall, subject to...

Section 16374. - 16374. Whenever after a judgment is satisfied and proof of...

Section 16375. - 16375. Any person whose driver’s license has been suspended, or...

Section 16376. - 16376. (a) If the person against whom judgment is rendered...

Section 16377. - 16377. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, every judgment...

Section 16378. - 16378. (a) Money deposited pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision...

Section 16379. - 16379. (a) The department shall not suspend a license and...

Section 16380. - 16380. The trial court may order the payment of a...

Section 16381. - 16381. In the event that it is made to appear...

CHAPTER 3 - Proof of Financial Responsibility

ARTICLE 1 - Proof Requirements

Section 16430. - 16430. (a) “Proof of financial responsibility,” when required by this...

Section 16430. - 16430. (a) “Proof of financial responsibility,” when required by this...

Section 16431. - 16431. (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by...

Section 16433. - 16433. A certificate or certificates shall certify, if the liability...

Section 16434. - 16434. (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by...

Section 16435. - 16435. (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by...

Section 16435. - 16435. (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by...

Section 16436. - 16436. Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the...

ARTICLE 2 - Insurance Policy

Section 16450. - 16450. A “motor vehicle liability policy,” as used in Chapters...

Section 16451. - 16451. (a) An owner’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance...

Section 16451. - 16451. (a) An owner’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance...

Section 16452. - 16452. An operator’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance shall...

Section 16453. - 16453. Any motor vehicle liability policy may grant any lawful...

Section 16454. - 16454. Any motor vehicle liability policy need not cover any...

Section 16455. - 16455. The provisions of Section 16451 shall not apply to...

Section 16457. - 16457. Whenever proof of financial responsibility is required to be...

ARTICLE 3 - Release of Proof

Section 16480. - 16480. (a) The department shall upon request, or may at...

Section 16482. - 16482. (a) Any person whose privilege to operate a motor...

Section 16483. - 16483. The department shall cancel any bond or any certificate...

Section 16484. - 16484. Except when a nonresident minor’s certificate or minor’s license...

CHAPTER 4 - Commercial Vehicles

Section 16500. - 16500. (a) Every owner of a vehicle used in the...

Section 16500. - 16500. (a) (1) Every owner of a vehicle used in...

Section 16500.5. - 16500.5. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the owner...

Section 16501. - 16501. The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent local...

Section 16502. - 16502. (a) An owner shall not use, or with his...

Section 16503. - 16503. The department shall suspend the registration of all vehicles...

CHAPTER 6 - Interstate Highway Carriers

Section 16560. - 16560. (a) Any person or corporation who operates or causes...