California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 3 - Rear Lighting Equipment

• Section 24600.
  During darkness every motor vehicle which is not in combination with any other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of vehicles...
• Section 24601.
  Either the taillamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear license plate during...
• Section 24602.
  (a) A vehicle may be equipped with not more than two red fog taillamps mounted on the rear which may be lighted, in addition to the...
• Section 24603.
  Every motor vehicle that is not in combination with any other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of vehicles shall at...
• Section 24604.
  (a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends, or whenever any integral part of any vehicle projects, to the rear four feet or more beyond the...
• Section 24605.
  (a) A tow truck or an automobile dismantler’s tow vehicle used to tow a vehicle shall be equipped with and carry a taillamp, a stoplamp, and...
• Section 24606.
  (a) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, of a type subject to registration and manufactured on and after January 1, 1969, shall be equipped with...
• Section 24607.
  Every vehicle subject to registration under this code shall at all times be equipped with red reflectors mounted on the rear as follows:(a) Every vehicle shall...
• Section 24608.
  (a) Motortrucks, trailers, semitrailers, and buses 80 or more inches in width manufactured on or after January 1, 1968, shall be equipped with an amber reflector...
• Section 24609.
  (a) A vehicle may be equipped with white or amber reflectors that are mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height of 15 inches...
• Section 24610.
  A reflector placed on vehicles under Section 24609 which is of the button or other multiple-unit type shall contain not less than seven units with...
• Section 24611.
  Trailers that are equipped with red and white reflective sheeting or reflectors on both the sides and rear and displayed in accordance with federal Motor...
• Section 24612.
  (a) All trailers and semitrailers having an overall width of 80 inches or more and a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, and...
• Section 24615.
  It is unlawful to operate upon a public highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles, which is designed to be and is operated at a...
• Section 24616.
  (a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with one or two rear-facing auxiliary lamps. For the purposes of this section, a rear-facing auxiliary lamp is a...
• Section 24617.
  (a) A transit bus may be authorized to be equipped with a yield right-of-way sign on the left rear of the bus. The yield right-of-way sign...

Last modified: October 22, 2018