Title VEH, California Veh. Code

As used in this article, each of the following terms has the following meaning: (a) “Tow truck driver” means a person who operates a tow truck, who renders towing service or emergency road service to motorists while involved in freeway service patrol operations, pursuant to an ag…

“Regional or local entity,” as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 2430.1, also includes the transportation planning entity established pursuant to Section 130050.1 of the Public Utilities Code or the service authority for freeway emergencies described in Section 2551 of the St…

(a) Every freeway service patrol tow truck driver and any California Highway Patrol rotation tow truck operator shall notify each of his or her employers and prospective employers and the Department of the California Highway Patrol of an arrest or conviction of any crime specifie…

(a) Every employer intending to hire a tow truck driver on or after July 1, 1992, shall require the applicant for employment to submit a temporary tow truck driver certificate issued by the department or a permanent tow truck driver certificate issued by the Department of Motor V…

(a) For the purposes of conducting criminal history and driver history screening of tow truck drivers and employers, the commissioner shall do all of the following: (1) Obtain fingerprints from tow truck drivers and employers. The fingerprint cards will be submitted to the Depart…

(a) It is unlawful for a freeway service patrol tow truck driver to knowingly provide false information on the application prepared and submitted to the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2431. (b) It is unlawful for a California Highway Patrol rotation tow truck o…

(a) If the commissioner determines that an employer has failed to comply with the requirements of this article or Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 2435), the commissioner may, after a hearing, suspend the highway safety carrier’s identification number issued pursuant to Secti…

(a) This article does not preempt the authority of any city, city and county, or county to regulate, pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 21100, any of the matters covered by this article. (b) (1) For the purposes of verifying the criminal history of individuals involved in the…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the emergency roadside assistance provided by highway service organizations is a valuable service that benefits millions of California motorists. The Legislature further finds and declares that emergency roadside assistance is provided …

For the purposes of this article, each of the following terms has the meaning given in this section: (a) “Emergency road service” is the adjustment, repair, or replacement by a highway service organization of the equipment, tires, or mechanical parts of a motor vehicle so as to p…

(a) On and after July 1, 1992, every employer shall obtain from the department a carrier identification number. Application for a carrier identification number shall be on forms furnished by the department. The number shall be displayed on both sides of each tow truck utilized in…

(a) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, shall provide training, pursuant to a reimbursable agreement or contract with a regional or local entity, for all employers and tow truck drivers who are involved in freeway service patrol operations pursua…

(a) Every tow truck driver and employer, involved in a freeway service patrol operation under an agreement or contract with a regional or local entity, shall attend the training specified in subdivision (b) of Section 2436.5. (b) Upon successful completion of the training, each t…

(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 longer than 12 hours. (b) The record shall contain the name and address of the pe…

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 Department of Justice by receipted mail, which shall at once notify the legal owner …

(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 Vehicles, no fee or service charge may be imposed upon the legal owner for the parki…

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 hours after receiving the vehicle report such fact to the sheriff’s office of the…

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, when the agreement to rent includes only the building or space therein, shall with…

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. (Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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 conduct vehicle theft investigations, may inspect any vehicle of a type required to b…

(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. (b) As used in this section, “recreational vehicle” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 18215.5 of the …

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, revoked or invalidated. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 700.)

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 thousand dollars ($5,000) with corporate surety thereon, duly licensed to do bu…

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 be licensed, if the director is satisfied that there are no outstanding claims ag…

(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 satisfied that the applicant or permittee: (1) Has violated any of the provisions of thi…

(a) Every person licensed under this chapter shall report to the department every change of residence address within 10 days of the change. (b) Any person currently or previously licensed under this chapter who no longer resides at the address last filed with the department may b…

(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 agreeable to the director, the respondent licensee, and the accuser without further…

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 evidence the verification of any vehicle, without having actually physically insp…

(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 to demand, in writing, a hearing as provided in this chapter, before the direct…

(a) A vehicle verifier shall maintain a record of each verification made. The record shall contain all of the following: (1) The name and address of the person requesting the verification and the fee charged for such verification. (2) The year model, vehicle identification number…

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. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 700.)

(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 dollars ($50). (2) For an application for renewal, fifteen dollars ($15). (b) All…

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. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 700.)

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, expired, or canceled permit as provided in Section 11302 or 11305 or any rules …

(a) A parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for a child who is 6 years of age or younger may not leave that child inside a motor vehicle without being subject to the supervision of a person who is 12 years of age or older, under either of the following circumstances…

For the purposes of this chapter, all persons under 18 years of age are minors. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1748.)

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 have custody of the minor. If only one parent is living or has custody, the appl…

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 may file proof of financial responsibility, as defined in Section 16430. (Amended…

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 has custody of the minor, or the department may accept an application signed an…

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 until proof of the licensee’s continued financial responsibility has been given or …

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 application signed and verified only by the minor and accompanied by proof of financial r…

(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 by the minor and his employer, but in such case the department shall issue to the…

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 a license and the person shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor fo…

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 or guardian having custody of the minor is hereby imposed upon the parents, perso…

(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 dollars ($15,000) for injury to or death of one person as a result of any one acciden…

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 servant of any person. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 702.)