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California Vehicle Code Section 28

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(a) Whenever possession is taken of any vehicle by or on behalf
of any legal owner thereof under the terms of a security agreement
or lease agreement, the person taking possession shall notify, within
one hour after taking possession of the vehicle, and by the most
expeditious means available, the city police department where the
taking of possession occurred, if within an incorporated city, or the
sheriff's department of the county where the taking of possession
occurred, if outside an incorporated city, or the police department
of a campus of the University of California or the California State
University, if the taking of possession occurred on that campus, and
shall within one business day forward a written notice to the city
police or sheriff's department.
   (b) Any person failing to notify the city police department,
sheriff's department, or campus police department as required by this
section is guilty of an infraction, and shall be fined a minimum of
three hundred dollars ($300), and up to five hundred dollars ($500).
The district attorney, city attorney, or city prosecutor shall
promptly notify the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services of
any conviction resulting from a violation of this section.

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