California

Vehicle Code

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

• § 16454 — Any motor vehicle liability policy need not cover any liability for injury to the assured or any liability of the assured assumed by or imposed upon the assured under any workers’ compensation law nor
• § 16455 — The provisions of Section 16451 shall not apply to vehicles in storage if the current license plates and registration cards are surrendered to the department in Sacramento.
• § 16457 — Whenever proof of financial responsibility is required to be filed pursuant to this chapter, no person of whom that proof is required shall drive any motor vehicle not covered by the certificate of pr
• § 16480 — (a) The department shall upon request, or may at its own discretion, cancel any bond or any certificate of insurance, or the department shall direct the return to the person entitled thereto of any mo
• § 16482 — (a) Any person whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle has been suspended because of failure to satisfy a judgment and the judgment has been outstanding for a period of three years or more, may be
• § 16483 — The department shall cancel any bond or any certificate of insurance or direct the return of any money or securities to the person entitled thereto, upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequ
• § 16484 — Except when a nonresident minor’s certificate or minor’s license is canceled as required by Sections 12504 and 17704, respectively, whenever any evidence of proof of financial responsibility filed by
• § 165 — An authorized emergency vehicle is: (a) Any publicly owned and operated ambulance, lifeguard, or lifesaving equipment or any privately owned or operated ambulance licensed by the Commissioner of the C
• § 165.5 — No act or omission of any rescue team operating in conjunction with an authorized emergency vehicle as defined in Section 165, while attempting to resuscitate any person who is in immediate danger of
• § 1650 — The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this code relating to the department.
• § 16500 — (a) (1) Every owner of a vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for hire, including taxicabs, when the operation of the vehicle is not subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commissio
• § 16500.5 — (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the owner of the following commercial vehicles shall maintain proof of financial responsibility in the amount required by the director: (1) A vehicle used t
• § 16501 — The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent local authorities, within the reasonable exercise of the police power, from adopting rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, licensing and r
• § 16502 — (a) An owner shall not use, or with his or her consent permit the use of, a vehicle used in the transportation of persons or property in the conduct of a business, without maintaining proof of financi
• § 16503 — The department shall suspend the registration of all vehicles used in the transportation of persons or property in the conduct of a business, except vehicles subject to regulation by the Public Utilit
• § 1651 — (a) The director may adopt and enforce rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this code relating to the department.
• § 1651.2 — Whenever in the judgment of the department, any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute, an offense against Division 5 (commencing with
• § 1651.3 — It is the policy of this state to recognize the training and experience that individuals gain while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
• § 1651.5 — (a) The director may assign or reassign dates for the expiration of registration for a vehicle registered pursuant to this code.
• § 1652 — (a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of ownership, registration cards, drivers’ licenses, and all other forms requisite or deemed necessary for t
• § 1653 — The department shall examine and determine the genuineness and regularity of every application or document filed with it under this code and may require additional information or reject any such appli
• § 1653.5 — (a) Each form prescribed by the department for use by an applicant for the issuance or renewal by the department of a driver’s license or identification card pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Se
• § 1654 — The director may purchase or lease such real estate and erect such buildings as the department or any of its divisions require, subject to the approval of the Department of General Services.
• § 1655 — (a) The director and deputy director of the department, the Deputy Director, Investigations Division, the Chief, Field Investigations Branch, and the investigators of the department, including rank-an
• § 1656 — The department shall publish a synopsis or summary of the laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of the highways and may deliver a copy of the synopsis or summary without charge with ea
• § 1656.1 — The Department of Justice shall, in conjunction with the department and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, develop and create a video demonstrating the proper conduct by a peace o
• § 1656.2 — (a) The department shall prepare and publish a printed summary describing the penalties for noncompliance with Sections 16000 and 16028, which shall be included with each motor vehicle registration, r
• § 1656.3 — (a) The department shall include within the California Driver’s Handbook, as specified in Section 1656, information regarding each of the following: (1) Rail transit safety.
• § 1656.4 — (a) The department, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall make available on its Internet web site, on or before July 1, 1997, information to assist consumers who plan to purch
• § 1656.5 — (a) The Legislature finds that the department, by virtue of its interaction with millions of California drivers and vehicle owners each year, represents a valuable resource for the disbursement of imp
• § 16560 — (a) Any person or corporation who operates or causes to be operated on the highways of this state any motor vehicle in the interstate or foreign transportation of property, other than household goods,
• § 1657 — The director may assign qualified employees of the department to advise with the State Board of Education and with the governing boards of districts maintaining secondary schools in the preparation, e
• § 1658 — The department may pay membership fees, join, and participate in affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to the registration of vehicles and the issuan
• § 1659 — The department may develop criteria, establish standards for, and coordinate a program of motor vehicle driver education and motor vehicle driver training for drivers whose licenses have been suspende
• § 166 — An “autobroker” or “auto buying service” is a dealer, as defined in Section 285, who engages in the business of brokering, as defined in Section 232.
• § 1660 — (a) Any institution or organization described in subdivision (o) of Section 286 shall keep the following records for not less than three years: (1) The name and address of each vehicle donor and the y
• § 1661 — (a) Except for vehicles registered pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 9700) of Chapter 6 of Division 3, the department shall notify the registered owner of each vehicle of the date that th
• § 1663 — (a) The department shall, in the synopsis or summary of laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of the highways published under Section 1656, provide a warning which states that, in cert
• § 1664 — The department shall publicize the Safe Streets Act of 1994 when mailing vehicle registrations, driver’s licenses, and driver’s license suspension and revocation notices, and in other educational mate
• § 1665 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses or other indicia of authority issued pursuant
• § 1666 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Include at least one question in each test of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this code, as administered pursuant to S
• § 1666.1 — Upon updating the California Driver’s Handbook, the department shall include at least one question in any of the noncommercial driver’s license examinations, as administered under Section 12804.
• § 1666.5 — The department shall include, on a rotating basis, at least one question in at least 20 percent of the tests of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this code, as administer
• § 1666.7 — The department shall include, on a rotating basis, at least one question in at least 20 percent of the tests of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this code, as administer
• § 1667 — (a) As part of its motor vehicle registration and registration renewal process, other than upon the initial registration of a new motor vehicle, the department shall inform motor vehicle owners of the
• § 1668 — (a) The department may provide fingerprint service to the general public.
• § 1669 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department implement procedures to ensure, to the fullest extent permitted by the resources made available to it, that any person who is requesting service
• § 1670 — A licensee issued an occupational license by the department and conducting more than one type of business from an established place of business shall provide a clear physical division between the type
• § 1671 — (a) The established place of business of a dealer, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, automobile driving school, or traffic viol
• § 1672 — (a) The department shall make available, in the public area of each office of the department where applications for driver’s licenses or identification cards are received, space for a sign or notice b
• § 1672.3 — (a) The director shall determine the date when the department’s inventory of driver’s license and identification card forms, as that inventory exists in accordance with the law in effect on December 3
• § 1672.5 — For purposes of providing a means of identifying persons who have elected to make an anatomical gift under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.
• § 1673 — For the purposes of refunding the smog impact fee, as prescribed in Sections 1673.
• § 1673.2 — (a) The department, in coordination with the Department of Finance, shall do all of the following: (1) Search its records to identify the registered owner or lessee.
• § 1673.4 — (a) Any claim submitted by a person other than a registered owner or lessee shall be filed within 30 days from the effective date of this section.
• § 1673.5 — The department shall attempt to recover any refund of the smog impact fee, or part thereof, that is erroneously made.
• § 1673.6 — It is unlawful to use a false or fictitious name, to knowingly make any false statement, or conceal any material fact on a refund claim for the smog impact fee that is filed with the department.
• § 1673.7 — (a) The department shall include the following notice with each check issued as a refund of the smog impact fee: “The enclosed check is a refund of the $300 Smog Impact Fee you paid to the Department
• § 1674 — The department shall develop a program to foster a positive atmosphere that is conducive to encouraging drivers to succeed in passing any visual tests or written or behind-the-wheel driving tests admi
• § 1674.4 — In order to address any conscious or unconscious bias against a driver by persons administering the department’s visual tests or written or behind-the-wheel driving tests, the department shall impleme
• § 1674.6 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons should be provided with transportation alternatives when their privilege to drive is lost because of failure to pass visual tests or written or behi
• § 1675 — (a) The director shall establish standards and develop criteria for the approval of initial and renewal driver improvement courses specifically designed for the safe driving needs of drivers who are 5
• § 1676 — (a) A course provider conducting a mature driver improvement course pursuant to Section 1675 may charge a tuition not to exceed thirty dollars ($30).
• § 1677 — (a) The department may collect a fee, to be determined by the department, from each course provider who shall be responsible for the development and operation of a mature driver improvement course, fo
• § 1678 — (a) Between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2004, inclusive, the fee amounts set forth in Section 488.
• § 1679 — On and after July 1, 2006, in any document mailed by the department that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.
• § 1680 — (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, an appointment with the department.
• § 1685 — (a) In order to continue improving the quality of products and services it provides to its customers, the department, in conformance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part
• § 1685.1 — (a) In order to provide electronic vehicle registration services, the department may enter into an interstate carrier partnership, established under this section, with an interstate carrier partner, i
• § 17 — “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the sig
• § 17000 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee” includes an officer, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
• § 17001 — A public entity is liable for death or injury to person or property proximately caused by a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the operation of any motor vehicle by an employee of the public ent
• § 17002 — Subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 825) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3.
• § 17004 — A public employee is not liable for civil damages on account of personal injury to or death of any person or damage to property resulting from the operation, in the line of duty, of an authorized emer
• § 17004.5 — Any private firm or corporation, or employee thereof, which maintains a fire department and has entered into a mutual aid agreement pursuant to Section 13855, 14095, or 14455.
• § 17004.7 — (a) The immunity provided by this section is in addition to any other immunity provided by law.
• § 17150 — Every owner of a motor vehicle is liable and responsible for death or injury to person or property resulting from a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the operation of the motor vehicle, in the
• § 17150.5 — The presumptions created by Section 803 of the Family Code as to the acquisition of property by a married woman by an instrument in writing shall not apply in an action based on Section 17150 with res
• § 17151 — (a) The liability of an owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a decedent imposed by this chapter and not arising through the relationship of principal and agent or master and servan
• § 17152 — In any action against an owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a decedent on account of liability imposed by Sections 17150, 17154, or 17159 for the negligent or wrongful act or omi
• § 17153 — If there is recovery under this chapter against an owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a decedent, the owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a decedent is subro
• § 17154 — If the bailee of an owner with the permission, express or implied, of the owner permits another to operate the motor vehicle of the owner, then the bailee and the driver shall both be deemed operators
• § 17155 — If two or more persons are injured or killed in one accident, the owner, bailee of an owner, or personal representative of a decedent may settle and pay any bona fide claims for damages arising out of
• § 17156 — If a motor vehicle is sold under a contract of conditional sale whereby the title to such motor vehicle remains in the vendor, such vendor or his assignee shall not be deemed an owner within the provi
• § 17157 — If a motor vehicle is gratuitously loaned to a school district, the bailee and not the bailor shall be deemed to be the owner within the provisions of this chapter notwithstanding the terms of any con
• § 17158 — No person riding in or occupying a vehicle owned by him and driven by another person with his permission has any right of action for civil damages against the driver of the vehicle or against any othe
• § 17159 — Every person who is a personal representative of a decedent who has control or possession of a motor vehicle subject to administration for the purpose of administration of an estate is, during the per
• § 17200 — Where an uninsured owner or operator has obtained a judgment against or agreed to a settlement with the owner or operator of an insured motor vehicle based on the negligence of the insured owner or op
• § 17201 — The payment of any settlement with an uninsured owner or operator or the payment of any final judgment for damages obtained by an uninsured owner or operator in a civil action against an insured owner
• § 17202 — This article is not intended to affect the rights granted pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 11580.
• § 17300 — (a) A person who willfully or negligently damages a street or highway, or its appurtenances, including, but not limited to, guardrails, signs, traffic signals, snow poles, and similar facilities, is l
• § 17301 — (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object, or contrivance over a highway or bridge is liable for all damages which the highway or bridge may sustain as a result of any illegal operation, driving or m
• § 17302 — The driver, or the owner and driver, jointly, as the case may be, are also liable for all damages that any highway or bridge sustains as the result of any operation, driving, or moving of any vehicle
• § 17303 — Damages under Sections 17301 and 17302 may be recovered in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of the highway or bridge.
• § 17450 — As used in this chapter, “nonresident” means a person who is not a resident of this State at the time the accident or collision occurs.
• § 17451 — The acceptance by a nonresident of the rights and privileges conferred upon him by this code or any operation by himself or agent of a motor vehicle anywhere within this state, or in the event the non
• § 17452 — Where the nonresident has died prior to the commencement of an action brought pursuant to this article, service of process shall be made on the executor or administrator of the nonresident in the same
• § 17453 — The acceptance of rights and privileges under this code or any operation of a motor vehicle anywhere within this state as specified in Section 17451 shall be a signification of the irrevocable agreeme
• § 17454 — Service of process shall be made by leaving one copy of the summons and complaint in the hands of the director or in his office at Sacramento or by mailing either by certified or registered mail, addr
• § 17455 — A notice of service and a copy of the summons and complaint shall be forthwith sent by registered mail by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant.
• § 17456 — Proof of compliance with Section 17455 shall be made in the event of service by mail by affidavit of the plaintiff or his attorney showing said mailing, together with the return receipt of the United
• § 17457 — The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action.
• § 17458 — The director shall keep a record of all process served upon him under this article which record shall show the day and hour of service.
• § 17459 — The acceptance by a resident of this state of a certificate of ownership or a certificate of registration of any motor vehicle or any renewal thereof, issued under the provisions of this code, shall c
• § 17460 — The acceptance or retention by a resident of this state of a driver’s license issued pursuant to the provisions of this code, shall constitute the consent of the person that service of summons may be
• § 17461 — In the event summons is served outside of this state, pursuant to Sections 17459 and 17460, it may be served and proof of service shall be made, in the manner provided by Sections 17454, 17455, and 17
• § 17462 — In the event of service outside the State, the person so served shall have 60 days in which to appear in the action in which the summons is issued.
• § 17463 — Notwithstanding any provisions of Section 351 of the Code of Civil Procedure to the contrary, when summons may be personally served upon a person as provided in Sections 17459 and 17460, the time of h
• § 175 — An “autoette” is a motor vehicle, located on a natural island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres and that is within a county having a population in excess of 4,000,000, that meets all of the follo
• § 17700 — For the purposes of this chapter, all persons under 18 years of age are minors.
• § 17701 — No application for a driver’s license shall be granted by the department to any minor unless it is signed and verified by the father and mother of such minor, if both father and mother are living and
• § 17702 — If a minor under the age of 18 years is married, the application may be signed and verified by the adult spouse of the minor or by the parents of either spouse or in lieu of the signature, the minor m
• § 17703 — If the person or persons required to sign and verify the application of a minor are not residents of this state, the application shall be signed and verified by a person residing within this state who
• § 17704 — If, at any time during the minority of the person who has given proof of financial responsibility, as defined in Section 16430, the proof fails, the department shall immediately cancel the license unt
• § 17705 — If the person who is required to sign and verify the application of a minor gives his or her written consent, or the minor is emancipated other than by marriage, the department may accept an applicati
• § 17706 — (a) If the person who is required by the provisions of this code to sign and verify the application of a minor gives his written consent, the department may accept an application signed and verified b
• § 17707 — Any civil liability of a minor arising out of his driving a motor vehicle upon a highway during his minority is hereby imposed upon the person who signed and verified the application of the minor for
• § 17708 — Any civil liability of a minor, whether licensed or not under this code, arising out of his driving a motor vehicle upon a highway with the express or implied permission of the parents or the person o
• § 17709 — (a) No person, or group of persons collectively, shall incur liability for a minor’s negligent or wrongful act or omission under Sections 17707 and 17708 in any amount exceeding fifteen thousand dolla
• § 17710 — The person signing a minor’s application for a license is not liable under this chapter for a negligent or wrongful act or omission of the minor committed when the minor is acting as the agent or serv
• § 17711 — Any person who has signed and verified the application of a minor for a driver’s license or any employer who has authorized the issuance of a license to a minor and who desires to be relieved from the
• § 17712 — (a) The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the father and mother or the person or guardian who signed and verified the application of any minor under Section 17701 or an
• § 17714 — In the event, in one or more actions, judgment is rendered against a defendant under this chapter based upon the negligent or wrongful act or omission of a minor in the operation of a vehicle, and als
• § 18 — Officers and employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol are, for the purposes of this code, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signat
• § 1800 — (a) The department shall file each application received for the registration of a vehicle and shall keep a record of each as follows: (1) Under a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicl
• § 1801 — (a) Whenever any notice, report, statement, court abstract, or record is required to be submitted to the department by this code, the document may be submitted to the department by electronic transmis
• § 1801.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may allow a person to submit a document required to be submitted to the department by using electronic media deemed feasible by the department instead
• § 1801.2 — (a) For a provision of this code or of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations that requires the department to mail, notify, deliver via certified or first class mail, provide information in wr
• § 1802 — Every judge of a court not of record shall keep a full record of every case in which a person is charged with any violation of this code.
• § 1803 — (a) (1) The clerk of a court in which a person was convicted of a violation of this code, was convicted of a violation of subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of Section 655 of the Harbors and
• § 1803.3 — (a) The clerk of any court that reverses a conviction for an offense described in subdivision (a) of Section 1803, which is not exempted under subdivision (b) of that section, shall prepare and forwar
• § 1803.4 — Any record regarding the providing of information pursuant to Section 13106, or record of persons personally given notice by the department or a court, by a peace officer pursuant to Section 13382 or
• § 1803.5 — (a) In accordance with Section 41501 or 42005, the clerk of a court or hearing officer, when a person who receives a notice to appear at a court or board proceeding for a violation of any statute rela
• § 1804 — (a) The abstract shall be made upon a form furnished or approved by the department and shall contain all necessary information to identify the defendant, including, but not limited to, the person’s dr
• § 1805 — The failure, refusal, or neglect of any such judicial officer to comply with any of the requirements of Sections 1802, 1803, 1804 and 1816 is misconduct in office and is ground for removal therefrom.
• § 1806 — (a) The department shall file all accident reports and abstracts of court records of convictions received under this code, and in connection therewith, shall maintain convenient records or make suitab
• § 1806.1 — If a person has entered into a stipulated vehicle release agreement pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 14607.
• § 1806.5 — Notwithstanding Section 1808, the department shall not furnish information filed pursuant to Section 1806 to any person if the furnishing of that information would violate the federal Fair Credit Repo
• § 1807 — (a) The department is not required to maintain records relating to drivers of motor vehicles after the records are, in the opinion of the director, no longer necessary, except as follows: (1) Records
• § 1807.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1808, any record of the department of a conviction of Section 23103 as specified in Section 23103.
• § 1808 — (a) Except where a specific provision of law prohibits the disclosure of records or information or provides for confidentiality, all records of the department relating to the registration of vehicles,
• § 1808.1 — (a) The prospective employer of a driver who drives a vehicle specified in subdivision (k) shall obtain a report showing the driver’s current public record as recorded by the department.
• § 1808.10 — The record of the department relating to the first proceeding and conviction for a driver licensed with a class A license, class B license, or commercial class C driver’s license in any 18-month perio
• § 1808.2 — In addition to those specified in Section 1808.
• § 1808.21 — (a) Any residence address in any record of the department is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except a court, law enforcement agency, or other government agency, or as authorized
• § 1808.22 — (a) Section 1808.
• § 1808.23 — (a) Section 1808.
• § 1808.24 — Information regarding any motor vehicle liability insurance policy or surety bond provided to the department pursuant to Section 4000.
• § 1808.25 — (a) The department shall implement a program to provide residence address information to an accredited degree-granting nonprofit independent institution of higher education incorporated in the state,
• § 1808.4 — (a) For all of the following persons, the person’s home address that appears in a record of the department is confidential if the person requests the confidentiality of that information: (1) Attorney
• § 1808.45 — The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information from any department record to any person, or the use of any false representation to obtain information from a department record or any use of inform
• § 1808.46 — No person or agent shall directly or indirectly obtain information from the department files using false representations or distribute restricted or confidential information to any person or use the i
• § 1808.47 — Any person who has access to confidential or restricted information from the department shall establish procedures to protect the confidentiality of those records.
• § 1808.48 — Notwithstanding any other law, no government agency or department, law enforcement agency, commercial entity, or other person shall obtain, access, use, or otherwise disclose, noncriminal history info
• § 1808.5 — Except as provided in Section 22511.
• § 1808.51 — Notwithstanding Sections 1808.
• § 1808.6 — (a) In addition to those specified in Section 1808.
• § 1808.7 — (a) The record of the department relating to the first proceeding and conviction under Section 1803.
• § 1808.8 — (a) Dismissal of any driver certified pursuant to Section 12517, 12523, or 12523.
• § 1808.9 — (a) Except for retired peace officers whose home address is permanently withheld from public inspection under subdivision (c) of Section 1808.
• § 1809 — The department may prepare and disseminate information relating to prevention of traffic accidents.
• § 1810 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 1806.
• § 1810.2 — (a) The department may establish commercial requester accounts for individuals or organizations and issue requester codes for the purpose of obtaining information from the department’s files, except a
• § 1810.3 — (a) Using the information made available in the accident reports provided to the department by law enforcement agencies under Section 20012, the department may provide information consisting of the fo
• § 1810.5 — The Attorney General, district attorneys, law enforcement agencies, city attorneys and city prosecutors prosecuting misdemeanor actions under Section 41803.
• § 1810.7 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 1806.
• § 1811 — The department may sell copies of all or any part of its records at a charge sufficient to pay at least the entire actual cost to the department of the copies, the charge for the records and the condi
• § 1812 — The department shall not charge for copies of records or for information from its records given to any county, city, any transit operator as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, stat
• § 1813 — The director and such officers of the department as he may designate may, upon request, prepare under the seal of the department and deliver without charge a certified copy of any record of the depart
• § 1814 — Any person engaged in the business of examining the records of the department and supplying information relative thereto to the public for compensation shall first obtain a permit from the director.
• § 1815 — The bond shall be to the satisfaction of the director and shall obligate the principal and sureties to compensate the officers of the department and any other person who may suffer loss or damage by r
• § 1816 — Every judge of the juvenile court, juvenile hearing officer, duly constituted referee of a juvenile court, or other person responsible for the disposition of cases involving traffic offenses required
• § 1817 — Written allegations received by the department from members of the public identifying motor vehicles or other vehicles by license number from which any flaming or glowing substance has been thrown, or
• § 1818 — Any record of, or information from any record concerning, an abstract of conviction kept by the department shall contain an appropriate notation indicating the commercial or noncommercial nature or th
• § 1819 — All records of the department containing information as to the actual mileage of motor vehicles submitted as required by subdivision (b) of Section 4456 and Sections 5900 and 5901 shall be open to ins
• § 1821 — (a) The department shall establish and maintain a data and monitoring system to evaluate the efficacy of intervention programs for persons convicted of violations of Section 23152 or 23153.
• § 1822 — The Legislature finds that driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs continues to be a primary safety issue on the state’s highways, and the major cause of traffic deaths.
• § 1825 — (a) The department shall conduct a quarterly random audit of applications submitted and processed pursuant to Section 5007 or 22511.
• § 19 — Whenever the acknowledgement of any document is required by this code or any regulation of either department, the signature of the applicant attested to in his presence by the signature of a subscribi
• § 2 — The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof and not
• § 20 — It is unlawful to use a false or fictitious name, or to knowingly make any false statement or knowingly conceal any material fact in any document filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Dep
• § 20000 — The provisions of this division apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the State, unless expressly provided otherwise.
• § 20001 — (a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person, other than himself or herself, or in the death of a person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the a
• § 20002 — (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to any property, including vehicles, shall immediately stop the vehicle at the nearest location that will not impede traf
• § 20003 — (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall also give his or her name, current residence address, the names and current residence addresse
• § 20004 — In the event of death of any person resulting from an accident, the driver of any vehicle involved after fulfilling the requirements of this division, and if there be no traffic or police officer at t
• § 20006 — If the driver does not have his driver’s license in his possession, he shall exhibit other valid evidences of identification to the occupants of a vehicle with which he collided.
• § 20008 — (a) The driver of a vehicle, other than a common carrier vehicle, involved in any accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person shall within 24 hours after the accident make or cause to be
• § 20009 — The Department of the California Highway Patrol may require any driver, or the owner of a common carrier vehicle, involved in any accident of which a report must be made as provided in Section 20008 t
• § 20010 — Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making a required accident report, any occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident shall make the report or cause it to be made.
• § 20011 — A coroner or medical examiner shall on or before the 10th day of each month report in writing to the Department of the California Highway Patrol the death of any person during the preceding calendar m
• § 20012 — All required accident reports, and supplemental reports, shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Dep
• § 20013 — No such accident report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the department shall furnish upon demand of any person who has, or claims to
• § 20014 — All required accident reports and supplemental reports and all reports made to the Department of the California Highway Patrol by any peace officer, member of the Department of the California Highway
• § 20015 — (a) No traffic or police officer shall include in any counter report of a property-damage accident, as defined in this section, any determination by the peace officer of fault of the reporting person,
• § 20016 — Any peace officer, any member of an organized fire department or fire protection district, any employee of the Department of Transportation assigned to maintenance operations, or any member of the Cal