Vehicle Code § 260

“Commercial vehicle”

(a) A “commercial vehicle” is a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

(b) Passenger vehicles and house cars that are not used for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit are not commercial vehicles. This subdivision shall not apply to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3.

(c) Any vanpool vehicle is not a commercial vehicle.

(d) The definition of a commercial vehicle in this section does not apply to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 15200) of Division 6.

History

Enacted Stats 1959 ch 3. Amended Stats 1963 ch 688 § 2; Stats 1982 ch 46 § 5; Stats 1988 ch 1509 § 1; Stats 2000 ch 861 § 11 (SB 2084), effective September 29, 2000; Stats 2003 ch 222 § 1 (AB 1662).

California Motor Vehicle Code Section 260