California

Vehicle Code

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

• § 22503 — Local authorities may by ordinance permit angle parking on any roadway, or left-hand parking upon one-way roadways of divided highways, except that no ordinance is effective with respect to any state
• § 22503.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, establish special parking regulations for two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
• § 22504 — (a) Upon any highway in unincorporated areas, a person shall not stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park, or le
• § 22505 — (a) The Department of Transportation with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may place signs or markings prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles, including, b
• § 22506 — Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on a state highway, in their respective jurisdictions, if the ordinance or resoluti
• § 22507 — (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking, or standing of vehicles, including, but not limited to, vehicles that are six feet or more in height
• § 22507.1 — (a) A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets for the exclusive or nonexclusive parking privilege of motor vehicles participating in a car sha
• § 22507.2 — Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 22500, a local authority may, by ordinance, authorize the owner or lessee of property to park a vehicle in front of the owner’s or lessee’s private driveway
• § 22507.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 22507, local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, betw
• § 22507.6 — Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for the purpose of street sweeping.
• § 22507.8 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or space designated for disabled persons and disabled veterans pursuant to Section 22511.
• § 22507.9 — Local authorities may establish a special enforcement unit for the sole purpose of providing adequate enforcement of Section 22507.
• § 22508 — (a) A local authority shall not establish parking payment zones or fix the rate of fees for those zones except by ordinance.
• § 22508.2 — (a) A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the
• § 22508.5 — (a) A vehicle may park, for up to the posted time limit, in any parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment center.
• § 22509 — Local authorities within the reasonable exercise of their police powers may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution providing that no person driving, or in control of, or in charge of,
• § 2251 — All promotions to the classes of deputy chief, assistant chief, captain, lieutenant, and sergeant shall be made from promotional eligible lists resulting from promotional examination of persons in the
• § 22510 — (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways within their jurisdiction, or portions thereof, for th
• § 22511 — (a) (1) A local authority, by ordinance or resolution, and a person in lawful possession of an offstreet parking facility may designate stalls or spaces in an offstreet parking facility owned or opera
• § 22511.1 — (a) A person shall not park or leave standing a vehicle in a stall or space designated pursuant to Section 22511 unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging purposes.
• § 22511.10 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Two and one-half million Californians suffer from some form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• § 22511.11 — (a) The Office of the State Architect shall propose regulations specifying the location of disabled person parking stalls or spaces designated pursuant to Section 22511.
• § 22511.2 — (a) A parking space served by electric vehicle supply equipment or a parking space designated as a future electric vehicle charging space shall count as at least one standard automobile parking space
• § 22511.3 — (a) A veteran displaying special license plates issued under Section 5101.
• § 22511.5 — (a) (1) A disabled person or disabled veteran displaying special license plates issued under Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued under Section 22511.
• § 22511.55 — (a) (1) A disabled person or disabled veteran may apply to the department for the issuance of a distinguishing placard.
• § 22511.56 — (a) A person using a distinguishing placard issued under Section 22511.
• § 22511.57 — A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of a vehicle on streets or highways or in a parking stall or space in a privately or publicly owned or o
• § 22511.58 — (a) Upon a request to the department by a local public law enforcement agency or local agency responsible for the administration or enforcement of parking regulations, the department shall make availa
• § 22511.59 — (a) Upon the receipt of the applications and documents required by subdivision (b), (c), or (d), the department shall issue a temporary distinguishing placard bearing the International Symbol of Acces
• § 22511.6 — (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles may cancel or revoke a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.
• § 22511.7 — (a) In addition to Section 22511.
• § 22511.8 — (a) A local authority, by ordinance or resolution, and a person in lawful possession of an offstreet parking facility may designate stalls or spaces in an offstreet parking facility owned or operated
• § 22511.85 — A vehicle, identified with a special license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.
• § 22511.9 — Every new or replacement sign installed on or after January 1, 1992, relating to parking privileges for disabled persons shall refer to “disabled persons” rather than “physically handicapped persons”
• § 22511.95 — All new or replacement signs installed on or after July 1, 2008, relating to parking privileges for disabled persons shall refer to “persons with disabilities” rather than “disabled persons” or any ot
• § 22512 — Except as otherwise indicated in subdivision (b), none of the following provisions shall apply to the driver or owner of any service vehicle owned or operated by or for or operated under contract with
• § 22513 — (a) (1) It is a misdemeanor for a towing company or the owner or operator of a tow truck to stop or cause a person to stop at the scene of an accident or near a disabled vehicle for the purpose of sol
• § 22513.1 — (a) (1) A business taking possession of a vehicle from a tow truck during hours the business is open to the public shall document all of the following: (A) The name, address, and telephone number of t
• § 22514 — No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle within 15 feet of a fire hydrant except as follows: (a) If the vehicle is attended by a licensed driver who is seated in the front seat and wh
• § 22515 — (a) No person driving, or in control of, or in charge of, a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand on any highway unattended without first effectively setting the brakes thereon and stopping the motor
• § 22516 — No person shall leave standing a locked vehicle in which there is any person who cannot readily escape therefrom.
• § 22517 — No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of such traffic, nor shal
• § 22518 — (a) Fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities constructed, maintained, or operated by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 146.
• § 22519 — Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit, restrict or regulate the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on any offstreet parking facility which it owns or operates.
• § 2252 — Such specialized positions as shall be designated by the commissioner with the approval of the Personnel Board shall be filled pursuant to open competitive examinations held pursuant to law.
• § 22520.5 — (a) No person shall solicit, display, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise vend or attempt to vend any merchandise or service while being wholly or partly within any of the following: (1) The right-of-w
• § 22520.6 — (a) No person shall engage in any activity within a highway roadside rest area or vista point prohibited by rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 225 of the Streets and Highways Code.
• § 22521 — No person shall park a vehicle upon any railroad track or within 7 1 2 feet of the nearest rail.
• § 22522 — No person shall park a vehicle within three feet of any sidewalk access ramp constructed at, or adjacent to, a crosswalk or at any other location on a sidewalk so as to be accessible to and usable by
• § 22523 — (a) No person shall abandon a vehicle upon any highway.
• § 22524 — (a) The abandonment of any vehicle in a manner as provided in Section 22523 shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the last registered owner of record is responsible for the abandonment and i
• § 22524.5 — (a) Any insurer that is responsible for coverage for ordinary and reasonable towing and storage charges under an automobile insurance policy to an insured or on behalf of an insured to a valid claiman
• § 22525 — Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution authorize vanpool vehicles to utilize designated state highway bus stops.
• § 22526 — (a) Notwithstanding any official traffic control signal indication to proceed, a driver of a vehicle shall not enter an intersection or marked crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other s
• § 2253 — For the purpose of determining the scope of employment of any member of the California Highway Patrol under the workers’ compensation laws, any such member shall be deemed to be on duty and acting wit
• § 2254 — In the event any dispute arises between the department and any of its members in an industrial disability case, such member or his attorney, upon demand, shall be entitled to examine any record of the
• § 2255 — No member of the California Highway Patrol, appointed to serve in any county, shall be assigned by the commissioner for service outside the county for a longer period than one week, except: (a) Pursua
• § 2256 — Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum age limit for appointment to the position of entry level peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall be 21
• § 2257 — The commissioner shall issue to each member of the California Highway Patrol a badge of authority with the seal of the State of California in the center thereof, the words “California Highway Patrol”
• § 2258 — Neither the commissioner nor any other person shall issue a badge to any person who is not a duly appointed member of the California Highway Patrol.
• § 2259 — The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall pay to the member, or his estate, the cost of repairing the uniforms and equipment of the member of the California Highway Patrol which are damage
• § 2259.5 — The commissioner shall make certified bulletproof vests available to members of the California Highway Patrol while engaged in enforcement activities.
• § 2260 — The commissioner may advance the cost of, or obtain and furnish, one complete uniform, including such items of clothing and equipment as may be required by the commissioner, to each new member of the
• § 2261 — A uniform substantially similar to the official uniform of members of the California Highway Patrol shall not be worn by any other law enforcement officer or by any other person except duly appointed
• § 2262 — The commissioner shall establish a school for the training and education of the members of the California Highway Patrol, and for other employees of the department deemed necessary, in traffic regulat
• § 2263 — Shooting practice and instruction in the use of firearms shall constitute part of the training to be given to members of the California Highway Patrol.
• § 2264 — The commissioner may procure and issue appropriate badges to patrol members for excellence in marksmanship.
• § 2265 — The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall not assess against any member of the department the cost of replacing any article of uniform clothing or accessories which employees are required
• § 22650 — (a) It is unlawful for a peace officer or an unauthorized person to remove an unattended vehicle from a highway to a garage or to any other place, except as provided in this code.
• § 22651 — A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.05 — (a) A trained volunteer of a state or local law enforcement agency, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, of a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency
• § 22651.07 — (a) A person, including a law enforcement agency, city, county, city and county, the state, a tow yard, storage facility, or an impounding yard, that charges for towing or storage, or both, shall do a
• § 22651.08 — (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.1 — Persons operating or in charge of any storage facility where vehicles are stored pursuant to Section 22651 shall accept a valid bank credit card or cash for payment of towing and storage by the regist
• § 22651.2 — (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.3 — (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.4 — (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.5 — (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.6 — A peace officer or employee specified in Section 22651 may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act when the vehicle was used by a person who was
• § 22651.7 — (a) In addition to, or as an alternative to, removal, a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22651.8 — For purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of Section 22651 and Section 22651.
• § 22651.9 — (a) Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22652 — (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22652.5 — The owner or person in lawful possession of an offstreet parking facility, or any local authority owning or operating an offstreet parking facility, who causes a vehicle to be removed from the parking
• § 22652.6 — Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22653 — (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22654 — (a) Whenever any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22655 — (a) When any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22655.3 — Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22655.5 — A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22656 — Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22658 — (a) The owner or person in lawful possession of private property, including an association of a common interest development, as defined in Sections 4080 and 4100 or Sections 6528 and 6534 of the Civil
• § 22658.1 — (a) Any towing company that, in removing a vehicle, cuts, removes, otherwise damages, or leaves open a fence without the prior approval of the property owner or the person in charge of the property sh
• § 22659 — Any peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or any person duly authorized by the state agency in possession of property owned by the state, or rented or leased from others by
• § 22659.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city or a county may adopt an ordinance declaring a motor vehicle to be a public nuisance subject to seizure and an impoundment period of up to 30 days wh
• § 2266 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The public safety dispatchers and public safety operators of the Department of the California Highway Patrol are among the lowest paid
• § 22660 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county, or city and county may adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked,
• § 22661 — Any ordinance establishing procedures for the removal of abandoned vehicles shall contain all of the following provisions: (a) The requirement that notice be given to the Department of Motor Vehicles
• § 22662 — Vehicles or parts thereof may be disposed of by removal to a scrapyard, automobile dismantler’s yard, or any suitable site operated by a local authority for processing as scrap, or other final disposi
• § 22663 — Any ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 22660 shall provide for administration of the ordinance by regularly salaried full-time employees of the city, county, or city and county, except that the rem
• § 22664 — Any licensed dismantler or commercial enterprise acquiring vehicles removed pursuant to such ordinance shall be excused from the reporting requirements of Section 11520; and any fees and penalties whi
• § 22665 — Notwithstanding Section 22710 or any other provision of law, the department may, at the request of a local authority, other than a service authority, administer on behalf of the authority its abandone
• § 22666 — Whenever the department is administering a program pursuant to Section 22665, it shall by regulation establish procedures for the abatement and removal of vehicles that are identical to the requiremen
• § 22667 — In establishing procedures for the abatement and removal of abandoned vehicles, the department shall give priority to the removal of abandoned vehicles from corridors of the state highway system, from
• § 22668 — No local authority whose abandoned vehicle abatement and removal program is administered pursuant to Section 22665 shall be eligible for any disbursement from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund pursuant
• § 22669 — (a) Any peace officer, as that term is defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22670 — (a) For lien sale purposes, the public agency causing the removal of the vehicle shall determine if the estimated value of the vehicle that has been ordered removed, towed, or stored is five hundred d
• § 22671 — A local authority may either issue a franchise or execute a contract for the removal of abandoned vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
• § 2268 — (a) Any member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as specified in Sections 2250 and 2250.
• § 2269 — (a) The commissioner shall provide, as safety equipment, boots to each member of the California Highway Patrol who is assigned to ride motorcycles.
• § 22710 — (a) A service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles may be established, and a one dollar ($1) vehicle registration fee imposed, in a county if the board of supervisors of the county, by a
• § 22711 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Highway Patrol, any city, county, or city and county which has an abandoned vehicle abatement program, and any service authority established
• § 22850 — Whenever an officer or employee removes a vehicle from a highway, or from public or private property, unless otherwise provided, he shall take the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safet
• § 22850.3 — (a) A vehicle placed in storage pursuant to Section 22850 shall be released to the owner or person in control of the vehicle only if the owner or person furnishes, to the law enforcement agency or emp
• § 22850.5 — (a) A city, county, or city and county, or a state agency may adopt a regulation, ordinance, or resolution establishing procedures for the release of properly impounded vehicles to the registered owne
• § 22851 — (a) (1) Whenever a vehicle has been removed to a garage under this chapter and the keeper of the garage has received the notice or notices as provided herein, the keeper shall have a lien dependent up
• § 22851.1 — (a) If the vehicle is impounded pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 22651 and not released as provided in that subdivision, the vehicle may be sold pursuant to this chapter to satisfy the liens spe
• § 22851.10 — (a) A vehicle determined to have a value not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) pursuant to Section 22670 that was stored pursuant to this chapter, and that remains unclaimed, or for which reasonab
• § 22851.12 — The lienholder may charge a fee for lien-sale preparations not to exceed seventy dollars ($70) in the case of a vehicle having a value determined to be four thousand dollars ($4,000) or less and not t
• § 22851.2 — (a) Excepting a vehicle removed pursuant to Section 22669, if the vehicle is determined to have a value not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) pursuant to Section 22670, the public agency that remo
• § 22851.3 — Whenever a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.
• § 22851.4 — If the vehicle is determined to have a value exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) pursuant to Section 22670, the lien shall be satisfied pursuant to Sections 3067 to 3074, inclusive, of the Civil Cod
• § 22851.5 — (a) The Counties of Alameda and Los Angeles may implement a program to dispose of recreational vehicles subject to the requirements described in subdivision (b).
• § 22851.6 — (a) Lienholders who acquire a vehicle subject to Section 22851.
• § 22851.8 — (a) The lienholder shall, within 15 working days following the date of possession of the vehicle, make a request to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the names and addresses of all persons having a
• § 22852 — (a) Whenever an authorized member of a public agency directs the storage of a vehicle, as permitted by this chapter, or upon the storage of a vehicle as permitted under this section (except as provide
• § 22852.5 — (a) Whenever the possessory lien upon any vehicle is lost through trick, fraud, or device, the repossession of the vehicle by the lienholder revives the possessory lien, but any lien so revived is sub
• § 22853 — (a) Whenever an officer or an employee removing a California registered vehicle from a highway or from public property for storage under this chapter does not know and is not able to ascertain the nam
• § 22854 — The Department of Justice upon receiving notice under Section 22853 of the removal of a vehicle from a highway, or from public or private property, shall notify the registered and legal owner in writi
• § 22854.5 — Whenever an officer or employee of a public agency directs the storage of a vehicle under this chapter, the officer, employee, or agency directing that storage may notify the National Law Enforcement
• § 22855 — The following persons shall have the authority to make appraisals of the value of vehicles for purposes of this chapter, subject to the conditions stated in this chapter: (a) Any peace officer of the
• § 22856 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no cause of action for despoliation of evidence shall arise against any towing company that sells any vehicle at, or disposes of any vehicle after, a lien s
• § 22950 — Any city having a population of over 2,000,000 inhabitants shall regulate offstreet parking facilities within its jurisdiction in a manner not inconsistent with any provisions of this chapter.
• § 22951 — No operator of any offstreet parking facility shall park the vehicle of a patron of the facility in any street or alley.
• § 22952 — Every person engaged in the operation of off-street parking facilities is guilty of a violation, who: (a) Tows or removes or authorizes the towing and removal of any vehicle within 24 hours of the exp
• § 22953 — (a) An owner or person in lawful possession of private property that is held open to the public, or a discernible portion thereof, for parking of vehicles at no fee, or an employee or agent thereof, s
• § 23 — The giving of notice by personal delivery is complete upon delivery of a copy of the notice to the person to be notified.
• § 230 — An “axle” is a structure or portion of a structure consisting of one or more shafts, spindles, or bearings in the same vertical transverse plane by means of which, in conjunction with wheels mounted o
• § 230.5 — A “B-train assembly” is a rigid frame extension attached to the rear frame of a semitrailer which allows for a fifth wheel connection point for a second semitrailer.
• § 231 — A bicycle is a device upon which a person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power, except as provided in Section 312.
• § 231.5 — A “bicycle path” or “bike path” is a Class I bikeway, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 890.
• § 231.6 — (a) A “bicycle path crossing” is either of the following: (1) That portion of a roadway included within the prolongation or connection of the boundary lines of a bike path at intersections where the i
• § 23100 — The provisions of this chapter apply to vehicles upon the highways and elsewhere throughout the State unless expressly provided otherwise.
• § 23103 — (a) A person who drives a vehicle upon a highway in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
• § 23103.5 — (a) If the prosecution agrees to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge of a violation of Section 23103 in satisfaction of, or as a substitute for, an original charge of a violation of Sectio
• § 23104 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever reckless driving of a vehicle proximately causes bodily injury to a person other than the driver, the person driving the vehicle shall, upon convict
• § 23105 — (a) A person convicted of reckless driving in violation of Section 23103 that proximately causes one or more of the injuries specified in subdivision (b) to a person other than the driver, shall be pu
• § 23109 — (a) A person shall not engage in a motor vehicle speed contest on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility.
• § 23109.1 — (a) A person convicted of engaging in a motor vehicle speed contest in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 23109 that proximately causes one or more of the injuries specified in subdivision (b) to
• § 23109.2 — (a) (1) Whenever a peace officer determines that a person was engaged in an activity set forth in paragraph (2), the peace officer may immediately arrest and take into custody that person and may caus
• § 23109.3 — If a peace officer arrests a person for a violation of subdivision (d) of Section 23109 and causes the removal and seizure of the vehicle used to commit the violation pursuant to paragraph (1) of subd
• § 23109.5 — (a) In any case charging a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 23109 and where the offense occurs within five years of one or more prior offenses which resulted in conviction of violation of subdi
• § 23110 — (a) Any person who throws any substance at a vehicle or any occupant thereof on a highway is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 23111 — No person in any vehicle and no pedestrian shall throw or discharge from or upon any road or highway or adjoining area, public or private, any lighted or nonlighted cigarette, cigar, match, or any fla
• § 23112 — (a) No person shall throw or deposit, nor shall the registered owner or the driver, if such owner is not then present in the vehicle, aid or abet in the throwing or depositing upon any highway any bot
• § 23112.5 — (a) Any person who dumps, spills, or causes the release of hazardous material, as defined by Section 353, or hazardous waste, as defined by Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, upon any highwa
• § 23112.7 — (a) (1) A motor vehicle used for illegal dumping of waste matter on public or private property is subject to impoundment pursuant to subdivision (c).
• § 23113 — (a) Any person who drops, dumps, deposits, places, or throws, or causes or permits to be dropped, dumped, deposited, placed, or thrown, upon any highway or street any material described in Section 231
• § 23114 — (a) Except as provided in Subpart I (commencing with Section 393.
• § 23115 — (a) No vehicle transporting garbage, swill, used cans or bottles, wastepapers, waste cardboard, ashes, refuse, trash, or rubbish, or any noisome, nauseous, or offensive matter, or anything being trans
• § 23116 — (a) No person driving a pickup truck or a flatbed motortruck on a highway shall transport any person in or on the back of the truck.
• § 23117 — (a) No person driving a motor vehicle shall transport any animal in the back of the vehicle in a space intended for any load on the vehicle on a highway unless the space is enclosed or has side and ta
• § 23118 — (a) (1) A magistrate presented with the affidavit of a peace officer establishing reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle, described by vehicle type and license number, is being used or operated in
• § 23120 — No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing glasses having a temple width of one-half inch or more if any part of such temple extends below the horizontal center of the lens so as to interfe
• § 23123 — (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in th
• § 23123.5 — Texting while driving
• § 23124 — (a) This section applies to a person under the age of 18 years.
• § 23125 — (a) A person may not drive a schoolbus or transit vehicle, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 99247 of the Public Utilities Code, while using a wireless telephone.
• § 23127 — No person shall operate an unauthorized motor vehicle on any state, county, city, private, or district hiking or horseback riding trail or bicycle path that is clearly marked by an authorized agent or
• § 23128 — It is unlawful for any person to operate a snowmobile in the following manner: (a) On a highway except as provided in Section 38025.
• § 23129 — No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon which is mounted a camper containing any passengers unless there is at least one unobstructed exit capable of being opened from both the interior and exterio
• § 23135 — It is unlawful for any person to operate upon a highway any vehicle which was originally manufactured as a motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406, and which has been modified in such a manner th
• § 23136 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 23152 and 23153, it is unlawful for a person under the age of 21 years who has a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.
• § 23140 — (a) It is unlawful for a person under the age of 21 years who has 0.
• § 23152 — (a) It is unlawful for a person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage to drive a vehicle.
• § 23152.5 — Notwithstanding Section 23152, a person who is under the influence of a drug or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and drug who is under the supervision of, and on the property of, the De
• § 23153 — (a) It is unlawful for a person, while under the influence of any alcoholic beverage, to drive a vehicle and concurrently do any act forbidden by law, or neglect any duty imposed by law in driving the
• § 23154 — (a) It is unlawful for a person who is on probation for a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 to operate a motor vehicle at any time with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.
• § 23155 — Beginning January 1, 2022, when a disposition described in Section 13151 of the Penal Code is a conviction for a violation of subdivision (f) of Section 23152 or subdivision (f) of Section 23153 for w
• § 23158 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only a licensed physician and surgeon, registered nurse, licensed vocational nurse, duly licensed clinical laboratory scientist or clinical laboratory b
• § 232 — The “board” is the New Motor Vehicle Board.
• § 232.5 — “Brokering” is an arrangement under which a dealer, for a fee or other consideration, regardless of the form or time of payment, provides or offers to provide the service of arranging, negotiating, as
• § 23213 — No patient or other person residing in a social rehabilitation facility licensed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1500) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code for the rehabilitation
• § 23215 — The department may, but shall not be required to, provide patrol or enforce the provisions of Section 23152 for offenses which occur other than upon a highway.
• § 23216 — (a) The provisions of Sections 2, 6, 7, and 10 expressly apply to the provisions of this article, and, further, for any recidivist or enhancement purpose, reference to an offense by section number is
• § 23217 — The Legislature finds and declares that some repeat offenders of the prohibition against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, when they are addicted or when they have too much alcohol in t
• § 23220 — (a) A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle on any lands described in subdivision (c).
• § 23221 — (a) A driver shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle upon a highway.
• § 23222 — (a) A person shall not have in their possession on their person, while driving a motor vehicle upon a highway or on lands, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 23220, a bottle, can, or other rec
• § 23223 — (a) A driver shall not have in the driver’s possession, while in a motor vehicle upon a highway or on lands, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 23220, any bottle, can, or other receptacle, con
• § 23224 — (a) No person under 21 years of age shall knowingly drive any motor vehicle carrying any alcoholic beverage, unless the person is accompanied by a parent, responsible adult relative, any other adult d