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2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 235.

235. A “business district” is that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto (a) upon one side of which highway, for a distance of 600 feet, 50 percent or more of the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by buildings in use for business, or (b) upon both sides of which highway, collectively, for a distance of 300 feet, 50 percent or more of the contiguous property fronting thereon is so occupied. A business district may be longer than the distances specified in this section if the above ratio of buildings in use for business to the length of the highway exists.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 236.

236. A “business representative” means a proprietor, a limited or general partner, a managerial employee, a stockholder, a director, or an officer who is active in the management, direction, and control of that part of a business which is a licensed activity.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1563, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 240.

240. In determining whether a highway is within a business or residence district, the following limitations shall apply and shall qualify the definitions in Sections 235 and 515:
(a) No building shall be regarded unless its entrance faces the highway and the front of the building is within 75 feet of the roadway.
(b) Where a highway is physically divided into two or more roadways only those buildings facing each roadway separately shall be regarded for the purpose of determining whether the roadway is within a district.
(c) All churches, apartments, hotels, multiple dwelling houses, clubs, and public buildings, other than schools, shall be deemed to be business structures.
(d) A highway or portion of a highway shall not be deemed to be within a district regardless of the number of buildings upon the contiguous property if there is no right of access to the highway by vehicles from the contiguous property.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 241.

241. A “buy-here-pay-here” dealer is a dealer, as defined in Section 285, who is not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 241.1, and who does all of the following:
(a) Enters into conditional sale contracts, within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 2981 of the Civil Code, and subject to the provisions of Chapter 2b (commencing with Section 2981) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, or lease contracts, within the meaning of Section 2985.7 of the Civil Code, and subject to the provisions of Chapter 2d (commencing with Section 2985.7) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.
(b) Assigns less than 90 percent of all unrescinded conditional sale contracts and lease contracts to unaffiliated third-party finance or leasing sources within 45 days of the consummation of those contracts.
(c) For purposes of this section, a conditional sale contract does not include a contract for the sale of a motor vehicle if all amounts owed under the contract are paid in full within 30 days.
(d) The department may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this section.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 741, Sec. 2. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 241.1.

241.1. The term “buy-here-pay-here” dealer does not include any of the following:
(a) A lessor who primarily leases vehicles that are two model years old or newer.
(b) A dealer that does both of the following:
(1) Certifies 100 percent of used vehicle inventory offered for sale at retail price pursuant to Section 11713.18.
(2) Maintains an onsite service and repair facility that is licensed by the Bureau of Automotive Repair and employs a minimum of five master automobile technicians that are certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 741, Sec. 3. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 242.

242. A “camp trailer” is a vehicle designed to be used on a highway, capable of human habitation for camping or recreational purposes, that does not exceed 16 feet in overall length from the foremost point of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer body and does not exceed 96 inches in width and includes any tent trailer. Where a trailer telescopes for travel, the size shall apply to the trailer as fully extended. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a camp trailer shall not be deemed to be a trailer coach.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1536.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 245.

245. A “carry-all” is that type of earth-moving equipment which is not self-propelled but which is designed for use behind tractors or other motive power and which is self-loading by means of a cutting blade which is lowered at an angle to dig into the ground. The term includes, but is not limited to, such types of vehicles as carry the trade names of LaPlant-Choate, LeTourneau, and Be Ge.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 246.

246. A “certificate of compliance” for the purposes of this code is an electronic or printed document issued by a state agency, board, or commission, or authorized person, setting forth that the requirements of a particular law, rule or regulation, within its jurisdiction to regulate or administer has been satisfied.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1007, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 250.

250. A “chop shop” is any building, lot, or other premises where any person has been engaged in altering, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or storing any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part known to be illegally obtained by theft, fraud, or conspiracy to defraud, in order to do either of the following:
(a) Alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identity, including the vehicle identification number, of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, in order to misrepresent the identity of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part, or to prevent the identification of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part.
(b) Sell or dispose of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle part.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 386, Sec. 1. Effective September 8, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 257.

257. A “clean fuel vehicle” means any passenger or commercial vehicle or pickup truck that is fueled by alternative fuels, as defined in Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-486), and produces emissions which do not exceed whichever of the following standards, as defined by regulations of the State Air Resources Board in effect on January 1, 1994, is applicable to the model year of the vehicle:
(a) For a vehicle of the 1994 to 1996, inclusive, model year, the emission standard applicable to a transitional low-emission vehicle.
(b) For a vehicle of the 1997 model year, the emission standard applicable to a low-emission vehicle.
(c) For a vehicle of the 1998 to 2000, inclusive, model year, the emission standard applicable to an ultra low-emission vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1159, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 259.

259. “Collector motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle owned by a collector, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 5051, and the motor vehicle is used primarily in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for display, maintenance, and preservation, and is not used primarily for transportation.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 107, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 260.

260. (a) A “commercial vehicle” is a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(b) Passenger vehicles and house cars that are not used for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit are not commercial vehicles. This subdivision shall not apply to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3.
(c) Any vanpool vehicle is not a commercial vehicle.
(d) The definition of a commercial vehicle in this section does not apply to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 15200) of Division 6.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 222, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 266.

266. A “consignment” is an arrangement under which a dealer agrees to accept possession of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code from an owner for the purpose of selling the vehicle and to pay the owner or the owner’s designee from the proceeds of the sale.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 815, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 267.

267. A “converter” is a person, other than a vehicle manufacturer, who, prior to the retail sale of a new vehicle, does any of the following to the vehicle:
(a) Assembles, installs, or affixes a body, cab, or special equipment to the vehicle chassis.
(b) Substantially adds to, subtracts from, or modifies the vehicle, if it is a previously assembled or manufactured new vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 211, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 273.

273. A “crib sheet” or “cribbing device” is any paper or device designed for cheating by supplying examination answers without questions to an applicant for the purpose of fraudulently qualifying the applicant for any class of driver’s license, permit, or certificate.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 960, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 275.

275. “Crosswalk” is either:
(a) That portion of a roadway included within the prolongation or connection of the boundary lines of sidewalks at intersections where the intersecting roadways meet at approximately right angles, except the prolongation of such lines from an alley across a street.
(b) Any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, there shall not be a crosswalk where local authorities have placed signs indicating no crossing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 280.

280. “Darkness” is any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise and any other time when visibility is not sufficient to render clearly discernible any person or vehicle on the highway at a distance of 1,000 feet.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 635.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 285.

285. “Dealer” is a person not otherwise expressly excluded by Section 286 who:
(a) For commission, money, or other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys, or offers for sale, negotiates or attempts to negotiate, a sale or exchange of an interest in, a vehicle subject to registration, a motorcycle, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle subject to identification under this code, or a trailer subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1, or induces or attempts to induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in a vehicle and, who receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fees, profit, or any other thing of value, from either the seller or purchaser of the vehicle.
(b) Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling vehicles or buying or taking in trade, vehicles for the purpose of resale, selling, or offering for sale, or consigned to be sold, or otherwise dealing in vehicles, whether or not the vehicles are owned by the person.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 270, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 288.

288. “Declared combined gross weight” equals the total unladen weight of the combination of vehicles plus the heaviest load that will be transported by that combination of vehicles.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 861, Sec. 12. Effective September 29, 2000. Operative December 31, 2001, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 861.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 289.

289. “Declared gross vehicle weight” means weight that equals the total unladen weight of the vehicle plus the heaviest load that will be transported on the vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 861, Sec. 13. Effective September 29, 2000. Operative December 31, 2001, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 861.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 290.

290. “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), 14.1 (commencing with Section 32000), 14.3 (commencing with Section 32100), 14.5 (commencing with Section 33000), 14.7 (commencing with Section 34000), and 14.8 (commencing with Section 34500), it shall mean the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1384, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 291.

291. Any reference in this code to the Department of Public Works shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Transportation, which is part of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency as provided by Section 13975 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 178.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 295.5.

295.5. A “disabled person” is any of the following:
(a) Any person who has lost, or has lost the use of, one or more lower extremities or both hands, or who has significant limitation in the use of lower extremities, or who has a diagnosed disease or disorder which substantially impairs or interferes with mobility, or who is so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of an assistant device.
(b) Any person who is blind to the extent that the person’s central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, with corrective lenses, as measured by the Snellen test, or visual acuity that is greater than 20/200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle not greater than 20 degrees.
(c) Any person who suffers from lung disease to the extent of any of the following:
(1) The person’s forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second when measured by spirometry is less than one liter.
(2) The person’s arterial oxygen tension (pO2) is less than 60 mm/Hg on room air while the person is at rest.
(d) Any person who is impaired by cardiovascular disease to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified in severity as class III or class IV based upon standards accepted by the American Heart Association.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 554, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 295.7.

295.7. A “disabled veteran” is any person who, as a result of injury or disease suffered while on active service with the armed forces of the United States, suffers any of the following:
(a) Has a disability which has been rated at 100 percent by the Department of Veterans Affairs or the military service from which the veteran was discharged, due to a diagnosed disease or disorder which substantially impairs or interferes with mobility.
(b) Is so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of an assistant device.
(c) Has lost, or has lost use of, one or more limbs.
(d) Has suffered permanent blindness, as defined in Section 19153 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 554, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 296.

296. A “distributor” is any person other than a manufacturer who sells or distributes new vehicles subject to registration under this code, new trailers subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1, or new off-highway motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles subject to identification under this code, to dealers in this state and maintains representatives for the purpose of contacting dealers or prospective dealers in this state.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 836, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 297.

297. A “distributor branch” is an office maintained by a distributor for the sale of new vehicles or new trailers subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1 to dealers or for directing or supervising, in whole or in part, the distributor’s representatives.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 539, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 303.

303. A “driveaway-towaway operation” is any operation in which any motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles coupled together constitutes the commodity being transported, when one or more sets of wheels of any such motor vehicle or motor vehicles are on the roadway, and when one or more of such vehicles are being operated under a manufacturer's, dealer's, or transporter’s special plates.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1989.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 305.

305. A “driver” is a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. The term “driver” does not include the tillerman or other person who, in an auxiliary capacity, assists the driver in the steering or operation of any articulated firefighting apparatus.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 213.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 310.6.

310.6. A “driving school” is a business which, for compensation, conducts or offers to conduct instruction in the operation of motor vehicles. As used in this section, “instruction” includes classroom driver education, in-vehicle driver training, and correspondence study.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 703.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 310.8.

310.8. A “driving school operator” is either a driving school owner who operates his own driving school or an employee of a driving school who is designated by the driving school owner of such school to personally direct and manage the school for the owner.
(Added by renumbering Section 311.5 by Stats. 1975, Ch. 703.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 312.

312. The term “drug” means any substance or combination of substances, other than alcohol, which could so affect the nervous system, brain, or muscles of a person as to impair, to an appreciable degree, his ability to drive a vehicle in the manner that an ordinarily prudent and cautious man, in full possession of his faculties, using reasonable care, would drive a similar vehicle under like conditions.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1530.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 312.5.

312.5. (a) An “electric bicycle” is a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts.
(1) A “class 1 electric bicycle,” or “low-speed pedal-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour.
(2) A “class 2 electric bicycle,” or “low-speed throttle-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour.
(3) A “class 3 electric bicycle,” or “speed pedal-assisted electric bicycle,” is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour, and equipped with a speedometer.
(b) A person riding an electric bicycle, as defined in this section, is subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 21200) of Chapter 1 of Division 11.
(c) On and after January 1, 2017, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall apply a label that is permanently affixed, in a prominent location, to each electric bicycle. The label shall contain the classification number, top assisted speed, and motor wattage of the electric bicycle, and shall be printed in Arial font in at least 9-point type.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 568, Sec. 1. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 313.

313. The term “electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” means a self-balancing, nontandem two-wheeled device, that is not greater than 20 inches deep and 25 inches wide and can turn in place, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system averaging less than 750 watts (1 horsepower), the maximum speed of which, when powered solely by a propulsion system on a paved level surface, is no more than 12.5 miles per hour.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 106, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 313.5.

313.5. An “electrically motorized board” is any wheeled device that has a floorboard designed to be stood upon when riding that is not greater than 60 inches deep and 18 inches wide, is designed to transport only one person, and has an electric propulsion system averaging less than 1,000 watts, the maximum speed of which, when powered solely by a propulsion system on a paved level surface, is no more than 20 miles per hour. The device may be designed to also be powered by human propulsion.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 777, Sec. 1. (AB 604) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 314.

314. An “expressway” is a portion of highway that is part of either of the following:
(a) An expressway system established by a county under Section 941.4 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(b) An expressway system established by a county before January 1, 1989, as described in subdivision (g) of Section 941.4 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 615, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 315.

315. “Essential parts” are all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code, the removal, alteration, or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 320.

320. “Established place of business” is a place actually occupied either continuously or at regular periods by any of the following:
(a) A dealer, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, automobile driving school, or traffic violator school where the books and records pertinent to the type of business being conducted are kept.
(b) An automobile dismantler where the books and records pertinent to the type of business being conducted are kept. A place of business of an automobile dismantler which qualified as an “established place of business” before September 17, 1970, is an “established place of business” as defined in this section.
(c) A registration service where the books and records pertinent to the type of business being conducted are kept.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1243, Sec. 54. Effective September 30, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 320.5.

320.5. An “extralegal load” is a single unit or an assembled item which, due to its design, cannot be reasonably reduced or dismantled in size or weight so that it can be legally transported as a load without a permit as required by Section 35780. This section does not apply to loads on passenger cars.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 145, Sec. 1. Effective June 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 321.

321. “Factory-built housing” is a structure as defined in Section 19971 of the Health and Safety Code. As used in this code, factory-built housing is a trailer coach which is in excess of eight feet in width or in excess of 40 feet in length.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1150, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 322.

322. (a) A “farm labor vehicle” is any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of nine or more farmworkers, in addition to the driver, to or from a place of employment or employment-related activities.
(b) For the purpose of this section, a farmworker is any person engaged in rendering personal services for hire and compensation in connection with the production or harvesting of any farm products.
(c) “Farm labor vehicle” does not include:
(1) Any vehicle carrying only members of the immediate family of the owner or driver thereof.
(2) Any vehicle while being operated under specific authority granted by the Public Utilities Commission or under specific authority granted to a transit system by an authorized city or county agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 308, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 324.5.

324.5. A “former prisoner of war” is any person who, while serving as a member of the United States Armed Forces, as a member of the Philippine Commonwealth Armed Forces, as a part of a United States Expeditionary Force, or as a United States civilian, was held as a prisoner of war by forces hostile to the United States during any armed conflict and is currently a resident of California.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 893, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 331.

331. (a) A “franchise” is a written agreement between two or more persons having all of the following conditions:
(1) A commercial relationship of definite duration or continuing indefinite duration.
(2) The franchisee is granted the right to offer for sale or lease, or to sell or lease at retail new motor vehicles or new trailers subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1 manufactured or distributed by the franchisor or the right to perform authorized warranty repairs and service, or the right to perform any combination of these activities.
(3) The franchisee constitutes a component of the franchisor’s distribution system.
(4) The operation of the franchisee’s business is substantially associated with the franchisor’s trademark, trade name, advertising, or other commercial symbol designating the franchisor.
(5) The operation of a portion of the franchisee’s business is substantially reliant on the franchisor for a continued supply of new vehicles, parts, or accessories.
(b) The term “franchise” does not include an agreement entered into by a manufacturer or distributor and a person where all the following apply:
(1) The person is authorized to perform warranty repairs and service on vehicles manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor.
(2) The person is not a new motor vehicle dealer franchisee of the manufacturer or distributor.
(3) The person’s repair and service facility is not located within the relevant market area of a new motor vehicle dealer franchisee of the manufacturer or distributor.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 539, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 331.1.

331.1. A “franchisee” is any person who, pursuant to a franchise, receives new motor vehicles subject to registration under this code, new off-highway motorcycles, as defined in Section 436, new all-terrain vehicles, as defined in Section 111, or new trailers subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1 from the franchisor and who offers for sale or lease, or sells or leases the vehicles at retail or is granted the right to perform authorized warranty repairs and service, or the right to perform any combination of these activities.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 836, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 331.2.

331.2. A “franchisor” is any person who manufactures, assembles, or distributes new motor vehicles subject to registration under this code, new off-highway motorcycles, as defined in Section 436, new all-terrain vehicles, as defined in Section 111, or new trailers subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1 and who grants a franchise.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 836, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 331.3.

331.3. A “recreational vehicle franchise” is a written agreement between two or more persons having both of the following conditions:
(a) A commercial relationship of definite duration or continuing indefinite duration.
(b) The franchisee is granted the right to offer for sale or lease, or to sell or lease at retail, new recreational vehicles, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code, that are manufactured or distributed by the franchisor, or the right to perform authorized warranty repairs and service, or the right to perform any combination of these activities.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 743, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 332.

332. “Freeway” is a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 336.

336. “General public paratransit vehicle” means any motor vehicle designed for carrying no more than 24 persons and the driver, that provides local transportation to the general public, including transportation of pupils at or below the 12th-grade level to or from a public or private school or school activity, under the exclusive jurisdiction of a publicly owned and operated transit system through one of the following modes: dial-a-ride, subscription service, or route-deviated bus service. Vehicles used in the exclusive transportation of disabled persons as defined in Section 99206.5 of the Public Utilities Code, or of persons 55 years of age or older, including any persons necessary to provide assistance to these passengers, are not general public paratransit vehicles.
However, transportation of attendants, companions, or both traveling together with those individuals with disabilities who are determined to be eligible for complementary paratransit services in accordance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336) and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall not be sufficient to qualify a vehicle as a general public paratransit vehicle.
A vehicle that provides local transportation for the general public through one of the following modes: dial-a-ride, subscription service, or route-deviated bus service, but does not provide transportation of pupils at or below the 12th-grade level to or from a public or private school or school activity, is a transit bus, as defined by Section 642, and is not a general public paratransit vehicle.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 844, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 345.

345. A “golf cart” is a motor vehicle having not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, having an unladen weight less than 1,300 pounds, which is designed to be and is operated at not more than 15 miles per hour and designed to carry golf equipment and not more than two persons, including the driver.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1303.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 350.

350. (a) “Gross vehicle weight rating” (GVWR) means the weight specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
(b) Gross combination weight rating (GCWR) means the weight specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle. In the absence of a weight specified by the manufacturer, GCWR shall be determined by adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total unladen weight of the towed units and any load thereon.
(Added by renumbering Section 390 by Stats. 2000, Ch. 861, Sec. 14. Effective September 29, 2000. Operative December 31, 2001, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 861.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 353.

353. “Hazardous material” is any substance, material, or device posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property during transportation, as defined by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 2402.7. “Hazardous material” includes explosives and hazardous wastes or substances as defined by regulations adopted pursuant to Section 25141 of the Health and Safety Code and medical wastes, as defined in Section 117690 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 422. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 362.

362. A “house car” is a motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently attached. A motor vehicle to which a camper has been temporarily attached is not a house car except that, for the purposes of Division 11 (commencing with Section 21000) and Division 12 (commencing with Section 24000), a motor vehicle equipped with a camper having an axle that is designed to support a portion of the weight of the camper unit shall be considered a three-axle house car regardless of the method of attachment or manner of registration. A house car shall not be deemed to be a motortruck.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 875.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 365.

365. An “intersection” is the area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways, of two highways which join one another at approximately right angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 370.

370. A “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.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1867.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 372.

372. A “lessor” is a person who, for a term exceeding four months, leases or offers for lease, negotiates or attempts to negotiate a lease, or induce any person to lease a motor vehicle; and who receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fees, profit or any other thing of value from the lessee of said vehicle. “Lessor” includes “bailor” and “lease” includes “bailment.”
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1284.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 373.

373. A “lessor-retailer” is a lessor or renter who, except under the circumstances described in subdivision (a) of Section 286, makes a retail sale or sales of a previously leased or rented vehicle or vehicles to other than any of the following:
(a) The lessee of the vehicle, or the person who, for a period of at least one year, has been designated by the lessee as the driver of the vehicle covered by a written lease agreement.
(b) A buyer for agricultural, business, or commercial purposes.
(c) A government or governmental agency or instrumentality.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 561.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 375.

375. “Lighting equipment” is any of the following lamps or devices:
(a) A headlamp, auxiliary driving, passing, or fog lamp, fog taillamp, taillamp, stoplamp, supplemental stoplamp, license plate lamp, clearance lamp, side marker lamp, signal lamp or device, supplemental signal lamp, deceleration signal device, cornering lamp, running lamp, red, blue, amber, or white warning lamp, flashing red schoolbus lamp, side-mounted turn signal lamp, and schoolbus side lamp.
(b) An operating unit or canceling mechanism for turn signal lamps or for the simultaneous flashing of turn signal lamps as vehicular hazard signals, and an advance stoplamp switch.
(c) A flasher mechanism for turn signals, red schoolbus lamps, warning lamps, the simultaneous flashing of turn signal lamps as vehicular hazard signals, and the headlamp flashing systems for emergency vehicles.
(d) Any equipment regulating the light emitted from a lamp or device or the light sources therein.
(e) A reflector, including reflectors for use on bicycles, and reflectors used for required warning devices.
(f) An illuminating device that emits radiation predominantly in the infrared or ultraviolet regions of the spectrum, whether or not these emissions are visible to the unaided eye.
(g) An illuminated sign installed on a bus that utilizes an electronic display to convey the route designation, route number, run number, public service announcement, or any combination of this information, or an illuminated sign utilized pursuant to Section 25353.1.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 529, Sec. 2. (AB 607) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 377.

377. A “limit line” is a solid white line not less than 12 nor more than 24 inches wide, extending across a roadway or any portion thereof to indicate the point at which traffic is required to stop in compliance with legal requirements.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 378.

378. (a) “Limousine” means any sedan or sport utility vehicle, of either standard or extended length, with a seating capacity of not more than 10 passengers including the driver, used in the transportation of passengers for hire on a prearranged basis within this state.
(b) “Modified limousine” means any vehicle that has been modified, altered, or extended in a manner that increases the overall wheelbase of the vehicle, exceeding the original equipment manufacturer’s published wheelbase dimension for the base model and year of the vehicle, in any amount sufficient to accommodate additional passengers with a seating capacity of not more than 10 passengers including the driver, and is used in the transportation of passengers for hire. For purposes of this subdivision, “wheelbase” means the longitudinal distance between the vertical centerlines of the front and rear wheels.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 860, Sec. 10. (SB 611) Effective September 30, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 380.

380. “Liquefied petroleum gas” means normal butane, isobutane, propane, or butylene (including isomers) or mixtures composed predominantly thereof in liquid or gaseous state having a vapor pressure in excess of 40 pounds per square inch absolute at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 825.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 385.2.

385.2. A “logging dolly” is a vehicle designed for carrying logs, having one or more axles that, if there are more than one, are not more than 54 inches apart, and used in connection with a motor truck solely for the purpose of transporting logs and securely connected with the towing vehicle both by a reach and by the load.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 523, Sec. 20. (SB 788) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 385.3.

385.3. A “logging vehicle” is a vehicle used exclusively in the conduct of logging operations and not designed for the transportation of persons or property on a highway.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 523, Sec. 21. (SB 788) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 385.5.

385.5. (a) A “low-speed vehicle” is a motor vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has four wheels.
(2) Can attain a speed, in one mile, of more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour, on a paved level surface.
(3) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds.
(b) (1) For the purposes of this section, a “low-speed vehicle” is not a golf cart, except when operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1.
(2) A “low-speed vehicle” is also known as a “neighborhood electric vehicle.”
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 66, Sec. 1. Effective July 12, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 386.

386. A “managerial employee” is a person who exercises control over a business licensed under this code, whether compensated by salary or commission, including, but not limited to, any person who is employed as a general manager, business manager, assistant general manager, finance and insurance manager, advertising manager, or sales manager.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 791, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 387.

387. “Manufactured home” is a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code, a commercial coach, as defined in Section 18001. 8 of the Health and Safety Code, a mobilehome, as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code, factory-built housing, as defined in Section 18971 of the Health and Safety Code, and a trailer coach which is in excess of 102 inches in width, or in excess of 40 feet in overall length measured from the foremost point of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer. Manufactured home does not include a recreational vehicle, as defined in Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1185, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 395.5.

395.5. A “mobile billboard advertising display” means an advertising display that is attached to a mobile, nonmotorized vehicle, device, or bicycle, that carries, pulls, or transports a sign or billboard, and is for the primary purpose of advertising.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 538, Sec. 1. (AB 1298) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 396.

396. “Mobilehome” is a structure as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code. For the purposes of enforcement of highway safety laws and regulations, a mobilehome is a trailer coach which is in excess of 102 inches in width, or in excess of 40 feet in overall length measured from the foremost point of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1185, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 400.

400. (a) A “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.
(b) A motor vehicle that has four wheels in contact with the ground, two of which are a functional part of a sidecar, is a motorcycle if the vehicle otherwise comes within the definition of subdivision (a).
(c) A farm tractor is not a motorcycle.
(d) A three-wheeled motor vehicle that otherwise meets the requirements of subdivision (a), has a partially or completely enclosed seating area for the driver and passenger, is used by local public agencies for the enforcement of parking control provisions, and is operated at slow speeds on public streets, is not a motorcycle. However, a motor vehicle described in this subdivision shall comply with the applicable sections of this code imposing equipment installation requirements on motorcycles.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 672, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 405.

405. A “motor-driven cycle” is any motorcycle with a motor that displaces less than 150 cubic centimeters. A motor-driven cycle does not include a motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 342, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section 406.

406. (a) A “motorized bicycle” or “moped” is a two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, or having no pedals if powered solely by electrical energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor that produces less than 4 gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level ground.
(b) Every manufacturer of a motorized bicycle or moped, as defined in this section, shall provide a disclosure to buyers that advises buyers that their existing insurance policies may not provide coverage for these bicycles and that they should contact their insurance company or insurance agent to determine if coverage is provided. The disclosure shall meet both of the following requirements:
(1) The disclosure shall be printed in not less than 14-point boldface type on a single sheet of paper that contains no information other than the disclosure.
(2) The disclosure shall include the following language in capital letters:
“YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES MAY NOT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE USE OF THIS BICYCLE. TO DETERMINE IF COVERAGE IS PROVIDED YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY OR AGENT.”
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 568, Sec. 2. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2016.)