California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements

  • Section 26301.
    Any motor vehicle first registered in this state after January 1, 1940, shall be equipped with power brakes if its gross weight exceeds 14,000 pounds,...
  • Section 26301.5.
    Every passenger vehicle manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1973, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with an emergency brake system so constructed that rupture...
  • Section 26302.
    (a) Every trailer or semitrailer, manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1940, and having a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or more and which is...
  • Section 26303.
    Every trailer coach and every camp trailer having a gross weight of 1,500 pounds or more, but exclusive of passengers, shall be equipped with brakes...
  • Section 26304.
    (a) Power brakes on any trailer or semitrailer manufactured after December 31, 1955, operated over public highways and required to be equipped with brakes shall be...
  • Section 26305.
    Any auxiliary dolly or tow dolly may be equipped with brakes.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 708, Sec. 9.)
  • Section 26307.
    No forklift truck manufactured after January 1, 1970, shall be towed behind another vehicle unless it is equipped with brakes on the wheels of the...
  • Section 26311.
    (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels in contact with the roadway, except as follows:(1) Trucks and truck tractors manufactured before...

Last modified: October 22, 2018