California Vehicle Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 24000.
  Wherever in this division the word “department” occurs, it means the Department of the California Highway Patrol.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
• Section 24001.
  This division and Division 13 (commencing at Section 29000), unless otherwise provided, applies to all vehicles whether publicly or privately owned when upon the highways,...
• Section 24001.5.
  A golf cart as defined in Section 345 shall only be subject to the provisions of this division which are applicable to a motorcycle.(Amended by...
• Section 24002.
  (a) It is unlawful to operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in an unsafe condition, or which is not safely loaded, and which...
• Section 24002.5.
  (a) No person may operate a farm labor vehicle that is in a condition that presents an immediate safety hazard or in violation of Section 24004...
• Section 24003.
  No vehicle shall be equipped with any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted in this code, nor shall any lamp or illuminating device...
• Section 24004.
  No person shall operate any vehicle or combination of vehicles after notice by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 or subdivision (a) of...
• Section 24005.
  It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, lease, install, or replace, either for himself or as the agent or employee of...
• Section 24005.5.
  It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale for use on loads regulated by the department any type of synthetic fiber...
• Section 24006.
  No person shall sell or offer for sale either separately or as a part of the equipment of a new motor vehicle any equipment or...
• Section 24007.
  (a) (1) No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell a new or used vehicle that is not in compliance with this code and...
• Section 24007.1.
  (a) The manufacturer of equipment used in the assembly of an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in Section 165, used by a local public fire service...
• Section 24007.2.
  If a dealer, or a person holding a retail seller’s permit, sells to an elderly low-income person, as defined in Section 39026.5 of the Health...
• Section 24007.5.
  (a) (1) No auctioneer or public agency shall sell, at public auction, any vehicle specified in subdivision (a) of Section 24007, which is not in compliance with...
• Section 24007.6.
  Except for vehicles sold to a dealer or for the purpose of being wrecked or dismantled or sold exclusively for off-highway use, a salvage pool...
• Section 24008.
  It is unlawful to operate any passenger vehicle, or commercial vehicle under 6,000 pounds, which has been modified from the original design so that any...
• Section 24008.5.
  (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle with a frame height or body floor height greater than specified in subdivisions (b) and (c).(b) The maximum frame...
• Section 24009.
  No person shall sell or offer for sale a new motor truck, truck tractor, or bus that is not equipped with an identification plate or...
• Section 24010.
  (a) No person engaged in the rental of any vehicle, for periods of 30 days or less, shall rent, lease or otherwise allow the operation of...
• Section 24011.
  Whenever a federal motor vehicle safety standard is established under federal law (49 U.S.C. Sec. 30101 et seq.), no dealer shall sell or offer for...
• Section 24011.3.
  (a) Every manufacturer or importer of new passenger vehicles for sale or lease in this state, shall affix to a window or the windshield of the...
• Section 24011.7.
  (a) Nothing in Chapter 20.4 (commencing with Section 9889.50) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, shall be construed as having any effect on...
• Section 24012.
  All lighting equipment or devices subject to requirements established by the department shall comply with the engineering requirements and specifications, including mounting and aiming instructions,...
• Section 24013.
  No new motor vehicle shall be sold unless the seller provides the buyer with a statement of the minimum octane number of the gasoline for...
• Section 24013.5.
  (a) No dealer shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any new light duty truck with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500...
• Section 24014.
  (a) No dealer shall sell, offer for sale, or display, any new, assembled motorcycle on its premises, unless there is securely attached to its handlebar a...
• Section 24015.
  (a) Motorized bicycles shall comply with those federal motor vehicle safety standards established under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C.,...
• Section 24016.
  (a) An electric bicycle described in subdivision (a) of Section 312.5 shall meet the following criteria:(1) Comply with the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by...
• Section 24017.
  A commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 260, operated by a motor carrier, whether the motor carrier is a private company or a public...
• Section 24018.
  (a) Every transit bus operated by a motor carrier, whether that motor carrier is a private company or a public agency, that provides public transportation services...

Last modified: October 22, 2018