California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 8 - Signs

  • Section 27900.
    (a) Every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles used to carry the property of others for hire or used to carry passengers for hire, any truck...
  • Section 27901.
    The display of the name or trademark shall be in letters in sharp contrast to the background and shall be of such size, shape, and...
  • Section 27902.
    Section 27900 does not apply to any motor vehicle having an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or less or to any vehicle towed by such...
  • Section 27903.
    (a) Subject to Section 114765 of the Health and Safety Code, a vehicle transporting an explosive, blasting agent, flammable liquid, flammable solid, oxidizing material, corrosive, compressed...
  • Section 27904.
    There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the right and left sides of a pilot car a sign showing the name of...
  • Section 27904.5.
    Subject to Section 35783.5, a pilot car shall display neat, clean, and legible signs containing the word “OVERSIZE.” The words “OVERSIZE LOAD,” “WIDE LOAD,” or...
  • Section 27905.
    It is unlawful to display on a vehicle any sign with the words “fire” or “fire department” thereon, except on vehicles owned and operated by...
  • Section 27906.
    (a) Every schoolbus, while being used for the transportation of school pupils at or below the 12th-grade level shall bear upon the front and rear of...
  • Section 27906.5.
    Every youth bus, when operated for the transportation of school pupils, shall bear, upon the front and rear of the youth bus, a plainly visible...
  • Section 27907.
    There shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on both the right and left side of a tow truck, a repossessor’s tow vehicle, or an...
  • Section 27908.
    (a) In every taxicab operated in this state there shall be a sign of heavy material, not smaller than 6 inches by 4 inches, or such...
  • Section 27909.
    Any vehicle which carries liquefied petroleum gas fuel or natural gas, in a tank attached to a vehicle, in any concealed area, including trunks, compartments,...
  • Section 27910.
    The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall initiate a 12-month study to determine an effective means to enforce the provisions of the Commercial Vehicle...

Last modified: October 22, 2018