§ 22850 Whenever an officer or employee removes a vehicle from a highway, or …
§ 22850.3 (a) A vehicle placed in storage pursuant to Section 22850 shall …
§ 22850.5 (a) A city, county, or city and county, or a state agency may …
§ 22851 (a) (1) Whenever a vehicle has been removed to a garage …
§ 22851.1 (a) If the vehicle is impounded pursuant to subdivision (i) of …
§ 22851.2 (a) Excepting a vehicle removed pursuant to Section 22669, if …
§ 22851.3 Whenever a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with …
§ 22851.4 If the vehicle is determined to have a value exceeding five hundred …
§ 22851.6 (a) Lienholders who acquire a vehicle subject to Section 22851.2 …
§ 22851.8 (a) The lienholder shall, within 15 working days following the …
§ 22851.10 v2 (a) A vehicle determined to have a value not exceeding five …
§ 22851.12 The lienholder may charge a fee for lien-sale preparations not to …
§ 22852 (a) Whenever an authorized member of a public agency directs the …
§ 22852.5 (a) Whenever the possessory lien upon any vehicle is lost …
§ 22853 (a) Whenever an officer or an employee removing a California …
§ 22854 The Department of Justice upon receiving notice under Section 22853 …
§ 22854.5 Whenever an officer or employee of a public agency directs the …
§ 22855 The following persons shall have the authority to make appraisals of …
§ 22856 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no cause of action for …

Terms Used In California Codes > Vehicle Code > Division 11 > Chapter 10 > Article 2 - Vehicle Disposition

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • business: includes a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and any other form of commercial enterprise. See California Vehicle Code 234
  • City: includes every city and city and county within this State. See California Vehicle Code 255
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County: includes every county and city and county within this State. See California Vehicle Code 270
  • Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles except, when used in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 2 and in Divisions 11 (commencing with Section 21000), 12 (commencing with Section 24000), 13 (commencing with Section 29000), 14 (commencing with Section 31600), 14. See California Vehicle Code 290
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • garage: is a building or other place wherein the business of storing or safekeeping vehicles of a type required to be registered under this code and which belong to members of the general public is conducted for compensation. See California Vehicle Code 340
  • Highway: is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See California Vehicle Code 360
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • legal owner: is a person holding a security interest in a vehicle which is subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, or the lessor of a vehicle to the State or to any county, city, district, or political subdivision of the State, or to the United States, under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase agreement which grants possession of the vehicle to the lessee for a period of 30 consecutive days or more. See California Vehicle Code 370
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • lien: as used in this article and in Chapter 6. See California Vehicle Code 22851.1
  • motorcycle: is a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. See California Vehicle Code 400
  • owner: is a person having all the incidents of ownership, including the legal title of a vehicle whether or not such person lends, rents, or creates a security interest in the vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 460
  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Vehicle Code 470
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • registered owner: is a person registered by the department as the owner of a vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 505
  • Registration service: includes , but is not limited to, a person who, for compensation, processes registration documents, conducts lien sales, or processes vehicle dismantling documents. See California Vehicle Code 505.2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • vehicle: is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Vehicle Code 670