California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
General Provisions

Section 1. - 1. This act shall be known as the Vehicle Code....

Section 2. - 2. The provisions of this code, insofar as they are...

Section 3. - 3. All persons who, at the time this code goes...

Section 4. - 4. No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes...

Section 5. - 5. If any portion of this code is held unconstitutional,...

Section 6. - 6. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these...

Section 7. - 7. Division, chapter, and article headings do not in any...

Section 8. - 8. Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power...

Section 9. - 9. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required...

Section 10. - 10. Whenever any reference is made to any portion of...

Section 11. - 11. “Section” means a section of this code unless some...

Section 12. - 12. The present tense includes the past and future tenses;...

Section 12.2. - 12.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section...

Section 13. - 13. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. (Enacted...

Section 14. - 14. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural...

Section 15. - 15. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by...

Section 16. - 16. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

Section 17. - 17. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or...

Section 18. - 18. Officers and employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles...

Section 19. - 19. Whenever the acknowledgement of any document is required by...

Section 20. - 20. It is unlawful to use a false or fictitious...

Section 21. - 21. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of...

Section 22. - 22. Whenever notice is required to be given under this...

Section 23. - 23. The giving of notice by personal delivery is complete...

Section 24. - 24. Proof of the giving of notice may be made...

Section 24.5. - 24.5. All civil process in actions brought against the director...

Section 25. - 25. (a) It is unlawful for any person to display...

Section 25.5. - 25.5. It is unlawful for any person to falsely represent...

Section 27. - 27. Any person who without authority impersonates, or wears the...

Section 28. - 28. (a) Whenever possession is taken of any vehicle by...

Section 29. - 29. Wherever a notice or other communication is required by...

Section 30. - 30. It is declared as a matter of legislative policy...

Section 31. - 31. No person shall give, either orally or in writing,...

Section 32. - 32. Whenever local authorities are given the power to take...