California

Vehicle Code

3,866 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — This act shall be known as the Vehicle Code.
• § 10 — Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions heretofore or hereafter made.
• § 100 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
• § 102 — “Ability to respond in damages” means financial responsibility.
• § 105 — An “agricultural water-well boring rig” is a motor vehicle which is used exclusively in the boring of water-wells on agricultural property.
• § 10500 — (a) A peace officer, upon receiving a report based on reliable information that a vehicle registered under this code has been stolen, taken, or driven in violation of Section 10851, or that a leased o
• § 10501 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to make or file a false or fraudulent report of theft of a vehicle required to be registered under this code with any law enforcement agency with intent to deceive.
• § 10502 — (a) The owner or legal owner of a vehicle registered under this code which has been stolen or embezzled may notify the Department of the California Highway Patrol of the theft or embezzlement, but in
• § 10503 — The Department of Justice upon receiving notice under this chapter that a vehicle has been stolen, or taken or driven in violation of Section 10851, or that a vehicle reported stolen, or taken or driv
• § 10504 — The department upon receiving a report of a stolen vehicle, or of a vehicle taken or driven in violation of Section 10851, shall place an appropriate notice in the electronic file system which will id
• § 10505 — Upon the transfer of registration of a vehicle reported as stolen or embezzled, the department shall immediately notify the reporting agency of such fact.
• § 10550 — In this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the terms and definitions set forth in Section 9840 shall apply.
• § 10551 — Every peace officer upon receiving a report based on reliable information that any undocumented vessel numbered under this code has been stolen shall immediately after receiving such information repor
• § 10551.5 — The Department of Justice upon receiving notice under this chapter that a vessel has been stolen or that a vessel reported stolen has been recovered shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of th
• § 10552 — It is unlawful for any person to make or file a false or fraudulent report of the theft of an undocumented vessel required to be numbered under this code with any law enforcement agents with intent to
• § 10553 — The owner or legal owner of a vessel numbered under this code which has been stolen or embezzled may notify a law enforcement agency of the theft or embezzlement, but in the event of an embezzlement m
• § 10554 — The department upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled vessel shall place an appropriate notice in the electronic file system which will identify such vessel during the processing of new cert
• § 10650 — (a) Every operator of a towing service and every keeper of a garage or trailer park shall keep a written record of every vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code stored for a period l
• § 10652 — Whenever any vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code has been stored in a garage, repair shop, parking lot, or trailer park for 30 days, the keeper shall report such fact to the Depa
• § 10652.5 — (a) Whenever the name and address of the legal owner of a motor vehicle is known, or may be ascertained from the registration records in the vehicle or from the records of the Department of Motor Vehi
• § 10653 — Whenever any vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code which shows evidence of having been struck by a bullet is stored in a garage or repair shop, the keeper thereof shall within 24 h
• § 10654 — Every person other than the keeper of a garage renting any private building used as a private garage or space therein for the storage of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code, wh
• § 10655 — No person required to keep a record or make a report under this chapter shall wilfully fail, refuse, or neglect to comply with this chapter.
• § 10656 — The director, deputy director, registrar, deputy registrar, investigators of the department, and members of a city police department or county sheriff’s office whose primary responsibility is to condu
• § 10658 — (a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the storage of any recreational vehicle owned by a mobilehome park resident and stored in a mobilehome park.
• § 10750 — (a) No person shall intentionally deface, destroy, or alter the motor number, other distinguishing number, or identification mark of a vehicle required or employed for registration purposes without wr
• § 10751 — (a) No person shall knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, or have in his or her possession, any vehicle, or component part thereof, from which any serial or identification number, including, b
• § 10752 — (a) No person shall, with intent to prejudice, damage, injure, or defraud, acquire, possess, sell, or offer for sale any genuine or counterfeit manufacturer’s serial or identification number from or f
• § 10753 — (a) Any person who removes, alters, or obfuscates any vehicle identification number or other unique marking that has been added to a catalytic converter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 108 — “Airbrakes” means a brake system using compressed air either for actuating the service brakes at the wheels of the vehicle or as a source of power for controlling or applying service brakes which are
• § 10801 — Any person who knowingly and intentionally owns or operates a chop shop is guilty of a public offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 117
• § 10802 — Any person who knowingly alters, counterfeits, defaces, destroys, disguises, falsifies, forges, obliterates, or removes vehicle identification numbers, with the intent to misrepresent the identity or
• § 10803 — (a) Any person who buys with the intent to resell, disposes of, sells, or transfers, more than one motor vehicle or parts from more than one motor vehicle, with the knowledge that the vehicle identifi
• § 10804 — (a) Section 10803 does not apply to a motor vehicle scrap processor who, in the normal legal course of business and in good faith, processes a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part by crushing, compacti
• § 10850 — The provisions of this chapter apply to vehicles upon the highways and elsewhere throughout the State.
• § 10851 — (a) Any person who drives or takes a vehicle not his or her own, without the consent of the owner thereof, and with intent either to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner thereof of his or her
• § 10851.5 — Any person who takes binder chains, required under regulations adopted pursuant to Section 31510, having a value of nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) or less which chains are not his own, without the
• § 10852 — No person shall either individually or in association with one or more other persons, wilfully injure or tamper with any vehicle or the contents thereof or break or remove any part of a vehicle withou
• § 10852.5 — (a) No person shall purchase a used catalytic converter, including for the purpose of dismantling, recycling, or smelting, except from any of the following: (1) An automobile dismantler licensed pursu
• § 10853 — No person shall with intent to commit any malicious mischief, injury, or other crime, climb into or upon a vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, nor shall any person attempt to manipulate any of
• § 10854 — Every person having the storage, care, safe-keeping, custody, or possession of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code who, without the consent of the owner, takes, hires, runs,
• § 10855 — (a) If a person who has leased or rented a vehicle willfully and intentionally fails to return the vehicle to its owner within five days after the lease or rental agreement has expired, the person sha
• § 10856 — (a) A person shall not interfere with the transport of a vehicle to a storage facility, auction, or dealer by an individual who is employed by a repossession agency or who is licensed pursuant to Chap
• § 109 — “Alcoholic beverage” includes any liquid or solid material intended to be ingested by a person which contains ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol, or alcohol, including, but not lim
• § 10900 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act.
• § 10901 — (a) Pursuant to Section 1872.
• § 10902 — The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall establish a program entitled “CAL H.
• § 10904 — The commissioner may develop a public education campaign to deter participation in auto insurance fraud and to encourage reporting of fraudulent claims.
• § 11 — “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned and “subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is e
• § 110 — “Alley” is any highway having a roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width which is primarily used for access to the rear or side entrances of abutting property; provided, that the City and County of San
• § 111 — (a) “All-terrain vehicle” means a motor vehicle subject to subdivision (a) of Section 38010 that is all of the following: (1) Designed for operation off of the highway by an operator with no more than
• § 111.3 — An “all-terrain vehicle safety instructor” is a person who is sponsored by an all-terrain vehicle safety training organization, who has completed a course in all-terrain vehicle safety instruction adm
• § 111.5 — An “all-terrain vehicle safety training organization” is any organization which is approved to offer a program of instruction in all-terrain vehicle safety, including all-terrain vehicle safety instru
• § 11100 — (a) No person shall own or operate a driving school or give driving instruction for compensation, unless a license therefor has been secured from the department.
• § 11100.1 — No person who instructs others in the operation of all-terrain vehicles shall represent that the instruction given satisfies the requirements of Sections 38503 and 38504, and no certificate shall be i
• § 11100.5 — Whenever it is necessary for a driving school or independent driving instructor to be certified by the Department of Education, or any agency thereof, in order to participate in any state or federal p
• § 11101 — (a) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Public schools or educational institutions in which driving instruction is part of the curriculum.
• § 11102 — (a) A driving school owner, or the principal in an all-terrain vehicle safety training organization, shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Maintain an established place of business open to
• § 11102.1 — If a deposit is given instead of the bond required by Section 11102: (a) The director may order the deposit returned at the expiration of three years from the date a driving school licensee has ceased
• § 11102.5 — (a) A driving school operator shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Within three attempts, pass an examination that the department requires on traffic laws, safe driving practices, operati
• § 11102.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11102.
• § 11103 — A driving school owner and an independent instructor licensed under Section 11105.
• § 11103.1 — An all-terrain vehicle safety training organization shall maintain bodily injury and property damage liability insurance on motor vehicles while being used in all-terrain vehicle safety instruction, i
• § 11103.2 — A driving school owner who employs one or more driving instructors or other employees shall sign, under penalty of perjury, a statement in a form determined and retained by the department stating that
• § 11104 — (a) Every person, in order to qualify as a driving instructor, as defined in Section 310.
• § 11104.3 — (a) An all-terrain vehicle safety instructor shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be a person who has not been convicted of a crime involving an act of dishonesty, fraud, or deceit with t
• § 11104.5 — Each applicant for a license as a driving school owner, driving school operator, or driving instructor shall submit an application to the department on the forms prescribed by the department.
• § 11104.6 — Each applicant for a license or for renewal of a license under this chapter shall submit an application to the department on the forms prescribed by the department.
• § 11105 — (a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each driving school owner and to each driving school operator when it is satisfied that the owner has met the qualifications required under this
• § 11105.1 — (a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each driving school instructor and to each all-terrain vehicle safety instructor when it is satisfied that the person has met the qualifications
• § 11105.2 — (a) The fee for a license issued to a driving school owner or to an all-terrain vehicle safety training organization shall be as follows: (1) For the original license, or an ownership change which req
• § 11105.3 — Any school owner, operator, or instructor required to be licensed under this chapter who fails to renew the license prior to the expiration of the license in accordance with Sections 11105 and 11105.
• § 11105.5 — The department shall issue an independent driving instructor’s license to permit instruction in any city with a population of less than 50,000, which does not have within it an established licensed dr
• § 11105.6 — (a) The department shall issue a license to an all-terrain vehicle safety training organization when the department is satisfied that the organization has met the qualifications required under this ch
• § 11106 — (a) Until the department is satisfied that the applicant has met the requirements under this chapter, it may issue a temporary permit to any person applying for a license issued pursuant to this chapt
• § 11107 — (a) The department may refuse to issue a license certificate under this chapter to any applicant to own or operate a school or to any instructor when it finds and determines any of the following to ex
• § 11108 — (a) Every person licensed under this chapter shall keep a record showing all of the following: (1) The name and address and license number of the school.
• § 11108.5 — (a) Every school owner licensed pursuant to this chapter shall notify the department within 10 days of any change in the ownership or corporate structure of the licensee.
• § 11109 — Every licensee under this chapter shall maintain all vehicles used in driver training in safe mechanical condition at all times.
• § 11110 — (a) The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if any of the following occurs: (1) The department finds and determines that the licensee fails
• § 11110.1 — Any of the causes specified in this chapter as a cause for refusal to issue a license under this chapter is cause to suspend or revoke a license under this chapter.
• § 11110.2 — The license issued to a school owner shall be automatically canceled upon the happening of any of the following: (a) The abandonment of the established place of business or the change thereof without
• § 11110.5 — The department may cancel any license issued under this chapter when that license has been issued in error or voluntarily surrendered to the department for cancellation.
• § 11110.7 — (a) The department, after notice and hearing, on an interim basis, may refuse to issue or may suspend a license issued under this chapter when the applicant or licensee, or a business representative i
• § 11111 — (a) Every licensee under this chapter is entitled to notice and hearing prior to cancellation, suspension, or revocation of the license by the department, except that the department shall immediately
• § 11111.2 — Any owner licensed under this chapter who has closed his or her established place of business or any operator or instructor currently or previously licensed under this chapter who no longer resides at
• § 11111.5 — (a) After the filing of an accusation under this chapter, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the licensee on terms and conditions mutually agr
• § 11112 — Upon refusal of the department to issue a license, the applicant shall be entitled to demand in writing a hearing before the director or his representative within 60 days after notice of refusal.
• § 11113 — (a) The director may prescribe rules and regulations for driving schools regarding the conduct of courses of driver education and driver training, including curriculum, facilities, and equipment.
• § 11113.3 — The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 11113 regarding the curriculum shall include, but are not limited to, the rights and duties of a motorist as they relate to traffic laws and traff
• § 11113.5 — The department shall establish rules and regulations prescribing standards for the licensing and control, as provided in this chapter, of owners, operators, and instructors and the courses of driver e
• § 11114 — The department may require any person licensed under this chapter to submit to a reexamination of his qualifications when there is reasonable cause to believe that the licensee does not have the abili
• § 112 — “Amber” has the same meaning as “yellow,” and is within the chromaticity coordinate boundaries for yellow specified in regulations adopted by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
• § 11200 — (a) The department shall license schools for traffic violators for purposes of Section 41501 or 42005 and to provide traffic safety instruction to other persons who elect to attend.
• § 11202 — (a) A traffic violator school owner shall meet all of the following criteria before a license may be issued for the traffic violator school: (1) Maintain an established place of business in this state
• § 11202.5 — (a) The department shall license traffic violator school operators.
• § 11203 — In lieu of the bond otherwise required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 11202, the applicant may make a deposit pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 995.
• § 11203.5 — If the state or any of its political subdivisions suffers any loss or damage by reason of any fraudulent practice or representation or by reason of any violation of this division by a traffic violator
• § 11204 — (a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each traffic violator school owner and each traffic violator school operator licensed pursuant to this chapter.
• § 11205 — (a) The department shall provide a list of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site.
• § 11205.1 — Until January 1, 2013, the fee authorized in subdivision (d) of Section 11205.
• § 11205.2 — (a) As used in this chapter, a traffic assistance program (TAP) is a public or private nonprofit agency that provides services, under contract with a court to process traffic violators or under contra
• § 11205.4 — (a) The department may use a traffic assistance program (TAP), or until January 1, 2013, a CAP established pursuant to Section 11205.
• § 11206 — (a) The department shall license traffic violator school instructors.
• § 11206.5 — Each applicant for a license as a traffic violator school owner, traffic violator school operator, or traffic violator school instructor shall submit an application to the department on the forms pres
• § 11207 — (a) The department shall issue a license certificate to each traffic violator school instructor when it is satisfied that he or she has met the qualifications required under this chapter.
• § 11208 — (a) The department shall charge a fee, to be determined by the department, for the following traffic violator school program activities: (1) Original issuance of a traffic violator school owner, opera
• § 11209 — Any traffic violator school owner, traffic violator school operator, or traffic violator school instructor required to be licensed under this chapter who fails to renew the license before the expirati
• § 11210 — Pending determination by the department that an applicant for a license fully satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the department may issue a temporary permit to the applicant.
• § 11211 — (a) The department may refuse to issue a license to any applicant under this chapter when it finds and determines that any of the following exist: (1) The applicant was previously the holder of a lice
• § 11212 — (a) Every owner licensed under this chapter shall keep a record at the traffic violator school’s primary business location showing all of the following for each student: (1) The name and address and l
• § 11213 — (a) Every traffic violator school owner licensed pursuant to this chapter shall notify the department within 10 days of any change in the ownership or corporate structure of the licensee.
• § 11214 — (a) Except as provided in this chapter, the department may audit, inspect, and monitor, all licensed traffic violator schools.
• § 11215 — The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if any of the following circumstances exist: (a) The department finds and determines that the licens
• § 11215.5 — The department, after notice and hearing, may also suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter when any of the following circumstances exist: (a) If the main business office of the traffic
• § 11215.7 — Any of the causes specified in this chapter as a cause for refusal to issue a license under this chapter is cause to suspend or revoke a license under this chapter.
• § 11216 — Any license issued to a traffic violator school owner under this chapter shall be automatically canceled upon the happening of any of the following: (a) The abandonment of the established place of bus
• § 11216.2 — (a) Any license issued to the owner or operator of a traffic violator school under this chapter shall be automatically suspended for 30 days by the department if the department has been notified that
• § 11216.5 — (a) The department, after notice and hearing, on an interim basis, may refuse to issue or may suspend a license issued under this chapter when the applicant or licensee, or a business representative i
• § 11217 — (a) Every licensee under this chapter is entitled to notice and hearing prior to suspension or revocation of the license by the department, except that the department shall immediately suspend the lic
• § 11217.5 — Any owner licensed under this chapter who has closed his or her established place of business or any operator or instructor currently or previously licensed under this chapter who no longer resides at
• § 11218 — (a) After the filing of an accusation under this chapter, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the licensee on terms and conditions mutually agr
• § 11219 — The director may prescribe rules and regulations for traffic violator schools regarding the conduct of courses of education including curriculum, facilities, and equipment.
• § 11219.3 — The curriculum prescribed pursuant to Section 11219 shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (a) The rights and duties of a motorist as they pertain to pedestrians.
• § 11219.5 — (a) A traffic violator school shall issue a receipt for a fee collected by the traffic violator school from a person who registers for, attends, or completes a program of instruction in traffic safety
• § 11220 — The department may require any person licensed under this chapter to submit to a reexamination of his or her qualifications when there is reasonable cause to believe that the licensee does not have th
• § 11222 — The department may contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer any part of this chapter, subject to limitations in other laws regarding contracting out for services.
• § 11223 — A motorcyclist safety training program established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 2930) of Chapter 5 of Division 2, that is licensed by the department as a traffic violator school, may
• § 11300 — It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a vehicle verifier without first having procured a vehicle verifier’s permit issued by the department, or when such permit has been canceled, suspended, r
• § 11301 — Every vehicle verifier shall make application to the department upon the appropriate form, accompanied by a good and sufficient bond, approved as to form by the Attorney General, in the amount of five
• § 11301.5 — If a deposit is given instead of the bond required by Section 11301: (a) The Director of Motor Vehicles may order the refund of the deposit three years from the date a vehicle verifier has ceased to b
• § 11302 — (a) The department may issue, or for reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue, a vehicle verifier’s permit to any applicant, or may, after notice and hearing, suspend or revoke the permit when satisfie
• § 11302.2 — (a) Every person licensed under this chapter shall report to the department every change of residence address within 10 days of the change.
• § 11302.5 — (a) After the filing of an accusation under this chapter, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the licensee on terms and conditions mutually agr
• § 11305 — It shall be unlawful and cause of disciplinary action for the holder of a vehicle verifier’s permit: (a) To submit to the department, or its authorized representative, any document which purports to e
• § 11306 — (a) If the department issues or renews a vehicle verifier’s permit requiring conditions of probation, or if the department refuses to issue a vehicle verifier’s permit, the applicant shall be entitled
• § 11307 — (a) A vehicle verifier shall maintain a record of each verification made.
• § 11308 — The department may adopt rules and regulations concerning the issuance, use, and renewal of a vehicle verifier’s permit, and for determining the competence of an applicant therefor.
• § 11309 — (a) The following fees for a vehicle verifier’s permit shall be paid to the department: (1) For the application and original permit, except as provided by Section 42231, a nonrefundable fee of fifty d
• § 11310 — Any person who holds a vehicle verifier’s permit issued before the operative date of this chapter shall comply with the provisions of this chapter within three months after its operative date.
• § 11312 — The suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a vehicle verifier’s permit provided for in this chapter shall not prevent the filing of an accusation for the revocation or suspension of the suspended,
• § 11400 — No person shall act as a registration service, engage in the business of soliciting or receiving any application for the registration, renewal of registration, or transfer of registration or ownership
• § 11401 — An applicant for a license to be a registration service shall submit an application to the department upon the appropriate form for a license and a distinguishing number.
• § 11402 — (a) The amount of the bond required by subdivision (e) of Section 11401 for the issuance of a registration service license, or for the renewal of such a license is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,00
• § 11403 — (a) A license to conduct a registration service, or a renewal of that license, shall not be issued to any applicant unless the applicant files with the department an instrument, in writing, in which t
• § 11404 — (a) Until the department determines that the applicant meets all of the requirements of this chapter, it may issue a temporary permit to the person applying for a license as a registration service.
• § 11405 — The department may refuse to issue a license to, or may suspend, revoke, or cancel the license of, a person to act as a registration service for any of the following reasons: (a) The person has been c
• § 11406 — (a) Every registration service shall keep accurate business records containing all of the following information: (1) The name, address, and license number of the registration service and the name and
• § 11406.5 — Whenever a customer fails to submit to a registration service any documents, compensation, or fees requested in writing by the registration service, the registration service shall return all documents
• § 11407 — The business records required by Section 11406 shall be maintained for at least four years and shall be open to inspection by the department during normal business hours.
• § 11408 — (a) The director may issue an order to grant an unrestricted or a restricted license to act as a registration service, or an order to deny, suspend, revoke, or cancel a license to act as a registratio
• § 11409 — The fee for a license issued to a registration service is as follows: (a) For the original license, or an ownership change which requires a new application, one hundred fifty dollars ($150), which is
• § 11410 — (a) Every license issued under this chapter is valid for a period of one year from the last day of the month of issuance.
• § 11411 — If a registration service ceases operation for any reason, the owner of the service immediately shall notify the department and, upon demand by the department, shall deliver to the department the regi
• § 11413 — The suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a registration service license provided for in this chapter shall not prevent the filing of an accusation for the revocation or suspension of the suspend
• § 115 — An “armored car” is a vehicle that is equipped with materials on either the front, sides, or rear for the protection of persons therein from missiles discharged from firearms.
• § 11500 — (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as an automobile dismantler without first having an established place of business that meets the requirements set forth in Section 11514 and without
• § 11501 — Every automobile dismantler shall make application to the department upon the appropriate form for a license containing a general distinguishing number.
• § 11502 — The department shall have the power and duty to issue and for reasonable cause shown to refuse to issue a license.
• § 11503 — The department may refuse to issue a license to an applicant when it determines any of the following: (a) The applicant was previously the holder, or a managerial employee of the holder, of a license
• § 11503.1 — Any of the causes specified in this chapter as a cause to suspend or revoke the license issued to an automobile dismantler is cause to refuse to issue a license to an automobile dismantler.
• § 11503.5 — (a) The department, after notice and hearing, on an interim basis, may refuse to issue or may suspend a license issued under this chapter when the applicant or licensee, or a business representative i
• § 11504 — (a) An applicant who applies for a license pursuant to Section 11501 shall submit an application to the department on the forms prescribed by the department.
• § 11505 — (a) The department, upon granting a license shall issue to the applicant a license containing the applicant’s name and address and the general distinguishing number assigned to the applicant.
• § 11506 — Except where the provisions of this code require the refusal to issue a license, the department may issue a license restricted by conditions to be observed in the exercise of the privilege granted.
• § 11507 — Pending the satisfaction of the department that the applicant has met the requirements under this code, it may issue a temporary permit to any person applying for an automobile dismantler license.
• § 11508 — (a) Every occupational license and special plate issued under this chapter shall be valid for a period of one year from midnight of the last day of the month of issuance.
• § 11509 — (a) The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the license issued to an automobile dismantler upon the determination that the person to whom the license was issued is not lawfully
• § 11509.1 — (a) After the filing of an accusation under this chapter, the director may enter into a stipulated compromise settlement agreement with the consent of the licensee on terms and conditions mutually agr
• § 11509.5 — A person whose automobile dismantler’s license has been revoked or whose application for a license has been denied may reapply for such license after a period of not less than one year has elapsed fro
• § 11510 — The department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend the license and special plates issued to an automobile dismantler for a period not to exceed 30 days if the director finds that such action i
• § 11511 — In any administrative action to revoke or suspend an automobile dismantler’s license: (a) Proof that a stolen vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code, or a part thereof, was found in
• § 11512 — (a) Upon refusal of the department to issue a license to an automobile dismantler the applicant shall be entitled to demand in writing a hearing before the director or his representative within 60 day
• § 11513 — (a) The department shall not issue an automobile dismantler’s license to any applicant for that license who has not an established place of business as defined in this code.
• § 11514 — (a) An automobile dismantler’s established place of business and such other sites or locations as may be operated and maintained by such automobile dismantler in conjunction with his principal establi
• § 11515 — (a) (1) Whenever an insurance company makes a total loss settlement on a total loss salvage vehicle, the insurance company, an occupational licensee of the department authorized by the insurance compa
• § 11515.1 — A salvage pool shall sell a vehicle only with either of the following: (a) A salvage certificate, except those vehicles described in subdivision (f) of Section 11515, which may be sold with a certific
• § 11515.2 — (a) (1) If an insurance company makes a total loss settlement on a nonrepairable vehicle and takes possession of that vehicle, either itself or through an agent, the insurance company, an occupational
• § 11515.3 — (a) If an insurance company requests a salvage pool authorized by the insurance company or an occupational licensee of the department authorized by the insurance company to take possession of a vehicl
• § 11516 — (a) Any automobile dismantler owning or controlling any vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this code, may operate or move the vehicle upon the highways without subjecting the
• § 11517 — The department may issue a certificate of convenience to the executor, executrix, administrator or administratrix of the estate of a deceased holder of validly outstanding special plates and license i
• § 11518 — The special plates and license provided for in this chapter shall be automatically canceled if any of the following occurs: (a) The abandonment of the established place of business of the automobile d
• § 11519 — (a) A vehicle that has been reported as a total loss salvage vehicle or dismantled vehicle may not be subsequently registered until there is submitted to the department all of the following: (1) The p
• § 11520 — (a) A licensed automobile dismantler who acquired, for the purpose of dismantling, actual possession, as a transferee, of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code shall do all of th
• § 11521 — No person required to be licensed as an automobile dismantler under this code shall advertise the services of an automobile dismantler without indicating in the advertisement the occupational license
• § 11522 — The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the local authorities of any city, city and county or county by ordinance, within the exercise of the police power of such city, city and county or cou
• § 11540 — (a) A salvage pool shall maintain an accurate record of every vehicle it acquires and every vehicle it disposes of, and shall notify the department of the disposition of any vehicle pursuant to Sectio
• § 11541 — The department shall administer and enforce all provisions of this code pertaining to salvage pools.
• § 11600 — It shall be unlawful for any lessor-retailer to make a retail sale of a vehicle of a type subject to registration without having first procured either a vehicle dealer license or a lessor-retailer lic
• § 11601 — (a) Every lessor-retailer who sells at retail a vehicle of a type subject to registration shall make application to the department for a license.
• § 11602 — (a) The department shall prescribe and provide forms to be used for application for licenses to be issued under the terms and provisions of this chapter and require of such applicants, where appropria
• § 11603 — (a) The department may issue, or for reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue, a license to any applicant applying for a lessor-retailer license or branch office location.
• § 11604 — The department may refuse to issue a lessor-retailer license when it makes any of the following determinations: (a) The applicant has outstanding an unsatisfied final court judgment rendered in connec
• § 11604.1 — Any cause specified in this chapter as a cause to suspend or revoke the license issued to a lessor-retailer is a cause to refuse to issue a license to a lessor-retailer.
• § 11604.5 — (a) The department, after notice and hearing, on an interim basis, may refuse to issue or may suspend a license issued under this chapter when the applicant or licensee, or a business representative i
• § 11605 — (a) Upon refusal of the department to issue a license to a lessor-retailer, the applicant shall be entitled to demand in writing a hearing before the director or his representative within 60 days afte
• § 11606 — Except where the provisions of this code require the refusal to issue a license, the department may issue a probationary license subject to conditions to be observed by the licensee in the exercise of
• § 11607 — Pending the satisfaction of the department that the applicant has met the requirements under this chapter, it may issue a temporary permit to any person applying for a lessor-retailer license or branc
• § 11608 — The department may issue a certificate of convenience to the executor, executrix, administrator or administratrix of the estate of a deceased holder of a valid license issued under this chapter, or if
• § 11609 — Each office location operated and maintained by a lessor-retailer in conjunction with its retail sale of a vehicle or vehicles shall have posted in a place conspicuous to the public the license issued