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2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34682.

34682. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration shall furnish, upon request, whatever information from its records may be required to assist the department and the Department of the California Highway Patrol in the effective enforcement of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34683.

34683. (a) Except as provided in Section 34686, a private carrier of passengers shall not operate a motor vehicle on any public highway in this state unless its operation is currently registered with the department. The department shall grant registration upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fee as required by this division, subject to the private carrier of passengers’ compliance with this division. A private carrier of passengers who is exempt from registration need not file a notice of exemption.
(b) To satisfy the registration requirement described in subdivision (a), a private carrier of passengers shall submit required fees and all of the following information and documents to the department:
(1) The carrier identification number issued to the applicant by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(2) Identification information, including business name, form of business, addresses, including mailing address, contact person’s name, and phone number.
(3) Whether the registrant provides transportation services incidental to operation of an organized camp, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, or as a nonprofit that qualifies for a tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or neither.
(4) Proof of insurance or financial responsibility as required under Section 34687.
(5) The dated signature of the person completing the form that declares under penalty of perjury that the information provided is true and correct.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34684.

34684. A fee of thirty-five dollars ($35) shall be paid to the department for the filing of the initial registration of private carriers of passengers, and an annual renewal fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall also be paid by private carriers of passengers. The fees required to be paid by private carriers of passengers pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34685.

34685. (a) When the Department of the California Highway Patrol issues a carrier identification number pursuant to Section 34507.5 to a private carrier of passengers, it shall inform the carrier of the provisions of this division and the requirement that the carrier register with the department.
(b) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall periodically, but not less frequently than quarterly, transmit to the department a list of the persons, firms, and corporations identified as private carriers of passengers to which it has issued a carrier identification number. Upon receipt of the list, the department shall notify the private carriers of passengers of the registration requirements and of the penalties for failure to register.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34686.

34686. The State of California and its agencies and political subdivisions are exempt from the registration requirements of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34687.

34687. (a) Registration shall not be granted to a private carrier of passengers until proof of financial responsibility is filed by an insurer or surety with the department. The department may accept only a currently effective certificate of insurance issued by a company licensed to write that insurance in this state or by a nonadmitted insurer subject to Section 1763 of the Insurance Code, and only if the policy represented by the certificate meets the minimum insurance requirements contained in Section 34692, or a surety bond evidencing protection against liability imposed by law for the payment of damages for personal injury to, or death of, a person or property damage, or both. Each certificate shall be valid until canceled, and may only be canceled upon 30 days’ written notice submitted to the department by the carrier or surety.
(b) Whenever the department determines that the certificate of insurance or surety bond of a private carrier of passengers has lapsed or been terminated, the department shall suspend the private carrier of passengers’ registration. Registration of a private carrier or organization providing transportation services incidental to operation of a youth camp shall stand suspended immediately upon the effective date of the cancellation.
(c) The department shall notify the private carrier of passengers of an action taken under subdivision (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 212. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34688.

34688. A private carrier of passengers shall display the carrier identification number, as required by Section 34507.5, on the vehicles operated pursuant to the registration granted under this division.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34689.

34689. The department shall periodically, but not less frequently than quarterly, transmit to the Department of the California Highway Patrol a list of persons, firms, and corporations that have received a carrier identification number from the Department of the California Highway Patrol, but that have not registered with the department. The Department of the California Highway Patrol may use this list in its normal enforcement activities, including terminal inspections and roadside enforcement, as prima facie evidence of a failure to register.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34690.

34690. (a) Any person or corporation that violates any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months, or both.
(b) A violation of this section is an infraction subject to the procedures described in Sections 19.6 and 19.7 of the Penal Code when the conditions specified in either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 17 of the Penal Code are met.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Operative July 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 34693.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34692.

34692. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a private carrier of passengers, as defined in Section 34681, that is required to register under Section 34683 shall provide and thereafter continue in effect on each vehicle, so long as the carrier may be engaged in conducting those operations, adequate protection against liability imposed by law upon a carrier in accordance with the following:
(1) For the payment of damages for bodily injury to, or death of, one person in any one accident in the amount of at least fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).
(2) Subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of at least thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) for bodily injury to, or death of, two or more persons in any one accident.
(3) For injury to, or destruction of, property of others in the amount of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any one accident.
(b) Transportation services incidental to operation of a youth camp that are provided by either a nonprofit organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501 (c)(3)), that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of that code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(a)), or an organization that operates an organized camp, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, serving youth 18 years of age or younger shall provide and thereafter continue in effect, so long as it may be engaged in conducting those operations, the following minimum amounts of general liability insurance coverage for vehicles that are used to transport youth:
(1) A minimum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of general liability insurance coverage for passenger vehicles designed to carry up to eight passengers. For organized camps, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, there shall be an additional two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) of general umbrella policy that covers vehicles.
(2) A minimum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of general liability insurance coverage for vehicles designed to carry up to 15 passengers. For organized camps, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, there shall be an additional five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of general umbrella policy that covers vehicles.
(3) A minimum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) of general liability insurance coverage for vehicles designed to carry more than 15 passengers, and an additional three million five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) of general umbrella liability insurance policy that covers vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 213. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.86 - Private Carriers of Passengers Registration Act › Section 34693.

34693. This division shall become operative on July 1, 2018.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 40. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Note: Operative date applies to Division 14.86, commencing with Section 34680.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.9 - MOTOR VEHICLE DAMAGE CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 34710.

34710. As used in this division, “passenger vehicle” means any motor vehicle defined in Section 465, except any of the following motor vehicles:
(a) Motorcycles.
(b) Housecars.
(c) Specially constructed vehicles.
(d) Motor vehicles equipped with four-wheel drive.
(e) Motor vehicles constructed on a truck chassis.
(f) Motor vehicles operated for hire, compensation, or profit.
(g) Makes of motor vehicles of a model year manufactured or sold in California in quantities of less than 2,000 units for each such model year.
(h) Motor vehicles designed and constructed by the manufacturer of such vehicles, for off-highway use, as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 635.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.9 - MOTOR VEHICLE DAMAGE CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 34715.

34715. No new passenger vehicle, except a passenger vehicle certified by its manufacturer as having been manufactured prior to September 1, 1973, shall be sold or registered on and after September 1, 1973, unless it has a manufacturer’s warranty that it is equipped with an appropriate energy-absorption system that meets the requirement for energy absorption systems set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 880.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 14.9 - MOTOR VEHICLE DAMAGE CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Departmental Action › Section 34725.

34725. Any violation of any provisions of this division may be enjoined in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California, upon request of the Department of Motor Vehicles, except that it shall not be necessary to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show irreparable damage or loss.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 598.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 35003.

35003. For the purpose of this division, booms, masts, machinery or other equipment which is not attendant to the efficient operation of the body of the vehicle but which may be attached to the body or chassis or connected with the driving mechanism, shall be regarded as a load.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 12.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35100.

35100. (a) The total outside width of any vehicle or its load shall not exceed 102 inches, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, safety devices which the Secretary of Transportation determines to be necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles shall not be included in the calculation of width as specified in subdivision (a).
(c) Any city or county may, by ordinance, prohibit a combination of vehicles of a total width in excess of 96 inches upon highways under its jurisdiction. The ordinance shall not be effective until appropriate signs are erected indicating the streets affected.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1452, Sec. 5. Effective September 28, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35100.1.

35100.1. For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 35100, the following apply:
(a) The metric equivalent of 102 inches, 2.6 meters, meets the requirement of Section 35100.
(b) The width measurement of any vehicle with side walls shall be made from the outside wall of the two opposite sides of the vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1452, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35100.5.

35100.5. The total outside width of a cotton module mover operated on the highways pursuant to Section 35555 and the load thereon shall not exceed 130 inches in width. However, a county board of supervisors, with respect to any or all county highways within its jurisdiction or any portion thereof, may by resolution prohibit or limit the operation of cotton module movers exceeding the maximum width specified in Section 35100.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 270, Sec. 3. Effective July 3, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35101.

35101. When any vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, the maximum width from the outside of one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite outer wheel and tire shall not exceed 108 inches, but the outside width of the body of the vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 102 inches.
Vehicles manufactured, reconstructed, or modified after the effective date of amendments to this section enacted during the 1983 portion of the 1983–84 Regular Session of the Legislature, to utilize the 102 inch maximum width dimension, shall be equipped with axles, tires, and wheels of sufficient width to adequately and safely stabilize the vehicle. The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall conduct tests relating to the dynamic stability of vehicles utilizing body widths over 96 inches, up to and including 102 inches, to determine the necessity for establishing performance standards under the authority of Section 34500. Such standards if established shall be consistent with width standards established by or under the authority of the United States Department of Transportation.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 145, Sec. 2. Effective June 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35102.

35102. When any vehicle carries a load of loosely piled agricultural products such as hay, straw, or leguminous plants in bulk but not crated, baled, boxed, or sacked, such load of loosely piled material and any loading racks retaining the same shall not exceed 120 inches in width.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35103.

35103. (a) A vehicle used for recreational purposes may exceed the maximum width established under Section 35100 if the excess width is attributable to an appurtenance, excluding a safety device, that does not exceed six inches beyond either sidewall of the vehicle.
(b) For the purposes of subdivision (a), an appurtenance is an integral part of a vehicle and includes, but is not limited to, awnings, grab handles, lighting equipment, cameras, and vents. An appurtenance may not be used as a load carrying device.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 222, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35104.

35104. The limitations as to width do not apply to the following vehicles except that these vehicles shall not exceed a width of 120 inches:
(a) Special mobile equipment.
(b) Special construction or highway maintenance equipment.
(c) Motor vehicles designed for, and used exclusively to, haul feed for livestock that are exempted from registration by subdivision (c) of Section 36102, except when operated on a highway during darkness.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1021, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35105.

35105. Any city organized under a freeholders’ charter may by ordinance permit a total outside width of vehicle and load in excess of the limits set forth in Sections 35100, 35101, 35102, 35104, and 35106 when the vehicle is used exclusively within the boundary limits of the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 145, Sec. 4. Effective June 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35106.

35106. (a) Motor coaches or buses may have a maximum width not exceeding 102 inches.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), motor coaches or buses operated under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission in urban or suburban service may have a maximum outside width not exceeding 104 inches, when approved by order of the Public Utilities Commission for use on routes designated by it. Motor coaches or buses operated by common carriers of passengers for hire in urban or suburban service and not under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission may have a maximum outside width not exceeding 104 inches.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 665. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35107.

35107. “Urban and suburban service” means a service performed in urban or suburban areas, or between municipalities in close proximity, except that:
(a) The one-way route mileage of the service shall not be more than 50 miles.
(b) Designated motor coach routes over state highways outside limits of incorporated cities where the one-way route mileage is over 25 miles, but does not exceed 50 miles, shall be approved by the Department of Transportation.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35109.

35109. Lights, mirrors, or devices which are required to be mounted upon a vehicle under this code may extend beyond the permissible width of the vehicle to a distance not exceeding 10 inches on each side of the vehicle.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 145, Sec. 7. Effective June 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35110.

35110. (a) Door handles, hinges, cable cinchers, chain binders, aerodynamic devices, holders for the display of placards warning of hazardous materials, and a tarping system and all nonproperty carrying devices or components thereof, may extend three inches on each side of the vehicle.
(b) For purposes of this section, “aerodynamic device” means a device that uses technologies that minimize drag and improve airflow over an entire tractor-trailer vehicle. These include gap fairings that reduce turbulence between the tractor and trailer, side skirts that minimize wind under the trailer, and rear fairings that reduce turbulence and pressure drop at the rear of the trailer, provided that these devices shall not adversely impact the vehicle’s swept width and turning characteristics and that the primary purpose of the device is not for advertising.
(c) (1) For purposes of this section, “a tarping system” means a movable device used to enclose the cargo area of flatbed semitrailers or trailers.
(2) Subdivision (a) applies to all component parts of a tarping system, including the following:
(A) The transverse structure at the front of the vehicle to which the sliding walls and roof of the tarp mechanism are attached, provided the structure is not also intended or designed to comply with Section 393.106 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The transverse structure may be up to 108 inches wide if properly centered so that neither side extends more than three inches beyond the structural edge of the vehicle.
(B) The side rails running the length of the vehicle.
(C) The rear doors, provided the only function of the rear doors is to seal the cargo area and anchor the sliding walls and roof.
(D) The “wings” designed to close the gap between a headerboard designed to comply with Section 393.106 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the movable walls and roof of a tarping system, provided they are add-on pieces designed to bear only the load of the tarping system itself and are not integral parts of the load-bearing headerboard structure.
(d) For purposes of this section, a “headerboard designed to comply with Section 393.106 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations” is load bearing and does not exceed 102 inches in width.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 133, Sec. 1. (SB 469) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 2 - Width › Section 35111.

35111. No passenger vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on its left side or more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on its right side.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 120.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 3 - Height › Section 35250.

35250. No vehicle or load shall exceed a height of 14 feet measured from the surface upon which the vehicle stands, except that a double-deck bus may not exceed a height of 14 feet, 3 inches. Any vehicle or load which exceeds a height of 13 feet, 6 inches, shall only be operated on those highways where deemed to be safe by the owner of the vehicle or the entity operating the bus.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1287, Sec. 1. Effective September 19, 1984. Operative January 1, 1985, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 1287.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 3 - Height › Section 35251.

35251. (a) A boom or mast which is designed to be raised and lowered by hydraulic mechanisms and which is a constituent part of or an attachment to a vehicle or machine, shall be securely chained or otherwise restrained to ensure compliance with Section 35250 while the vehicle or machine is being transported as a load or driven upon any highway.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply when the configuration and design of the hydraulic boom effectively restrain the movement of the boom during transit.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 704, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 3 - Height › Section 35252.

35252. (a) A pilot car may operate a vertical clearance measuring device with a height in excess of 14 feet when escorting a permitted overheight load. The pilot car may also operate the vertical clearance measuring device when surveying a route for a permitted overheight load.
(b) Any vertical measuring device used by a pilot car shall be designed and operated so as to avoid any damages to overhead structures. The measuring device shall be securely affixed to the pilot car, and shall be operated in a manner that does not create a hazard to surrounding traffic.
(c) The operator of the pilot car shall not reduce the vehicle’s speed more than 20 miles per hour below the posted speed limit on the roadway to measure overhead clearance, nor exit the vehicle to measure the clearance of overhead structures from a vantage point on or above the roadway.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 460, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35400.5.

35400.5. Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply to a motortruck used solely as a cotton module mover and which does not exceed 48 feet in length.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 270, Sec. 4. Effective July 3, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35400.6.

35400.6. (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply to a fifth-wheel travel trailer that does not exceed the following lengths:
(1) Forty-eight feet in length from the foremost point of the trailer to the rear extremity of the trailer.
(2) (A) For a fifth-wheel travel trailer with a single axle, 38 feet in length from the kingpin to the rearmost axle.
(B) For a fifth-wheel travel trailer with two or more axles, 40 feet in length from the kingpin to the rearmost axle.
(b) A manufacturer of a fifth-wheel travel trailer described by subdivision (a) shall include in the delivery documents the information necessary to register that fifth-wheel travel trailer, including its overall length pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and a declaration that its length is in compliance with subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). The dealer may reject acceptance of the fifth-wheel travel trailer if this documentation is not provided.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 548, Sec. 1. (AB 64) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35401.1.

35401.1. A combination of vehicles operated pursuant to Section 35400 or 35401 with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement of greater than 38 feet but not more than 40 feet may be operated on those highways under the jurisdiction of local authorities only where it is deemed to be safe by the owner of the vehicle or the person operating the vehicle and where its operation is not specifically prohibited by local ordinance pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 35401.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1378, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35401.3.

35401.3. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 35401, a combination of vehicles designed and used to transport motor vehicles, camper units, or boats, which consists of a motortruck and stinger-steered semitrailer, shall be allowed a length of up to 70 feet if the kingpin is at least 3 feet behind the rear drive axle of the motortruck. This combination shall not be subject to subdivision (a) of Section 35411, but the load upon the rear vehicle of the combination shall not extend more than 6 feet 6 inches beyond the allowable length of the vehicle.
(b) A combination of vehicles designed and used to transport motor vehicles, camper units, or boats, which consists of a motortruck and stinger-steered semitrailer, shall be allowed a length of up to 75 feet if all of the following conditions are maintained:
(1) The distance from the steering axle to the rear drive axle of the motortruck does not exceed 24 feet.
(2) The kingpin is at least 5 feet behind the rear drive axle of the motortruck.
(3) The distance from the kingpin to the rear axle of the semitrailer does not exceed 34 feet except that the distance from the kingpin to the rear axle of a triple axle semitrailer does not exceed 36 feet.
This combination shall not be subject to subdivision (a) of Section 35411, but the load upon the rear vehicle of the combination shall not extend more than 6 feet 6 inches beyond the allowable length of the vehicle.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 860, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35401.9.

35401.9. Notwithstanding Section 35401, a driveaway-towaway combination, as described in Section 303, shall not exceed 97 feet in length when transporting up to three saddle-mounted vehicles and one full-mounted vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 208, Sec. 25. (AB 2906) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35403.

35403. Safety devices which are required to be mounted upon a vehicle pursuant to provisions of this code, may extend beyond the permissible length of a vehicle, or a combination of vehicles, to a distance not exceeding 10 inches.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1117.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35404.

35404. Any county having a population in excess of 4,000,000 and having within its limits a natural island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of any highway or lane, hereafter established in unincorporated area thereon, (1) by any vehicle exceeding an overall length of 170 inches and an overall width of 65 inches, or (2) by any such vehicle and all vehicles driven by internal combustion engines. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 906 of the Streets and Highways Code, no such ordinance shall be enacted unless the board of supervisors shall have theretofore adopted, by a four-fifths vote, a resolution determining that the public convenience and necessity require that such highway or lane have a width of 35 feet or less and a roadway width of 22 feet or less.
Any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section shall be subject to Sections 35718 to 35720, inclusive, of this code and shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 723.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35405.

35405. (a) An aerodynamic device that extends no more than five feet beyond the rear of a vehicle shall not be included in measuring the length of the vehicle or combination of vehicles, if both of the following conditions are met:
(1) The device does not have the strength, rigidity, or mass to damage a vehicle, or injure a passenger in a vehicle, that strikes the vehicle equipped with the device from the rear.
(2) The device does not obscure tail lamps, turn signals, marker lamps, identification lamps, or any other required safety devices, including, but not limited to, hazardous materials placards or conspicuity markings.
(b) For purposes of this section, “aerodynamic device” has the same meaning as defined in Section 35110.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 133, Sec. 2. (SB 469) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35406.

35406. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the foremost part of the front tires of the vehicle or the front bumper of the vehicle, if it is equipped with a front bumper.
(b) When the load is composed solely of vehicles, the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles shall not extend more than four feet beyond the foremost part of the front tires of the vehicle or the front bumper of the vehicle, if it is equipped with a front bumper.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 434.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35407.

35407. Section 35406 does not apply to the booms or masts of shovels, cranes or water well drilling and servicing equipment carried upon a motor vehicle if the following conditions are met:
(a) The booms or masts shall not extend more than two-thirds of the wheelbase beyond the front tires of such vehicle.
(b) The projecting structure or attachments thereto shall be securely held in place to prevent dropping or swaying.
(c) No part of the structure which extends beyond the front tires shall be less than seven feet from the roadway.
(d) The driver’s vision shall not be impaired by the projecting or supporting structure.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 816.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35407.5.

35407.5. Section 35406 and subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 35407 do not apply to the booms or masts of a self-propelled heel-boom log loader first sold in this state prior to January 1, 1988, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) A system of mirrors or other view enhancements permits the driver to see in any area blocked from view.
(b) The log loader is operated together with a four wheeled lead vehicle which remains a reasonable distance ahead to guide the movement of the log loader.
(c) Two-way radio communication equipment is maintained in good working condition on the log loader and the pilot car, and is used between those vehicles during movement upon any highway.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35408.

35408. In no event shall a front bumper on a motor vehicle be constructed or installed so as to project more than two feet forward of the foremost part of either the fenders or cab structure or radiator, whichever extends farthest toward the front of such vehicle.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35409.

35409. (a) Any motor vehicle used for the purpose of taking photographs, motion pictures, or television pictures or for teaching safe driving may be equipped with a dismountable platform or other device extending forward of either the fenders or cab structure or radiator, whichever extends farthest toward the front of such vehicle, for a distance not exceeding five feet while such vehicle is in use for such purpose.
(b) Any device used for the sole purpose of teaching safe driving, as provided in subdivision (a), shall be of a type authorized by the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35410.

35410. The load upon any motor vehicle alone or an independent load only upon a trailer or semitrailer shall not extend to the rear beyond the last point of support for a greater distance than that equal to two-thirds of the length of the wheelbase of the vehicle carrying such load, except that the wheelbase of a semitrailer shall be considered as the distance between the rearmost axle of the towing vehicle and the rearmost axle of the semitrailer.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35411.

35411. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the load upon any combination of vehicles shall not exceed 75 feet measured from the front extremity of the front vehicle or load to the rear extremity of the last vehicle or load.
(b) The load upon any combination of vehicles operating pursuant to Section 35401 or 35401.5, when the overall length of the combination of vehicles exceeds 75 feet, shall be confined within the exterior dimensions of the vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 145, Sec. 17. Effective June 28, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 4 - Length › Section 35414.

35414. (a) Except where a load can be transported consistent with the limitations on vehicle and load length specified in other sections of this chapter, the limitations of this chapter as to length of vehicles do not apply when only poles, timbers, pipes, integral structural materials, or single unit component parts, including, but not limited to, missile components, aircraft assemblies, drilling equipment, and tanks not exceeding 80 feet in length are being transported upon any of the following:
(1) Upon a pole or pipe dolly or otherwise lawful trailer used as a pole or pipe dolly in connection with a motor vehicle.
(2) Upon a semitrailer, except for the limitations provided in Section 35410.
(3) Upon a semitrailer and a pole or pipe dolly used in connection with a truck tractor to haul flexible integral structural material.
(b) Poles and the tools and materials incidental to the work to be performed may be transported on a pole or pipe dolly or otherwise lawful semitrailer used as a pole or pipe dolly, transporting not more than three poles not exceeding 80 feet in length and when used by public utility companies or local public agencies engaged in the business of supplying electricity or telephone service, by the Department of Transportation, or by a licensed contractor in the performance of work for a utility, the department, or a local public agency, when such transportation is between a storage yard and job location where such tools and materials are to be used, in which event the limitations of this chapter as to length of vehicles and loads shall not apply.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Effective July 13, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits › Section 35550.

35550. (a) The gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds and the gross weight upon any one wheel, or wheels, supporting one end of an axle, and resting upon the roadway, shall not exceed 10,500 pounds.
(b) The gross weight limit provided for weight bearing upon any one wheel, or wheels, supporting one end of an axle shall not apply to vehicles the loads of which consist of livestock.
(c) The maximum wheel load is the lesser of the following:
(1) The load limit established by the tire manufacturer, as molded on at least one sidewall of the tire.
(2) A load of 620 pounds per lateral inch of tire width, as determined by the manufacturer’s rated tire width as molded on at least one sidewall of the tire for all axles except the steering axle, in which case paragraph (1) applies.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1154, Sec. 82. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits › Section 35552.

35552. (a) This section applies only to trucks and vehicle combinations while transporting loads composed solely of logs.
(b) One set of tandem axles of such a truck or vehicle combination shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 35551 if the total gross weight of 34,000 pounds on such a set that is permitted by Section 35551 is not exceeded by more than 1,500 pounds. In addition, such a truck and vehicle combination that has two consecutive sets of tandem axles shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 35551 if such consecutive sets of tandem axles do not carry a combined total gross weight of more than 69,000 pounds, if the total gross weight on any one such set does not exceed 35,500 pounds, and if the overall distance between the first and last axle of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is 34 feet or more. All such truck and vehicle combinations shall be subject to all other provisions of Section 35551 or any other provision made applicable to the total gross weight of such a truck or vehicle combination in lieu of Section 35551.
(c) The gross weight limits expressed in this section shall include all enforcement tolerances.
(d) If any total gross weight permitted by this section is exceeded, the allowed weight in pounds set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 35551 shall be the maximum permitted weight for purposes of determining the amount of fine for such violation as specified in the table in Section 42030; except that, whenever the violation is for exceeding the total gross weight for two consecutive sets of tandem axles, and if the overall distance between the first and last axle of such sets is 34 feet or more, the allowed weight on the two consecutive sets shall be 68,000 pounds.
(e) This section shall have no application to highways which are a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (as referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 108 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1956).
This section may be cited as the Christensen-Belotti Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 249.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits › Section 35553.

35553. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any vehicle in the immediate vicinity of an unloading or loading area while actually preparing for or in the process of unloading or loading, provided any overload is incidental to and necessitated by such action; and provided that such action does not occur on a bridge or highway structure.
This section shall have no application to highways which are a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways (as referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 108 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1956).
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 733.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits › Section 35555.

35555. (a) During the period commencing September 15 of each year and ending March 15 of the following year, the weight limitations of Section 35551 do not apply to any cotton module mover or any truck tractor pulling a semitrailer that is a cotton module mover, when operated as follows:
(1) Laterally across a state highway at grade of the state highway.
(2) Upon any county highway within the Counties of Butte, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, and Yuba, except as prohibited or limited on county highways or portions thereof by resolution of the county board of supervisors having jurisdiction.
(b) A cotton module mover may be operated upon a state highway within the counties and during the period set forth in subdivision (a) if all of the following are met:
(1) The operator is in possession of a driver’s license of the class required for operation of the mover.
(2) The mover is operated in compliance with Sections 24002 and 24012; Article 1 (commencing with Section 24250) of, Article 3 (commencing with Section 24600) of, Article 4 (commencing with Section 24800) of, Article 5 (commencing with Section 24950) of, Article 6 (commencing with 25100) of, Article 9 (commencing with 25350) of, Article 11 (commencing with 25450) of, Chapter 2 of Division 12; and Article 2 (commencing with 26450) and Article 3 (commencing with 26502) of Chapter 3 of Division 12.
(3) The mover does not exceed the maximum allowable gross axle weight for tandem axles set forth in Section 35551 by more than 6,000 pounds.
(4) The operator of a mover that exceeds the maximum allowable gross axle weight for tandem axle vehicles as set forth in Section 35551 shall possess a commercial driver’s license as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 15210.
(c) This section does not apply to those highways designated by the United States Department of Transportation as national network routes.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 497, Sec. 1. Effective October 4, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits › Section 35557.

35557. (a) Only upon request to, and approval by, and in accordance with regulations adopted by, the Director of Food and Agriculture, all of the following are available for inspection by district attorneys and are subject to legal process for admission in any criminal or civil proceeding arising out of a violation of this chapter:
(1) Vehicle weight certificates issued on or after January 1, 1984, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12700), Chapter 7.3 (commencing with Section 12740), and Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 12770) of Division 5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) Other records of vehicle weight relating to those certificates.
(3) Copies of those certificates and records.
(b) All certificates, records, and copies thereof, issued before January 1, 1984, shall not be available for inspection and are not admissible in any criminal or civil proceedings arising out of a violation of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1319, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 15 - SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD › CHAPTER 5 - Weight › ARTICLE 1 - Axle Limits › Section 35558.

35558. Any person or business which has an axle weight scale at its loading facilities shall, upon the request of the driver, weigh any load being transported for that person or business before the vehicle leaves the loading facility. In a port facility, this requirement only applies if the scale is located in outbound lanes. The request to weigh shall be based upon a reasonable assumption that the load is overweight.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 217, Sec. 1.)