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CA Veh Code § 17707 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17707.

17707.  Any civil liability of a minor arising out of his driving a motor vehicle upon a highway during his minority is hereby imposed upon the person who signed and verified the application of the minor for a license and the person shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages proximately resulting from the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the minor in driving a motor vehicle, except that an employer signing the application shall be subject to the provisions of this section only if an unrestricted driver’s license has been issued to the minor pursuant to the employer’s written authorization.No liability may be imposed under this section or under Section 17708 on the state or county, or on a probation officer or child protective services worker acting as an officer of the court for damages caused solely by the negligence or willful misconduct of a minor driver whose application for a driver’s license was signed by the child protective services worker or probation officer while the minor was a dependent or ward of the court.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 865, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Veh Code § 17708 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17708.

17708.  Any civil liability of a minor, whether licensed or not under this code, arising out of his driving a motor vehicle upon a highway with the express or implied permission of the parents or the person or guardian having custody of the minor is hereby imposed upon the parents, person, or guardian and the parents, person, or guardian shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages proximately resulting from the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the minor in driving a motor vehicle.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 702.)
CA Veh Code § 17709 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17709.

17709.  (a) No person, or group of persons collectively, shall incur liability for a minor’s negligent or wrongful act or omission under Sections 17707 and 17708 in any amount exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for injury to or death of one person as a result of any one accident or, subject to the limit as to one person, exceeding thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for injury to or death of all persons as a result of any one accident or exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for damage to property of others as a result of any one accident. (b) No person is liable under Section 17707 or 17708 for damages imposed for the sake of example and by way of punishing the minor. Nothing in this subdivision makes any person immune from liability for damages imposed for the sake of example and by way of punishing him for his own wrongful conduct.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 862.)
CA Veh Code § 17710 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17710.

17710.  The person signing a minor’s application for a license is not liable under this chapter for a negligent or wrongful act or omission of the minor committed when the minor is acting as the agent or servant of any person.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 702.)
CA Veh Code § 17711 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17711.

17711.  Any person who has signed and verified the application of a minor for a driver’s license or any employer who has authorized the issuance of a license to a minor and who desires to be relieved from the joint and several liability imposed by reason of having signed and verified such application, may file a verified application with the department requesting that the license of the minor be canceled. The department shall cancel the license, except as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 17712. Thereafter, the person shall be relieved from the liability imposed under this chapter by reason of having signed and verified the original application on account of any subsequent willful misconduct or negligent operation of a motor vehicle by the minor.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 645.)
CA Veh Code § 17712 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17712.

17712.  (a) The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the father and mother or the person or guardian who signed and verified the application of any minor under Section 17701 or any employer who signed and verified the application of any minor under subdivision (a) of Section 17706, shall cancel the license, except as provided in subdivision (e).(b) The department, upon receipt of the verified application of a person who has given written consent to the issuance of a license to a minor as prescribed in Sections 17705 and 17706, for the cancellation of such minor’s license, shall cancel the license, except as provided in subdivision (e).(c) The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that there has been a change of custody of a minor licensed under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12500) of Division 6, and upon written request by the person to whom custody has been transferred, shall cancel the license.(d) The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence showing that any minor to whom was issued a license pursuant to Section 17706, has left the employ of the employer who signed and verified the application for the license, shall cancel the license, except as provided in subdivision (e).(e) The department, upon written request by the person to whom custody of a minor has been transferred, shall transfer the liability imposed under this chapter to such person upon receipt of such person’s written verified application for acceptance of liability. Upon receipt, by the department, of such application for acceptance of liability, the person who had signed and verified the application of the minor for the driver’s license presently held by the minor shall be relieved from the liability imposed under this chapter. If such application for acceptance of liability is on file with the department prior to the receipt of a request for cancellation by the person who had signed the application of the minor for a driver’s license, the license issued under such application shall not be canceled so long as the license is otherwise valid. If, however, such application for acceptance of liability is not on file with the department prior to the receipt of a request for cancellation by the person who had signed the application of the minor for a driver’s license, the license issued under such application shall be canceled.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 645.)
CA Veh Code § 17714 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 9 - CIVIL LIABILITY|CHAPTER 2 - Civil Liability of Persons Signing License Applications of Minors|Section 17714.

17714.  In the event, in one or more actions, judgment is rendered against a defendant under this chapter based upon the negligent or wrongful act or omission of a minor in the operation of a vehicle, and also by reason of such act or omission rendered against such defendant under Article 2 (commencing with Section 17150) of Chapter 1 of Division 9, then such judgment or judgments shall not be cumulative but recovery shall be limited to the amount specified in Section 17709.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 702.)
CA Veh Code § 20000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20000.

20000.  The provisions of this division apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the State, unless expressly provided otherwise.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 20001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20001.

20001.  (a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person, other than himself or herself, or in the death of a person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and shall fulfill the requirements of Sections 20003 and 20004.(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person who violates subdivision (a) shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.(2) If the accident described in subdivision (a) results in death or permanent, serious injury, a person who violates subdivision (a) shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, three, or four years, or in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. However, the court, in the interests of justice and for reasons stated in the record, may reduce or eliminate the minimum imprisonment required by this paragraph.(3) In imposing the minimum fine required by this subdivision, the court shall take into consideration the defendant’s ability to pay the fine and, in the interests of justice and for reasons stated in the record, may reduce the amount of that minimum fine to less than the amount otherwise required by this subdivision.(c) A person who flees the scene of the crime after committing a violation of Section 191.5 of, or paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 192 of the Penal Code, upon conviction of any of those sections, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed, shall be punished by an additional term of imprisonment of five years in the state prison. This additional term shall not be imposed unless the allegation is charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted by the defendant or found to be true by the trier of fact. The court shall not strike a finding that brings a person within the provisions of this subdivision or an allegation made pursuant to this subdivision.(d) As used in this section, “permanent, serious injury” means the loss or permanent impairment of function of a bodily member or organ.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 747, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Veh Code § 20002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20002.

20002.  (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to any property, including vehicles, shall immediately stop the vehicle at the nearest location that will not impede traffic or otherwise jeopardize the safety of other motorists. Moving the vehicle in accordance with this subdivision does not affect the question of fault. The driver shall also immediately do either of the following:(1) Locate and notify the owner or person in charge of that property of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle involved and, upon locating the driver of any other vehicle involved or the owner or person in charge of any damaged property, upon being requested, present his or her driver’s license, and vehicle registration, to the other driver, property owner, or person in charge of that property. The information presented shall include the current residence address of the driver and of the registered owner. If the registered owner of an involved vehicle is present at the scene, he or she shall also, upon request, present his or her driver’s license information, if available, or other valid identification to the other involved parties.(2) Leave in a conspicuous place on the vehicle or other property damaged a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle involved and a statement of the circumstances thereof and shall without unnecessary delay notify the police department of the city wherein the collision occurred or, if the collision occurred in unincorporated territory, the local headquarters of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.(b) Any person who parks a vehicle which, prior to the vehicle again being driven, becomes a runaway vehicle and is involved in an accident resulting in damage to any property, attended or unattended, shall comply with the requirements of this section relating to notification and reporting and shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalties of this section for failure to comply with the requirements. (c) Any person failing to comply with all the requirements of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 825, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Veh Code § 20003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20003.

20003.  (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall also give his or her name, current residence address, the names and current residence addresses of any occupant of the driver’s vehicle injured in the accident, the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving, and the name and current residence address of the owner to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and shall give the information to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident. The driver also shall render to any person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including transporting, or making arrangements for transporting, any injured person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary or if that transportation is requested by any injured person.(b) Any driver or injured occupant of a driver’s vehicle subject to the provisions of subdivision (a) shall also, upon being requested, exhibit his or her driver’s license, if available, or, in the case of an injured occupant, any other available identification, to the person struck or to the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1247, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Veh Code § 20004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20004.

20004.  In the event of death of any person resulting from an accident, the driver of any vehicle involved after fulfilling the requirements of this division, and if there be no traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident to whom to give the information required by Section 20003, shall, without delay, report the accident to the nearest office of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or office of a duly authorized police authority and submit with the report the information required by Section 20003.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 20006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20006.

20006.  If the driver does not have his driver’s license in his possession, he shall exhibit other valid evidences of identification to the occupants of a vehicle with which he collided.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 20008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20008.

20008.  (a) The driver of a vehicle, other than a common carrier vehicle, involved in any accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person shall within 24 hours after the accident make or cause to be made a written report of the accident to the Department of the California Highway Patrol or, if the accident occurred within a city, to either the Department of the California Highway Patrol or the police department of the city in which the accident occurred. If the agency which receives the report is not responsible for investigating the accident, it shall immediately forward the report to the law enforcement agency which is responsible for investigating the accident.On or before the fifth day of each month, every police department which received a report during the previous calendar month of an accident which it is responsible for investigating shall forward the report or a copy thereof to the main office of the Department of the California Highway Patrol at Sacramento.(b) The owner or driver of a common carrier vehicle involved in any such accident shall make a like report to the Department of California Highway Patrol on or before the 10th day of the month following the accident.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 224.)
CA Veh Code § 20009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20009.

20009.  The Department of the California Highway Patrol may require any driver, or the owner of a common carrier vehicle, involved in any accident of which a report must be made as provided in Section 20008 to file supplemental reports and may require witnesses of accidents to render reports to it whenever the original report is insufficient in the opinion of such department.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 20010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20010.

20010.  Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making a required accident report, any occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident shall make the report or cause it to be made.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 20011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20011.

20011.  Every coroner shall on or before the tenth day of each month report in writing to the Department of the California Highway Patrol the death of any person during the preceding calendar month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the circumstances of the accident.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 20012 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20012.

20012.  All required accident reports, and supplemental reports, shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol, except that the Department of the California Highway Patrol or the law enforcement agency to whom the accident was reported shall disclose the entire contents of the reports, including, but not limited to, the names and addresses of persons involved or injured in, or witnesses to, an accident, the registration numbers and descriptions of vehicles involved, the date, time and location of an accident, all diagrams, statements of the drivers involved or occupants injured in the accident and the statements of all witnesses, to any person who may have a proper interest therein, including, but not limited to, the driver or drivers involved, or the guardian or conservator thereof, the parent of a minor driver, the authorized representative of a driver, or to any named person injured therein, the owners of vehicles or property damaged thereby, persons who may incur civil liability, including liability based upon a breach of warranty arising out of the accident, and any attorney who declares under penalty of perjury that he or she represents any of the above persons.A request for a copy of an accident report shall be accompanied by payment of a fee, provided such fee shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the copy.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1247, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Veh Code § 20013 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20013.

20013.  No such accident report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the department shall furnish upon demand of any person who has, or claims to have, made such a report or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department solely to prove a compliance or failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the department.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1996.)
CA Veh Code § 20014 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20014.

20014.  All required accident reports and supplemental reports and all reports made to the Department of the California Highway Patrol by any peace officer, member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or other employee of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall be immediately available for the confidential use of any division in the department needing the same, for confidential use of the Department of Transportation, and, with respect to accidents occurring on highways other than state highways, for the confidential use of the local authority having jurisdiction over the highway.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
CA Veh Code § 20015 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20015.

20015.  (a) No traffic or police officer shall include in any counter report of a property-damage accident, as defined in this section, any determination by the peace officer of fault of the reporting person, including, but not limited to, inattentiveness. This section does not apply to a determination which is the result of an examination of the physical evidence of the accident at the site of the accident by the traffic or police officer or the result of an express, knowing admission of the reporting person if the basis for the determination is also included in the report.(b) As used in this section, “counter report of a property-damage accident” means any report of an accident involving one or more vehicles which meets the following criteria:(1) The accident reported caused damage to property, but did not cause personal injury to or the death of any person.(2) The report is prepared at an office of the California Highway Patrol or local law enforcement agency.(3) The report is written or recorded by, or with the assistance of, a peace officer.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 861, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 20016 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 10 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS|CHAPTER 1 - Accidents and Accident Reports|Section 20016.

20016.  Any peace officer, any member of an organized fire department or fire protection district, any employee of the Department of Transportation assigned to maintenance operations, or any member of the California Highway Patrol may transport or arrange for the transportation of any person injured in an accident upon any highway to a physician and surgeon or hospital, if the injured person does not object to such transportation. Any officer, member, or employee exercising ordinary care and precaution shall not be liable for any damages due to any further injury or for any medical, ambulance, or hospital bills incurred in behalf of the injured party.(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)