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| § 100 |
Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions … |
| § 102 |
“Ability to respond in damages” means financial responsibility. |
| § 105 |
An “agricultural water-well boring rig” is a motor vehicle which is … |
| § 108 |
“Airbrakes” means a brake system using compressed air either for … |
| § 109 |
“Alcoholic beverage” includes any liquid or solid material intended … |
| § 110 |
“Alley” is any highway having a roadway not exceeding 25 feet in … |
| § 111 |
(a) “All-terrain vehicle” means a motor vehicle subject to … |
| § 111.3 |
An “all-terrain vehicle safety instructor” is a person who is … |
| § 111.5 |
An “all-terrain vehicle safety training organization” is any … |
| § 112 |
“Amber” has the same meaning as “yellow,” and is within the … |
| § 115 |
An “armored car” is a vehicle that is equipped with materials on … |
| § 165 |
An authorized emergency vehicle is:(a) Any publicly owned and … |
| § 165.5 |
No act or omission of any rescue team operating in conjunction with … |
| § 166 |
An “autobroker” or “auto buying service” is a dealer, as defined in … |
| § 175 |
An “autoette” is a motor vehicle, located on a natural island with an … |
| § 210 |
An “automated enforcement system” is any system operated by a … |
| § 220 |
(a) An “automobile dismantler” is a person not otherwise … |
| § 221 |
(a) The term “automobile dismantler” does not include any of the … |
| § 223 |
Any reference in this code to “automobile driver training” shall be … |
| § 225 |
An “auxiliary dolly” is a vehicle, not designed for carrying persons … |
| § 230 |
An “axle” is a structure or portion of a structure consisting of one … |
| § 230.5 |
A “B-train assembly” is a rigid frame extension attached to the rear … |
| § 231 |
A bicycle is a device upon which a person may ride, propelled … |
| § 231.5 |
A “bicycle path” or “bike path” is a Class I bikeway, as defined in … |
| § 231.6 |
(a) A “bicycle path crossing” is either of the … |
| § 232 |
The “board” is the New Motor Vehicle Board. |
| § 232.5 |
“Brokering” is an arrangement under which a dealer, for a fee or … |
| § 233 |
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a “bus” is any … |
| § 234 |
A “business” includes a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and … |
| § 235 |
A “business district” is that portion of a highway and the property … |
| § 236 |
A “business representative” means a proprietor, a limited or general … |
| § 240 |
In determining whether a highway is within a business or residence … |
| § 241 |
A “buy-here-pay-here” dealer is a dealer, as defined in Section 285, … |
| § 241.1 |
The term “buy-here-pay-here” dealer does not include any of the … |
| § 242 |
A “camp trailer” is a vehicle designed to be used on a highway, … |
| § 243 |
A “camper” is a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle … |
| § 245 |
A “carry-all” is that type of earth-moving equipment which is not … |
| § 246 |
A “certificate of compliance” for the purposes of this code is an … |
| § 250 |
A “chop shop” is any building, lot, or other premises where any … |
| § 255 |
“City” includes every city and city and county within this State. |
| § 257 |
A “clean fuel vehicle” means any passenger or commercial vehicle or … |
| § 259 |
“Collector motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle owned by a collector, … |
| § 260 |
(a) A “commercial vehicle” is a motor vehicle of a type required … |
| § 265 |
The “commissioner” is the Commissioner of the California Highway … |
| § 266 |
A “consignment” is an arrangement under which a dealer agrees to … |
| § 267 |
A “converter” is a person, other than a vehicle manufacturer, who, … |
| § 270 |
“County” includes every county and city and county within this State. |
| § 273 |
A “crib sheet” or “cribbing device” is any paper or device designed … |
| § 275 |
“Crosswalk” is either:(a) That portion of a roadway included … |
| § 280 |
“Darkness” is any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half … |
| § 285 |
“Dealer” is a person not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 286 … |
| § 286 |
The term “dealer” does not include any of the … |
| § 288 |
“Declared combined gross weight” equals the total unladen weight of … |
| § 289 |
“Declared gross vehicle weight” means weight that equals the total … |
| § 290 |
“Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles except, when used … |
| § 291 |
Any reference in this code to the Department of Public Works shall be … |
| § 295 |
The “director” is the Director of Motor Vehicles. |
| § 295.5 |
A “disabled person” is any of the following:(a) Any person who … |
| § 295.7 |
A “disabled veteran” is any person who, as a result of injury or … |
| § 296 |
A “distributor” is any person other than a manufacturer who sells or … |
| § 297 |
A “distributor branch” is an office maintained by a distributor for … |
| § 300 |
A “drawbar” is a rigid structure forming a connection between a … |
| § 303 |
A “driveaway-towaway operation” is any operation in which any motor … |
| § 305 |
A “driver” is a person who drives or is in actual physical control of … |
| § 310 |
A “driver’s license” is a valid license to drive the type of motor … |
| § 310.4 |
A “driving instructor” is, except as provided in Section 11105.5, an … |
| § 310.6 |
A “driving school” is a business which, for compensation, conducts or … |
| § 310.8 |
A “driving school operator” is either a driving school owner who … |
| § 311 |
A “driving school owner” is any person licensed by the department to … |
| § 312 |
The term “drug” means any substance or combination of substances, … |
| § 312.5 |
(a) An “electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with fully … |
| § 313 |
The term “electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” … |
| § 313.5 |
An “electrically motorized board” is any wheeled device that has a … |
| § 314 |
An “expressway” is a portion of highway that is part of either of the … |
| § 315 |
“Essential parts” are all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a … |
| § 320 |
“Established place of business” is a place actually occupied either … |
| § 320.5 |
An “extralegal load” is a single unit or an assembled item which, due … |
| § 321 |
“Factory-built housing” is a structure as defined in Section 19971 of … |
| § 322 |
(a) A “farm labor vehicle” is any motor vehicle designed, used, … |
| § 324 |
A “fifth-wheel travel trailer” is a vehicle designed for recreational … |
| § 324.5 |
A “former prisoner of war” is any person who, while serving as a … |
| § 325 |
A “foreign jurisdiction” is any other state, the District of … |
| § 330 |
A “foreign vehicle” is a vehicle of a type required to be registered … |
| § 331 |
(a) A “franchise” is a written agreement between two or more … |
| § 331.1 |
A “franchisee” is any person who, pursuant to a franchise, receives … |
| § 331.2 |
A “franchisor” is any person who manufactures, assembles, or … |
| § 331.3 |
A “recreational vehicle franchise” is a written agreement between two … |
| § 332 |
“Freeway” is a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting … |
| § 335 |
A “gantry truck” is a motor vehicle so designed and constructed that … |
| § 336 |
“General public paratransit vehicle” means any motor vehicle designed … |
| § 340 |
A “garage” is a building or other place wherein the business of … |
| § 345 |
A “golf cart” is a motor vehicle having not less than three wheels in … |
| § 350 |
(a) “Gross vehicle weight rating” (GVWR) means the weight … |
| § 353 |
“Hazardous material” is any substance, material, or device posing an … |
| § 360 |
“Highway” is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained … |
| § 362 |
A “house car” is a motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently … |
| § 365 |
An “intersection” is the area embraced within the prolongation of the … |
| § 370 |
A “legal owner” is a person holding a security interest in a vehicle … |
| § 371 |
Lessee includes “bailee” and is a person who leases, offers to lease, … |
| § 372 |
A “lessor” is a person who, for a term exceeding four months, leases … |
| § 373 |
A “lessor-retailer” is a lessor or renter who, except under the … |
| § 375 |
“Lighting equipment” is any of the following lamps or … |
| § 377 |
A “limit line” is a solid white line not less than 12 nor more than … |
| § 378 |
(a) “Limousine” means any sedan or sport utility vehicle, of … |
| § 380 |
“Liquefied petroleum gas” means normal butane, isobutane, propane, or … |
| § 385 |
“Local authorities” means the legislative body of every county or … |
| § 385.2 |
A “logging dolly” is a vehicle designed for carrying logs, having one … |
| § 385.3 |
A “logging vehicle” is a vehicle used exclusively in the conduct of … |
| § 385.5 |
(a) A “low-speed vehicle” is a motor vehicle that meets all of … |
| § 386 |
A “managerial employee” is a person who exercises control over a … |
| § 387 |
“Manufactured home” is a manufactured home, as defined in Section … |
| § 389 |
A “manufacturer branch” is an office maintained by a manufacturer for … |
| § 395 |
A “metal tire” is a tire the surface of which in contact with the … |
| § 395.5 |
A “mobile billboard advertising display” means an advertising display … |
| § 396 |
“Mobilehome” is a structure as defined in Section 18008 of the Health … |
| § 400 |
(a) A “motorcycle” is a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle … |
| § 405 |
A “motor-driven cycle” is any motorcycle with a motor that displaces … |
| § 406 |
(a) A “motorized bicycle” or “moped” is a two-wheeled or … |
| § 407 |
A “motorized quadricycle” is a four-wheeled device, and a “motorized … |
| § 407.5 |
(a) A “motorized scooter” is any two-wheeled device that has … |
| § 408 |
“Motor carrier” is the registered owner, lessee, licensee, or bailee … |
| § 410 |
A “motor truck” or “motortruck” is a motor vehicle designed, used, or … |
| § 415 |
(a) A “motor vehicle” is a vehicle that is … |
| § 425 |
A “muffler” is a device consisting of a series of chambers or baffle … |
| § 426 |
“New motor vehicle dealer” is a dealer, as defined in Section 285, … |
| § 430 |
A “new vehicle” is a vehicle constructed entirely from new parts that … |
| § 431 |
A “nonrepairable vehicle” is a vehicle of a type otherwise subject to … |
| § 432 |
A “nonrepairable vehicle certificate” is a vehicle ownership document … |
| § 435 |
“Nonresident” is a person who is not a resident of this State. |
| § 435.5 |
“Nonresident daily commuter” means a person who is not a resident of … |
| § 436 |
An “off-highway motorcycle” means a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle … |
| § 440 |
An “official traffic control device” is any sign, signal, marking, or … |
| § 445 |
An “official traffic control signal” is any device, whether manually, … |
| § 450 |
An “oil well production service unit” is any vehicle specifically … |
| § 455 |
“Original driver’s license” means the first driver’s license issued a … |
| § 460 |
An “owner” is a person having all the incidents of ownership, … |
| § 461 |
The Senate, Assembly, or any committees thereof, or the Governor’s … |
| § 462 |
A “paratransit vehicle” is a passenger vehicle, other than a bus, … |
| § 463 |
“Park or parking” shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether … |
| § 464 |
A “passenger transportation vehicle” is any vehicle, including a … |
| § 465 |
A “passenger vehicle” is any motor vehicle, other than a motortruck, … |
| § 467 |
(a) A “pedestrian” is a person who is afoot or who is using any … |
| § 467.5 |
“Pedicab” means any of the following:(a) A bicycle, including an … |
| § 468 |
The department shall commence the “permanent trailer identification … |
| § 470 |
“Person” includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, … |
| § 471 |
A “pickup truck” is a motor truck with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle … |
| § 472 |
A “pilot car” is a motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, motorized … |
| § 473 |
(a) A “pocket bike” is a two-wheeled motorized device that has a … |
| § 475 |
A “pole or pipe dolly” is a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, … |
| § 480 |
A “power brake” is any breaking gear or mechanism that aids in … |
| § 485 |
A “pneumatic tire” is a tire inflated or capable of inflation with … |
| § 490 |
“Private road or driveway” is a way or place in private ownership and … |
| § 492 |
A “private school” is any school, whether conducted for profit or … |
| § 500 |
“Recreational off-highway vehicle” means a motor vehicle meeting all … |
| § 505 |
A “registered owner” is a person registered by the department as the … |
| § 505.2 |
(a) A “registration service” is a person engaged in the business … |
| § 506 |
“Registration year” is the period of time beginning with the date the … |
| § 507 |
The “relevant market area” is any area within a radius of 10 miles … |
| § 507.5 |
A “remanufactured vehicle” is a vehicle that has been constructed by … |
| § 507.8 |
A “remanufacturer” is any person who for commission, money, or other … |
| § 508 |
A “renter” is a person who is engaged in the business of renting, … |
| § 510 |
A “repair shop” is a place where vehicles subject to registration … |
| § 512 |
A “representative” is any person regularly employed by a manufacturer … |
| § 515 |
A “residence district” is that portion of a highway and the property … |
| § 516 |
“Resident” means any person who manifests an intent to live or be … |
| § 520 |
A “retail sale” is a sale of goods to a person for the purpose of … |
| § 521 |
A “retarder” is a device, other than a brake, which, when activated … |
| § 521.5 |
“Revived salvage vehicle” means a total loss salvage vehicle as … |
| § 522 |
“Ridesharing” means two or more persons traveling by any mode, … |
| § 525 |
“Right-of-way” is the privilege of the immediate use of the highway. |
| § 527 |
(a) “Road” means any existing vehicle route established before … |
| § 530 |
A “roadway” is that portion of a highway improved, designed, or … |
| § 531 |
“Utility-terrain vehicle” means a motor vehicle subject to … |
| § 535 |
Safety glazing material is any glazing material so constructed, … |
| § 540 |
A “safety zone” is the area or space lawfully set apart within a … |
| § 543 |
“Salvage pool” means a person engaged exclusively in the business of … |
| § 543.5 |
“Salvage vehicle rebuilder” means any person who rebuilds a total … |
| § 544 |
“Total loss salvage vehicle” means either of the following:(a) A … |
| § 545 |
(a) A “schoolbus” is a motor vehicle designed, used, or … |
| § 545.1 |
(a) Notwithstanding Section 545, a motor vehicle is not a … |
| § 545.5 |
(a) Notwithstanding Section 545, a bus of the type commonly … |
| § 546 |
A “school pupil activity bus” is any motor vehicle, other than a … |
| § 550 |
A “semitrailer” is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or … |
| § 553 |
“Shade trailer” means a device designed and utilized to provide shade … |
| § 554 |
“Shared mobility device” means an electrically motorized board, as … |
| § 555 |
“Sidewalk” is that portion of a highway, other than the roadway, set … |
| § 557 |
A “snowmobile” is a motor vehicle designed to travel over ice or snow … |
| § 558 |
A “snow-tread tire” is a tire which has a relatively deep and … |
| § 560 |
A “solid tire” is a tire of rubber or other resilient material which … |
| § 565 |
“Special construction equipment” is:(a) Any vehicle used … |
| § 570 |
“Special construction equipment” does not include any of the … |
| § 575 |
“Special mobile equipment” is a vehicle, not self-propelled, not … |
| § 580 |
A “specially constructed vehicle” is a vehicle which is built for … |
| § 585 |
A “station wagon” is a dual purpose vehicle designed for the … |
| § 587 |
“Stop or stopping” when prohibited shall mean any cessation of … |
| § 590 |
“Street” is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained … |
| § 591 |
A “street” or “highway” shall not include those portions of a way or … |
| § 592 |
“Highway”, for the purposes of Division 3 (commencing with Section … |
| § 593 |
“Supplemental restraint system” means an automatic passive restraint … |
| § 595 |
“Terminal” is a place where a vehicle of a type listed in Section … |
| § 600 |
A “through highway” is a highway or portion thereof at the entrance … |
| § 605 |
“Tire traction devices” are devices or mechanisms having a … |
| § 610 |
“Tire tread” is that portion of the tire, consisting of the ribs and … |
| § 611 |
A “toll highway” or “toll road” is a publicly owned way or place open … |
| § 612 |
(a) “Tour bus” means a bus, which is operated by or for a … |
| § 615 |
(a) A “tow truck” is a motor vehicle which has been altered or … |
| § 617 |
A “tow dolly” is a vehicle towed by a motor vehicle and designed and … |
| § 620 |
The term “traffic” includes pedestrians, ridden animals, vehicles, … |
| § 625 |
A “traffic officer” is any member of the California Highway Patrol, … |
| § 626 |
A “traffic violator school” is a business that, for compensation, … |
| § 626.2 |
A “traffic violator school branch or classroom location” is any place … |
| § 626.4 |
A “traffic violator school instructor” is any person who provides … |
| § 626.6 |
A “traffic violator school operator” is the person who directs and … |
| § 626.8 |
A “traffic violator school owner” is any natural person, association, … |
| § 627 |
(a) “Engineering and traffic survey,” as used in this code, … |
| § 630 |
A “trailer” is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on … |
| § 635 |
A “trailer coach” is a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed … |
| § 636 |
A “trailer bus” is a trailer or semitrailer designed, used, or … |
| § 640 |
A “transferee” is a person who has acquired the sole ownership of or … |
| § 642 |
A “transit bus” is any bus owned or operated by a publicly owned or … |
| § 645 |
(a) A “transporter” is a person engaged in the business of … |
| § 650 |
A “trolley coach” is a vehicle which is propelled by electric power … |
| § 655 |
(a) A “truck tractor” is a motor vehicle designed and used … |
| § 657 |
A “truss” is an assemblage of beams, bars, or rods typically arranged … |
| § 660 |
The “unladen weight” of a vehicle is the weight equipped and ready … |
| § 661 |
Unladen weight shall not include the following machinery, equipment … |
| § 665 |
A “used vehicle” is a vehicle that has been sold, or has been … |
| § 665.5 |
A “U-turn” is the turning of a vehicle upon a highway so as to … |
| § 667 |
(a) A “utility trailer” is a trailer or semitrailer used solely … |
| § 668 |
A “vanpool vehicle” is any motor vehicle, other than a motortruck or … |
| § 670 |
A “vehicle” is a device by which any person or property may be … |
| § 670.5 |
A “vehicle frame” is defined as the main longitudinal structural … |
| § 671 |
(a) A “vehicle identification number” is the motor number, … |
| § 672 |
(a) “Vehicle manufacturer” is any person who produces from raw … |
| § 675 |
(a) “Vehicle salesperson” is a person not otherwise expressly … |
| § 675.5 |
A “vehicle verifier” is a person not expressly excluded by Section … |
| § 675.6 |
(a) “Vehicle verifier” does not include any of the … |
| § 676 |
“Year-round registration” is a system whereby the director designates … |
| § 676.5 |
A “water tender vehicle” is a vehicle designed to carry not less than … |
| § 680 |
(a) A “youth bus” is any bus, other than a schoolbus, designed … |
| § 681 |
(a) “Real ID driver’s license or identification card” means a … |
