“Qualified motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is used, designed, or maintained for transportation of persons or property, and that has two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight exceeding 26,000 pounds or 11,797 kilograms, has three or more axles regardless of weight, or is used in combination, when the weight of that combination exceeds 26,000 pounds or 11,797 kilograms gross vehicle weight. “Qualified motor vehicle” does not include a recreational vehicle.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 555, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 8620

  • motor vehicle: includes every self-propelled vehicle operated or suitable for operation on the highway, except a vehicle used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 8603