Pub. Util. Code, § 211 · Chapter 1. General Provisions and Definitions
Pub. Util. Code, § 211
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Common carrier” means every person and corporation providing transportation for compensation to or for the public or any portion thereof, except as otherwise provided in this part.
“Common carrier” includes:
(a) Every railroad corporation; street railroad corporation; dispatch, sleeping car, dining car, drawing-room car, freight, freightline, refrigerator, oil, stock, fruit, car-loaning, car-renting, car-loading, and every other car corporation or person operating for compensation within this state.
(b) Every corporation or person, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vessel used in the transportation of persons or property for compensation between points upon the inland waters of this state or upon the high seas between points within this state, except as provided in Section 212. “Inland waters” as used in this section includes all navigable waters within this state other than the high seas.
(c) Every “passenger stage corporation” operating within this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 1996.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=211.
- Text hash
- sha256 3f23cb54239310f4b3e55e4596326e09601af2a0aeca6cba904efc14bb09eaec
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Public Utilities Code
Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pub. Util. Code, § 211. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Harbors and Navigation Code
Public Resources Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.