California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 1 - Vehicles Subject to Registration

Section 4000.
(a) (1) A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole...
Section 4000.1.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of this section, or subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code,...
Section 4000.15.
(a) Effective January 1, 2020, the department shall confirm, prior to the initial registration or the transfer of ownership and registration of a diesel-fueled vehicle with...
Section 4000.2.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, and, commencing on April 1, 2005, except for model-years...
Section 4000.3.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 44011 of the Health and Safety Code, the department shall require biennially, upon renewal of registration of any motor...
Section 4000.37.
(a) Upon application for renewal of registration of a motor vehicle, the department shall require that the applicant submit either a form approved by the department,...
Section 4000.38.
(a) The department shall suspend, cancel, or revoke the registration of a vehicle when it determines that any of the following circumstances has occurred:(1) The registration was...
Section 4000.4.
(a) Except as provided in Sections 6700, 6702, and 6703, any vehicle which is registered to a nonresident owner, and which is based in California or...
Section 4000.5.
(a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section 175, as a motor vehicle.(b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from...
Section 4000.6.
A commercial motor vehicle, singly or in combination, that operates with a declared gross or combined gross vehicle weight that exceeds 10,000 pounds shall be...
Section 4001.
All vehicles exempt from the payment of registration fees shall be registered as otherwise required by this code by the person having custody thereof, and...
Section 4002.
When moved or operated under a permit issued by the department, registration is not required of:(a) A vehicle not previously registered while being moved or operated...
Section 4003.
A permit, as described in Section 9258, may be issued by the department for operating any of the following vehicles, except a crane:(a) A vehicle while...
Section 4003.5.
(a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 9258.5, the department shall issue to a manufacturer or dealer a one-trip permit authorizing a new trailer,...
Section 4004.
(a) (1) Commercial motor vehicles meeting the registration requirements of a foreign jurisdiction, and subject to registration but not entitled to exemption from registration or licensing under...
Section 4004.5.
The owner of any motor vehicle subject to the registration provisions of this chapter, or exempted therefrom, may file with the department, at the time...
Section 4004.7.
(a) If the apportioned registration issued under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 for a commercial vehicle or vehicle combination that was last...
Section 4005.
Any vehicle subject to registration may be operated within a disaster area or region for the purpose of assisting in disaster relief work, under a...
Section 4006.
A vehicle which is driven or moved upon a highway only for the purpose of crossing the highway from one property to another in accordance...
Section 4007.
The department, the Public Utilities Commission, and the State Board of Equalization shall enter into an interagency agreement to establish a coordinated system for the...
Section 4009.
A vehicle transported upon a highway, no part of which is in contact with the highway, is exempt from registration.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
Section 4010.
Special construction equipment and special mobile equipment are exempt from registration.(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1659.)
Section 4012.
Any vehicle, implement, or equipment specifically designed or altered for and used exclusively in the maintenance or operation of cemetery grounds, which is only incidentally...
Section 4013.
Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading and unloading and for stacking materials and is operated upon a highway only for the purpose...
Section 4014.
Any portable or collapsible dolly carried in a tow truck or in a truck used by an automobile dismantler and used upon a highway exclusively...
Section 4015.
Any privately owned vehicle designed or capable of being used for firefighting purposes when operated upon a highway only in responding to, and returning from,...
Section 4016.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4000, unregistered vehicles may be left standing upon a highway adjacent to a vehicle dealer’s place of business when done...
Section 4017.
The provisions of Section 4000 shall not apply to the moving or operating of a vehicle during the period of time in which application may...
Section 4018.
Any logging vehicle is exempt from registration.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 517.)
Section 4019.
A golf cart operated pursuant to Section 21115 is exempt from registration.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1303.)
Section 4020.
A motorized bicycle operated upon a highway is exempt from registration.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 987.)
Section 4021.
Any vehicle that is designed or altered for, and used exclusively for, the refueling of aircraft at a public airport is exempt from registration, if...
Section 4022.
A vehicle repossessed pursuant to the terms of a security agreement is exempt from registration solely for the purpose of transporting the vehicle from the...
Section 4023.
A low-speed vehicle operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1 is exempt from registration.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 140, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
Section 4024.
(a) The University of California is requested to conduct a study on motor vehicle registration fraud and failure to register a motor vehicle. The study shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018