California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 1 - Violation of Code

• Section 40000.1.
  Except as otherwise provided in this article, it is unlawful and constitutes an infraction for any person to violate, or fail to comply with any...
• Section 40000.3.
  A violation expressly declared to be a felony, or a public offense which is punishable, in the discretion of the court, either as a felony...
• Section 40000.5.
  A violation of any of the following provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:Section 20, relating to false statements.Section 27, relating to impersonating...
• Section 40000.6.
  A violation of any of the following is a misdemeanor and not an infraction:(a) Subdivision (b) of Section 1808.1, relating to enrollment in the pull notice...
• Section 40000.61.
  A violation of Section 1808.45, relating to unauthorized disclosure of department records, is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1213, Sec.
• Section 40000.65.
  A violation of Section 2430.5 or 2432, relating to emergency road service, is a misdemeanor and not an infraction.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 488, Sec.
• Section 40000.7.
  (a) A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(1) Section 2416, relating to regulations for emergency vehicles.(2) Section 2800, relating to...
• Section 40000.70.a.
  A violation of Section 23112.5, relating to notification of an on-highway hazardous material or hazardous waste spill, is a misdemeanor and not an infraction.(Added by...
• Section 40000.77.
  A violation of Article 7 (commencing with Section 2570) of Chapter 2.5 of Division 2, relating to transportation of school pupils, is a misdemeanor, and...
• Section 40000.8.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:Section 9872, relating to the registration of vessels. Section 9872.1, relating...
• Section 40000.9.
  A violation of any of the following provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:Section 10501, relating to false report of vehicle theft.Sections 10750...
• Section 40000.11.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(a) Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100), relating to occupational licensing and...
• Section 40000.13.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(a) Section 16560, relating to interstate highway carriers.(b) Sections 20002 and 20003, relating...
• Section 40000.13.a.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(a) Section 16560, relating to interstate highway carriers.(b) Sections 20002 and 20003, relating...
• Section 40000.14.
  A violation of subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 21367 is an infraction, except as follows:(a) A willful violation is a misdemeanor.(b) A willful violation committed in...
• Section 40000.15.
  A violation of any of the following provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:Subdivision (g), (j), (k), (l), or (m) of Section 22658,...
• Section 40000.16.
  A second or subsequent violation of Section 23114, relating to preventing the escape of materials from vehicles, occurring within two years of a prior violation...
• Section 40000.18.
  A violation of subdivision (b) of Section 31401 or Section 31402 or 31403, relating to farm labor vehicles, is a misdemeanor and not an infraction.(Added...
• Section 40000.19.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(a) Section 31303, relating to transportation of hazardous waste.(b) Division 14 (commencing with...
• Section 40000.20.
  A third or subsequent violation of Section 23225, relating to the storage of an opened container of an alcoholic beverage, or Section 23223, relating to...
• Section 40000.21.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(a) Subdivision (a) of Section 34506, relating to the hours of service...
• Section 40000.22.
  (a) A violation of subdivision (e) of Section 34501, subdivision (b) or (d) of Section 34501.12, or subdivision (c) of Section 34501.14, relating to applications for...
• Section 40000.23.
  A violation of any of the following provisions is a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:(a) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 35784, relating to special...
• Section 40000.24.
  A violation of any of the following provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor and not an infraction:(a) Subdivision (c) of Section 38301.5, relating to unauthorized operation of...
• Section 40000.25.
  A violation of any of the following provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:Section 40005, relating to owner’s responsibility.Section 40504, relating to false...
• Section 40000.26.
  A violation of subdivision (g) of Section 34501.12 or subdivision (d) of Section 34501.14, relating to inspections, is a misdemeanor and not an infraction.(Amended by...
• Section 40000.28.
  Any offense which would otherwise be an infraction is a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of three or more violations of this code...
• Section 40001.
  (a) It is unlawful for the owner, or any other person, employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to cause the operation of the...
• Section 40002.
  (a) (1) If there is a violation of Section 40001, an owner or any other person subject to Section 40001, who was not driving the vehicle involved...
• Section 40002.1.
  (a) Whenever a person has failed to appear in the court designated in the notice to appear or a verified complaint specified in Section 40002, following...
• Section 40003.
  Whenever an employee is prosecuted for a violation of any provision of this code, or regulations promulgated pursuant to this code, relating to the size,...
• Section 40004.
  (a) The period for commencing criminal action against any person having filed or caused to be filed any false, fictitious, altered, forged or counterfeit document with...
• Section 40005.
  Whenever a driver is cited for a violation of any provision of this code, or regulations promulgated pursuant to this code, relating to the size,...
• Section 40006.
  Whenever a disabled vehicle, being taken to a repair shop, garage, or other place of storage, is being towed upon a highway by a tow...
• Section 40007.
  Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) does not preclude the application of any other statutory provision which is applicable to any act violating any provision...
• Section 40008.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), any person who violates Section 21701, 21703, or 23103, with the intent...

Last modified: October 22, 2018