Title VEH, California Veh. Code

Sections 29004 and 29005 shall not apply to trailers or dollies used to support booms attached to truck cranes if the following conditions are met: (a) The trailer or dolly is connected to the boom by a pin, coupling device, or fifth wheel assembly. (b) The trailer is secured to …

The requirements of Section 29004 do not apply to a dolly used to support a portion of special construction equipment, as defined in Section 565, which, due to its size or weight is being operated under the authority of a permit issued by the Department of Transportation, if the …

It is the intent of the Legislature, by enacting this division, that the public be provided additional protection through the licensing of motor carriers transporting hazardous material. The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall be authorized to inspect and license th…

(a) A motor carrier who directs the transportation of an explosive and a motor carrier who directs the transportation of a hazardous material, who is required to display placards pursuant to Section 27903, and a motor carrier who transports for a fee in excess of 500 pounds of ha…

(a) (1) Any authorized employee of the department may inspect any sealed or unsealed vehicle, container, or shipment subject to this division in maintenance facilities, terminals, or other public or private property to ascertain the quantity and kind of hazardous material and to …

(a) The commissioner may adopt any regulations that are necessary to administer this division. It is a misdemeanor for any motor carrier to violate this division or regulations adopted pursuant to this division. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), it is unlawful for the motor ca…

(a) The commissioner may temporarily suspend a license to haul hazardous material prior to any hearing, when, in the commissioner’s opinion, the action is necessary to prevent an imminent and substantial danger to the public health. The commissioner shall notify the holder of the…

(a) All fees collected by the department pursuant to the issuance or renewal of a license for the transportation of hazardous material shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account of the State Transportation Fund. (b) All moneys collected from these fees shall be used for the …

Any violation of any provision of this division may be enjoined in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California, upon request of the department, except that it shall not be necessary to show lack of adequate remedy at law or …

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 53. Effective September 29, 1996.)

(a) As used in this division, “motor carrier of property” means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle as defined in subdivision (c). “Motor carrier of property” does not include a household mover, as defined in Section 19225.5 of the Business and Professions Code, …

As used in this division, “fund” means the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 805, Sec. 22. Effective September 23, 2002. Operative July 1, 2003, by Sec. 26 of Ch. 805.)

The Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Public Utilities Commission, the Bureau of Household Goods and Services, and the State Board of Equalization shall furnish, upon request, whatever information from their records may be required to assist the department in the e…

The department may adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to administer this division. The department may also adopt rules and regulations necessary to administer civil sanction proceedings and impose fines for failure to comply with Division 14.8 (commencing with Secti…

(a) The department may contract with the Office of Administrative Hearings to administer proceedings and impose fines for failure to comply with Division 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500), or this division, or regulations adopted pursuant to this code. (b) The department and t…

This division may be cited as the Greene-Harmer Motor Vehicle Damage Control Act. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 598.)

The provisions of this division refer exclusively to the size and weight of, and loads upon, vehicles when operated upon the highways. (Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

The provisions of this division, except those requiring a permit for overweight loads, do not apply to motor trucks equipped with snow removal devices. (Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

(a) (1) This division does not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle owned or operated by a governmental agency while being used in responding to and returning from emergency fire calls, while being moved from place to place in anticipation of emergency fire calls, when used d…

For the purpose of this division, booms, masts, machinery or other equipment which is not attendant to the efficient operation of the body of the vehicle but which may be attached to the body or chassis or connected with the driving mechanism, shall be regarded as a load. (Added …

An “implement of husbandry” is a vehicle which is used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations. An implement of husbandry does not include a vehicle if its existing design is primarily for the transportation of persons or property on a highway, unless specifically d…

An implement of husbandry includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) A lift carrier or other vehicle designed and used exclusively for the lifting and carrying of implements of husbandry or tools used exclusively for the production or harvesting of agricultural pr…

A “farm trailer” is either of the following: (a) A trailer or semitrailer owned and operated by a farmer in the conduct of agricultural operations, and used exclusively to transport agricultural products upon the highway to the point of first handling and return. (b) A trailer or…

An “automatic bale wagon” is a motor vehicle capable of transporting property on a highway and equipped with apparatus specifically designed to pick up single bales of hay or straw from a field and to load and unload baled hay or straw. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 627.)

A “cotton module mover” is a motortruck, semitrailer, or a truck tractor, in combination with a semitrailer, that is equipped with a self-loading bed and is designed and used exclusively to transport field manufactured cotton modules to a cotton gin. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. …

“Implement of husbandry” includes any farm tractor, otherwise an implement of husbandry used upon a highway to draw a farm trailer carrying farm produce, or to draw any trailer or semitrailer carrying other implements of husbandry, between farms, or from a farm to a processing or…

A “trap wagon” is a trailer or semitrailer used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations to fuel, service, or repair implements of husbandry. A trap wagon may be equipped with tools, spare parts, lubricating supplies, or fuel tanks. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 973, Se…

For the exclusive purpose of this division, empty bins, pallets, and tiedown straps shall not be considered a load when transported within the parameters of agricultural operations. Any farm trailer or other vehicle transporting these items shall continue to be regulated pursuant…

This division may be cited as the Chappie-Z'berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1816.)

(a) Except as otherwise provided, this division applies to off-highway motor vehicles, as defined in Section 38006, on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, including any land acquired, developed, operated, or maintained, in whole or in part, wi…

As used in this division, an “off-highway motor vehicle” is any of the following: (a) A motor vehicle subject to the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 38010. (b) A motor vehicle registered under Section 4000, when such motor vehicle is operated on land to which this divisi…

The Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall adopt courses of instruction in off-highway motor vehicle safety, operation, and principles of environmental preservation by January 1, 2005. For this purpose the division shall cons…

As used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) “Vessel” includes every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, except the following: (1) A seaplane on the water. (2) A watercraft specif…

The director, deputy director, registrar, deputy registrar, investigators of the department, and peace officers, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of the Penal Code, may inspect the hull identification number, certificate of number, and certificate of owners…

Any advertisement, brochure, owner’s manual, or sales manual relating to any gasoline-powered motor vehicle of a type subject to registration with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of under 6,000 pounds of 1972 or later year model which contains any reference to the ho…

(a) A manufacturer of a new motor vehicle sold or leased in this state that is equipped with one or more recording devices commonly referred to as “event data recorders (EDR)” or “sensing and diagnostic modules (SDM),” shall disclose that fact in the owner’s manual for the vehicl…

Any person who publishes, or causes to be published, or offers for sale or sells, or gives to another person, any advertisement, brochure, owner’s manual, or sales manual which violates Section 9950 is guilty of an infraction. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 73.)

Every manufacturer of a new motor vehicle sold in this state which, as equipped, may not be operated with tire chains shall do both of the following: (a) Indicate that fact in the owner’s manual for the vehicle or other written material provided by the manufacturer regarding the …

(a) This section applies only to new vehicles sold or leased in this state on or after January 1, 2008, except as provided in subdivision (d) or (e). (b) A motor vehicle manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold or leased in this state shall provide the means whereby the registered ow…

(a) A manufacturer of a pocket bike shall affix on the pocket bike a sticker with a disclosure stating that the device is prohibited from being operated on a sidewalk, roadway, or any part of a highway, or on a bikeway, bicycle path or trail, equestrian trail, hiking or recreatio…