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2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 1 - Violation of Code › Section 40007.

40007. Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) does not preclude the application of any other statutory provision which is applicable to any act violating any provision of Division 5.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 93, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 1 - Violation of Code › Section 40008.

40008. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), any person who violates Section 21701, 21703, or 23103, with the intent to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person for a commercial purpose, is guilty of a misdemeanor and not an infraction and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months and by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), any person who violates Section 21701, 21703, or 23103, with the intent to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of another person for a commercial purpose and who causes a minor child or children to be placed in a situation in which the child’s person or health is endangered, is guilty of a misdemeanor and not an infraction and shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year and by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(c) Pursuant to Section 654 of the Penal Code, an act or omission described in subdivision (a) or (b) that is punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished under the provision that provides for the longest potential term of imprisonment, but in no case shall the act or omission be punished under more than one provision. An acquittal or conviction and sentence under any one provision bars a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other provision.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 685, Sec. 3. (AB 2479) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 2 - Procedure on Equipment and Registration Violations › Section 40150.

40150. Whenever any vehicle or combination of vehicles is found to be in an unsafe mechanical condition or is not equipped as required by this code, and a notice to appear is issued or a complaint filed for such violation, the notice to appear or the complaint may require that the person to whom the notice to appear is issued or against whom the complaint is filed shall produce in court satisfactory evidence that the vehicle or its equipment has been made to conform with the requirements of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1728.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 2 - Procedure on Equipment and Registration Violations › Section 40151.

40151. (a) Whenever any lighting equipment or device does not meet requirements established by the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the officer making the inspection shall direct the driver to remove the lighting equipment or device within 24 hours.
(b) Whenever any lighting equipment or device meets requirements established by the department but by reason of faulty adjustment or otherwise fails to comply with this code, the officer making the inspection shall direct the driver to make it comply with this code within 48 hours.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 2 - Procedure on Equipment and Registration Violations › Section 40152.

40152. (a) Whenever any vehicle or combination of vehicles is found to be not registered as required by this code, and a notice to appear is issued or a complaint is filed for that violation, the person to whom the notice to appear is issued or against whom the complaint is filed shall produce in court satisfactory evidence that the vehicle or combination of vehicles has been registered or has had the appropriate fees paid, or has been reduced to junk, to conform with the requirements of this code. The court shall not dismiss the offense until that evidence is produced.
(b) A four-day, nonresident commercial trip permit of the type authorized in Section 4004 may not be accepted as evidence of registration compliance as required in subdivision (a) of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1154, Sec. 83. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.

40200. (a) Any violation of any regulation that is not a misdemeanor governing the standing or parking of a vehicle under this code, under any federal statute or regulation, or under any ordinance enacted by local authorities is subject to a civil penalty. The enforcement of those civil penalties shall be governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in this article.
(b) Except as provided in Section 40209, the registered owner and driver, rentee, or lessee of a vehicle cited for any violation of any regulation governing the parking of a vehicle under this code, under any federal statute or regulation, or under any ordinance enacted by a local authority shall be jointly liable for parking penalties imposed under this article, unless the owner can show that the vehicle was used without consent of that person, express or implied. An owner who pays any parking penalty, civil judgment, costs, or administrative fees pursuant to this article shall have the right to recover the same from the driver, rentee, or lessee.
(c) The driver of a vehicle who is not the owner thereof but who uses or operates the vehicle with the express or implied permission of the owner shall be considered the agent of the owner to receive notices of parking violations served in accordance with this article and may contest the notice of violation.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1093, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.1.

40200.1. A person shall not be subject to both a notice of parking violation and a notice to appear for the same violation.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. (AB 144) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.3.

40200.3. (a) All parking penalties collected by the processing agency, which may be the issuing agency, including process service fees and fees and collection costs related to civil debt collection, shall be deposited to the account of the issuing agency, except that those sums attributable to the issuance of a notice of parking violation by a peace officer of the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall be deposited in the account in the jurisdiction where the violation occurred, and except those sums payable to a county pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 76000) of Title 8 of the Government Code and that portion of any parking penalty which is attributable to an increase in the parking bail amount effective between September 16, 1988, and July 1, 1992, inclusive, pursuant to Section 1463.28 of the Penal Code. Those funds attributable to this increase in bail shall be transferred to the county treasurer and deposited in the general fund. Any increase in parking penalties effective after July 1, 1992, shall accrue to the benefit of the issuing agency.
(b) The processing agency shall prepare a report at the end of each fiscal year setting forth the number of cases processed, and all sums received and distributed, together with any other information that may be required by the issuing agency or the Controller. This report is a public record and shall be delivered to each issuing agency. Copies shall be made available, upon request, to the county auditor, the Controller, and the grand jury.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.4.

40200.4. (a) The processing agency shall deposit with the county treasurer all sums due the county as the result of processing a parking violation not later than 45 calendar days after the last day of the month in which the parking penalty was received.
(b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), if a court within a county has been processing notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations for a city, a district, or any other issuing agency, the issuing agency and the county shall provide in an agreement for the orderly transfer of the processing activity as soon as possible but not later than January 1, 1994. The agreement shall permit the court to phase out, and the issuing agency to phase in, or transfer, personnel, equipment, and facilities that may have been acquired or need to be acquired in contemplation of a long-term commitment to processing of notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations for the issuing agency under this article. The court shall transfer the processing function for parking citations issued by the Department of the California Highway Patrol to the processing agency in the city or county where the violation occurred.
(c) If Contra Costa County or San Mateo County, or a court in either county, had a contract in effect on January 1, 1992, to process notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations for a city, district, or other issuing agency within the particular county or counties, the county may continue to provide those services to the issuing agencies pursuant to the terms of the contract and any amendments thereto, to and including June 30, 1996, after which Section 40200.5 shall govern any contracts entered into for these services.
(d) San Francisco Municipal Court employees engaged in processing notices of parking violations and the positions of those employees shall be transferred to equivalent civil service positions in the City and County of San Francisco.
(e) No court employee shall be terminated or otherwise released from employment as a result of the transfer of processing notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations from the courts to the issuing agencies.
(f) As used in this article, “parking penalty” includes the fine authorized by law, including assessments authorized by this article, any late payment penalty, and costs of collection as provided by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 305, Sec. 73. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.5.

40200.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 40200.4, an issuing agency may elect to contract with the county, with a private vendor, or with any other city or county processing agency, other than the Department of the California Highway Patrol or other state law enforcement agency, within the county, with the consent of that other entity, for the processing of notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations, prior to filing with the court pursuant to Section 40230.
If an issuing agency contracts with a private vendor for processing services, it shall give special consideration to minority business enterprise participation in providing those services. For purposes of this subdivision, “special consideration” has the same meaning as specified in subdivision (c) of Section 14838 of the Government Code, as it relates to small business preference.
(b) A contract entered pursuant to subdivision (a) shall provide for monthly distribution of amounts collected between the parties, except those amounts payable to a county pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 76000) of Title 8 of the Government Code and amounts payable to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 4763 of this code.
(c) If a contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) includes the provision of qualified examiners or administrative hearing providers, the contract shall be based on either a fixed monthly rate or on the number of notices processed and shall not include incentives for the processing entity based on the number of notices upheld or denied or the amount of fines collected.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 13, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.6.

40200.6. (a) If a contract is entered into pursuant to Section 40200.5, for the purposes of this article, “processing agency” means the contracting party responsible for the processing of the notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations.
(b) The governing body of the issuing agency shall establish written policies and procedures pursuant to which the contracting party shall provide services.
(c) The issuing agency shall be responsible for all actions taken by contracting parties and shall exercise effective oversight over the parties. “Effective oversight” includes, at a minimum, an annual review of the services of the processing agency and a review of complaints made by motorists using the services of the processing agency. The issuing agency shall establish procedures to investigate and resolve complaints by motorists about any processing agency.
(d) Subdivision (c) does not apply to an issuing agency that is a law enforcement agency if the issuing agency does not also act as the processing agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 734, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40200.8.

40200.8. The parking processing agency shall notify the department and recall any hold on the registration of a vehicle that it filed with the department in connection with a parking citation if the processing agency is awarded a civil judgment for the citation pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 40220, or if the processing agency has granted a review of the issuance of the citation pursuant to Section 40200.7 or Section 40215.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 766, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40203.

40203. The notice of parking violation shall be accompanied by a written notice of the amount of the parking penalty due for that violation, the address of the person authorized to receive a deposit of the parking penalty, a statement in bold print that payments of the parking penalty for the parking violation may be sent through the mail, and instructions on obtaining information on the procedures to contest the notice of parking violation.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 734, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40203.5.

40203.5. (a) The schedule of parking penalties for parking violations and late payment penalties shall be established by the governing body of the jurisdiction where the notice of violation is issued. To the extent possible, issuing agencies within the same county shall standardize parking penalties.
(b) Parking penalties under this article shall be collected as civil penalties.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) the penalty for a violation of Section 22507.8 or an ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 22511.57 shall be not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) The issuing agency may suspend the imposition of the penalty in paragraph (1), if the violator, at the time of the offense, possesses but failed to display a valid special identification license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59.
(3) A penalty imposed pursuant to this subdivision may be paid in installments if the issuing agency determines that the violator is unable to pay the entire amount in one payment.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. (AB 144) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40203.6.

40203.6. (a) In addition to an assessment levied pursuant to any other law, an additional assessment equal to 10 percent of the penalty established pursuant to Section 40203.5 shall be imposed by the governing body of the jurisdiction where the notice of parking violation is issued for a civil violation of any of the following:
(1) Subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 4461.
(2) Subdivision (c) of Section 4463.
(3) Section 22507.8.
(4) An ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 22511.57.
(5) Section 22522.
(b) An assessment imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited with the city or county where the violation occurred.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. (AB 144) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40204.

40204. (a) If the parking penalty is received by the person authorized to receive the deposit of the parking penalty and there is no contest as to that parking violation, the proceedings under this article shall terminate.
(b) The issuing agency may, consistent with the written guidelines established by the agency, allow payment of the parking penalty in installments if the violator provides evidence satisfactory to the issuing agency of an inability to pay the parking penalty in full.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 112, Sec. 1. (AB 1151) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40205.

40205. If a person contests the parking violation, the processing agency shall proceed in accordance with Section 40215.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1244, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1993, by Sec. 39 of Ch. 1244.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40206.

40206. (a) If the payment of the parking penalty is not received by the person authorized to receive a deposit of the parking penalty by the date fixed on the notice of parking violation under Section 40202, the processing agency shall deliver to the registered owner a notice of delinquent parking violation.
(b) Delivery of a notice of delinquent parking violation under this section may be made by personal service or by first-class mail addressed to the registered owner, as shown on records of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1244, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1993, by Sec. 39 of Ch. 1244.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40206.5.

40206.5. (a) Within 15 days of a request, by mail or in person, the processing agency shall mail or otherwise provide to any person who has received a notice of delinquent parking violation, or his or her agent, a photostatic copy of the original notice of parking violation or an electronically produced facsimile of the original notice of parking violation. The issuing agency may charge a fee sufficient to recover the actual cost of providing the copy, not to exceed two dollars ($2). Until the issuing agency complies with a request for a copy of the original notice of parking violation, the processing agency may not proceed pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 22651, Section 22651.7, or Section 40220.
(b) If the description of the vehicle on the notice of parking violation does not substantially match the corresponding information on the registration card for that vehicle and the processing agency is satisfied that the vehicle has not been incorrectly described due to the intentional switching of license plates, the processing agency shall, on written request of the person cancel the notice of parking violation without the necessity of an appearance by that person.
(c) For purposes of this section, a copy of the notice of parking violation may be a photostatic copy or an electronically produced facsimile.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1093, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40207.

40207. (a) The notice of delinquent parking violation shall contain the information specified in subdivision (a) of Section 40202 or subdivision (a) of Section 40248, as applicable, and Section 40203, and, additionally shall contain a notice to the registered owner that, unless the registered owner pays the parking penalty or contests the citation within 21 calendar days from the date of issuance of the citation or 14 calendar days after the mailing of the notice of delinquent parking violation or completes and files an affidavit of nonliability that complies with Section 40208 or 40209, the renewal of the vehicle registration shall be contingent upon compliance with the notice of delinquent parking violation. If the registered owner, by appearance or by mail, makes payment to the processing agency within 21 calendar days from the date of issuance of the citation or 14 calendar days after the mailing of the notice of delinquent parking violation, the parking penalty shall consist solely of the amount of the original penalty. Additional fees, assessments, or other charges shall not be added.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 471, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2011, Ch. 325, Sec. 2. (AB 1041) Effective January 1, 2012. Section operative January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40208.

40208. The notice of delinquent parking violation shall contain, or be accompanied with, an affidavit of nonliability and information of what constitutes nonliability, information as to the effect of executing the affidavit, and instructions for returning the affidavit to the issuing agency.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 939, Sec. 15.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40209.

40209. If the affidavit of nonliability is returned to the processing agency within 30 calendar days of the mailing of the notice of delinquent parking violation together with the proof of a written lease or rental agreement between a bona fide rental or leasing company, and its customer which identifies the rentee or lessee and provides the driver’s license number, name, and address of the rentee or lessee, the processing agency shall serve or mail to the rentee or lessee identified in the affidavit of nonliability a notice of delinquent parking violation. If payment is not received within 21 calendar days from the date of issuance of the citation or 14 calendar days after the mailing of the notice of delinquent parking violation, the processing agency may proceed against the rentee or lessee pursuant to Section 40220.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1156, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40210.

40210. (a) If the affidavit of nonliability is returned and indicates that the registered owner served has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle and has delivered possession of the vehicle to the purchaser prior to the date of the alleged violation, the processing agency shall obtain verification from the department that the registered owner has complied with Section 5602.
(b) If the registered owner has complied with Section 5602, the processing agency shall cancel the notice of delinquent parking violation or violations with respect to the registered owner.
(c) If the registered owner has not complied with Section 5602, the processing agency shall inform the registered owner that the citation shall be paid in full or contested pursuant to Section 40215 unless the registered owner delivers evidence within 15 days of the notice that establishes that the transfer of ownership and possession of the vehicle occurred prior to the date of the alleged violation. If the registered owner does not comply with this notice, the processing agency shall proceed pursuant to Section 40220. If the registered owner delivers the evidence within 15 days of the notice, the processing agency shall cancel the notice of delinquent parking violation or violations with respect to the registered owner.
(d) For purposes of subdivision (c), evidence sufficient to establish that the transfer of ownership and possession occurred prior to the date of the alleged violation or violations shall include, but is not limited to, a copy of the executed agreement showing the date of the transfer of vehicle ownership.
(e) This section does not limit or impair the ability or the right of the processing agency to pursue the collection of delinquent parking penalties from the person having ownership and possession of the vehicle on the date the alleged violation occurred.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 741, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40211.

40211. (a) If the registered owner, or an agent of the registered owner, or a rentee or lessee who was served with the notice of delinquent parking violation pursuant to Section 40206 or Section 40209, or any other person who presents the notice of parking violation or notice of delinquent parking violation after the notice of delinquent parking violation has been issued for delivery under Section 40206, deposits the parking penalty with a person authorized to receive it, the processing agency shall do both of the following:
(1) Deliver a copy of one of the following: the notice of delinquent parking violation issued under Section 40206; a true and correct abstract containing the information set forth in the notice of parking violation if the citation was issued electronically; or an electronically reproduced listing of the citation information presented in a notice of delinquent parking violation to the person and record the name, address, and driver’s license number of the person actually given the copy in the records of the issuing agency.
For the purposes of this paragraph, a copy of the notice of delinquent parking violation may be a photostatic copy.
(2) Determine whether the notice of delinquent parking violation has been filed with the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 40220 or a civil judgment has been entered pursuant to Section 40220.
(b) If the notice of delinquent parking violation has not been filed with the department or judgment entered and payment of the parking penalty, including any applicable assessments, is received, the proceedings under this article shall terminate.
(c) If the notice of delinquent parking violation has been filed with the department, has been returned under subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 4760 or Section 4764, and payment of the parking penalty together with the administrative service fee of the processing agency for costs of service and any applicable assessments is received, the proceedings under this article shall terminate.
(d) If the notice of delinquent parking violation has been filed with the department and has not been returned under Section 4760, 4762, and 4764, and payment of the parking penalty for, and any applicable costs of, service in connection with civil debt collection, is received by the processing agency, the processing agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Deliver a certificate of payment to the registered owner, the agent, the lessee, or the rentee or other person making the payment.
(2) Immediately transmit the payment information to the department in the manner prescribed by the department.
(3) Terminate proceedings on the notice of delinquent parking violation.
(4) Transmit for deposit all parking penalties and assessments in accordance with law.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 734, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40221.

40221. The processing agency shall not file a civil judgment with the court relating to a parking violation which has been filed with the department unless the processing agency has determined that the registration of the vehicle has not been renewed for 60 days beyond the renewal date and the citation has not been collected by the department pursuant to Section 4760.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1244, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative July 1, 1993, by Sec. 39 of Ch. 1244.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40222.

40222. The processing agency shall terminate proceedings on a notice of a delinquent parking violation or violations in all of the following cases:
(a) Upon receipt of collected penalties and administrative fees remitted by the department under Section 4762 for that notice of delinquent parking violation or violations. The termination under this subdivision is by satisfaction of the parking penalty or penalties.
(b) If the notice of a delinquent parking violation or violations was returned to the processing agency pursuant to Section 4764 and five years have elapsed since the date of the last violation. The termination under this subdivision is by the running of a statute of limitation of proceedings.
(c) The processing agency receives information, that it shall verify with the department, that the penalty or penalties have been paid to the department pursuant to Section 4762.
(d) (1) If the registered owner of the vehicle provides proof to the processing agency that he or she was not the registered owner on the date of the violation.
(2) This subdivision does not limit or impair the ability or the right of the processing agency to pursue the collection of a delinquent parking violation or violations from the person who was the registered owner or lessee of the vehicle on the date of the violation.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 741, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40224.

40224. The time limitation provided by law for commencement of a civil action for a violation specified in Section 40200 shall be tolled from and after the date a notice of delinquent parking violation is filed with the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 40220 until the notice is returned to the processing agency under subdivision (b) of Section 4760 or Section 4762 or 4764 or is recalled by the processing agency pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 40211.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 734, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40226.

40226. An issuing agency may, in lieu of collecting a fine for a citation for failure to display a disabled placard, charge an administrative fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) to process cancellation of a citation in any case where the individual who received the citation can show proof that he or she had been issued a valid placard at the time the citation was received.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 640, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3 - Procedure on Parking Violations › Section 40230.

40230. (a) Within 30 calendar days after the mailing or personal delivery of the final decision described in subdivision (b) of Section 40215, the contestant may seek review by filing an appeal to be heard by the superior court where the same shall be heard de novo, except that the contents of the processing agency’s file in the case shall be received in evidence. A copy of the notice of parking violation or, if the citation was issued electronically, a true and correct abstract containing the information set forth in the notice of parking violation shall be admitted into evidence as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. A copy of the notice of appeal shall be served in person or by first-class mail upon the processing agency by the contestant. For purposes of computing the 30-calendar-day period, Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be applicable. A proceeding under this subdivision is a limited civil case.
(b) The fee for filing the notice of appeal is as provided in Section 70615 of the Government Code. The court shall request that the processing agency’s file on the case be forwarded to the court, to be received within 15 calendar days of the request. The court shall notify the contestant of the appearance date by mail or personal delivery. The court shall retain the fee under Section 70615 of the Government Code regardless of the outcome of the appeal. If the court finds in favor of the contestant, the amount of the fee shall be reimbursed to the contestant by the processing agency. Any deposit of parking penalty shall be refunded by the processing agency in accordance with the judgment of the court.
(c) The conduct of the appeal under this section is a subordinate judicial duty that may be performed by traffic trial commissioners and other subordinate judicial officials at the direction of the presiding judge of the court.
(d) If no notice of appeal of the processing agency’s decision is filed within the period set forth in subdivision (a), the decision shall be deemed final.
(e) If the parking penalty has not been deposited and the decision is against the contestant, the processing agency shall, after the decision becomes final, proceed to collect the penalty pursuant to Section 40220.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 738, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3.5 - Procedure on Video Imaging of Parking Violations Occurring in Transit-Only Lanes › Section 40240.5.

40240.5. (a) A public transit operator, including the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, that implements an automated enforcement system to enforce parking violations occurring in transit-only traffic lanes and at transit stops pursuant to this article, shall provide to the transportation, privacy, and judiciary committees of the Legislature an evaluation report of the enforcement system’s effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue, no later than January 1, 2025. This section shall not apply to the City and County of San Francisco.
(b) A report submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 709, Sec. 4. (AB 917) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3.6 - Procedure on Photographic Imaging of Parking Violations Occurring in Bicycle Lanes › Section 40246.

40246. (a) A local agency that implements an automated enforcement system to enforce parking violations occurring in bicycle lanes pursuant to this article shall provide to the transportation, privacy, and judiciary committees of the Legislature an evaluation report of the enforcement system’s effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue, no later than December 31, 2028.
(b) A report submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 432, Sec. 1. (AB 361) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 40248.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 3.6 - Procedure on Photographic Imaging of Parking Violations Occurring in Bicycle Lanes › Section 40248.

40248. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 432, Sec. 1. (AB 361) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions. Repeal affects Article 3.6, commencing with Section 40245.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40250.

40250. (a) Except where otherwise specifically provided, a violation of a statute, regulation, or ordinance governing the evasion of tolls on toll facilities under this code, under a federal or state statute or regulation, or under an ordinance enacted by a local authority including a joint powers authority, or a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code is subject to a civil penalty. The enforcement of a civil penalty is governed by the civil administrative procedures set forth in this article.
(b) Except as provided in Section 40264, the registered owner, driver, rentee, or lessee of a vehicle cited for a toll evasion violation of a toll facility, under an applicable statute, regulation, or ordinance shall be jointly and severally liable for the toll evasion penalty imposed under this article, unless the owner can show that the vehicle was used without the express or implied consent of that person. A person who pays a toll evasion penalty, a civil judgment, costs, or administrative fees pursuant to this article has the right to recover the same from the driver, rentee, or lessee.
(c) The driver of a vehicle who is not the vehicle owner but who uses or operates the vehicle with the express or implied permission of the owner is the agent of the owner to receive a notice of a toll evasion violation served in accordance with this article and may contest the notice of violation.
(d) If the driver of the vehicle is in violation of a statute, regulation, or ordinance governing toll evasion violations, and if the driver is arrested pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 40300) of Chapter 2, this article does not apply.
(e) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Issuing agency” is an entity, public or private, authorized to collect tolls.
(2) “Registered owner” is either of the following:
(A) A person described in Section 505.
(B) A person registered as the owner of the vehicle by the appropriate agency or authority of another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 150, Sec. 1. Effective July 27, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40251.

40251. All toll evasion penalties collected by the processing agency, as defined in Section 40253, including all administrative fees, process service fees, and fees and collection costs related to civil debt collection, shall be deposited to the account of the issuing agency, except that those sums attributable to the issuance of a toll evasion violation by a member of the California Highway Patrol shall be deposited in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 42200) of Chapter 2 of Division 18 in the city or county where the violation occurred. At the end of each fiscal year, the issuing agencies of facilities which have been developed pursuant to Section 143 of the Streets and Highways Code shall deposit in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund any amounts collected under Section 40253 in excess of the sum of the unpaid toll, administrative fees, other costs incurred by the issuing agency that are related to toll evasion, process service fees, and fees and collection costs related to civil debt collection.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40252.

40252. (a) An issuing agency may elect to contract with the state, the county, a local authority, or a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, or with a private vendor, for the processing of notices of toll evasion violations and notices of delinquent toll evasion violations, prior to filing with the court pursuant to Section 40256.
(b) As used in this article, “toll evasion penalty” includes, but is not limited to, any late payment penalty, administrative fee, fine, assessment, and costs of collection as provided by law.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40253.

40253. If a contract is entered into pursuant to Section 40252, for the purpose of this article, “processing agency” means the party responsible for the processing of the notices of toll evasions and notices of delinquent toll evasions. Absent such contract, “processing agency” shall be synonymous with “issuing agency.”
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40256.

40256. (a) Within 20 days after the mailing of the final decision described in subdivision (b) of Section 40255, the contestant may seek review by filing an appeal to the superior court, where the same shall be heard de novo, except that the contents of the processing agency’s file in the case on appeal shall be received in evidence. A copy of the notice of toll evasion violation shall be admitted into evidence as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. A copy of the notice of appeal shall be served in person or by first-class mail upon the processing agency by the contestant. For purposes of computing the 20-day period, Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be applicable. A proceeding under this subdivision is a limited civil case.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 72055 of the Government Code, the fee for filing the notice of appeal shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). If the appellant prevails, this fee, together with any deposit of toll evasion penalty, shall be promptly refunded by the processing agency in accordance with the judgment of the court.
(c) The conduct of the hearing on appeal under this section is a subordinate judicial duty which may be performed by commissioners and other subordinate judicial officials at the direction of the presiding judge of the court.
(d) If no notice of appeal of the processing agency’s decision is filed within the period set forth in subdivision (a), the decision shall be deemed final.
(e) If the toll evasion penalty has not been deposited and the decision is adverse to the contestant, the processing agency may, promptly after the decision becomes final, proceed to collect the penalty under Section 40267.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 602. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40257.

40257. The notice of toll evasion violation shall be accompanied by a written notice of the toll evasion penalty due for that violation and the address of the person authorized to receive a deposit of the toll evasion penalty, to whom payments may be sent, and a statement in bold print that payments of the toll evasion penalty for the toll evasion violation may be sent through the mail.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 739, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 17 - OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION › CHAPTER 1 - Offenses › ARTICLE 4 - Procedure on Toll Evasion Violations › Section 40258.

40258. (a) The schedule of toll evasion penalties for toll evasion violations shall be limited to one hundred dollars ($100) for the first violation, two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for a second violation within one year, and five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation within one year.
(b) Toll evasion penalties under this article shall be collected as civil penalties.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 969, Sec. 12. (AB 2594) Effective January 1, 2023. Inoperative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. See later operative version, added by Sec.13 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 969.)