Veh. Code, § 14601.1 · Chapter 4. Violation of License Provisions
Veh. Code, § 14601.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when his or her driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason other than those listed in Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5, if the person so driving has knowledge of the suspension or revocation. Knowledge shall be conclusively presumed if mailed notice has been given by the department to the person pursuant to Section 13106. The presumption established by this subdivision is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.
(b) Any person convicted under this section shall be punished as follows:
(1) Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(2) If the offense occurred within five years of a prior offense which resulted in a conviction of a violation of this section or Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five days or more than one year and by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle, which is owned or utilized by the person’s employer, during the course of employment on private property which is owned or utilized by the employer, except an offstreet parking facility as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12500.
(d) When the prosecution agrees to a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a charge of a violation of this section in satisfaction of, or as a substitute for, an original charge of a violation of Section 14601.2, and the court accepts that plea, except, in the interest of justice, when the court finds it would be inappropriate, the court shall, pursuant to Section 23575, require the person convicted, in addition to any other requirements, to install a certified ignition interlock device on any vehicle that the person owns or operates for a period not to exceed three years.
(e) This section also applies to the operation of an off-highway motor vehicle on those lands to which the Chappie-Z’berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971 (Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000)) applies as to off-highway motor vehicles, as described in Section 38001.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 908, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2005.
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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.
Vehicle Code
- Veh. Code, § 12500Printed as Section 12500
- Veh. Code, § 13106Printed as Section 13106
- Veh. Code, § 14601Printed as Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 14601.2Printed as Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5 | Section 14601.2
- Veh. Code, § 14601.5Printed as Section 14601, 14601.2, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 23575Printed as Section 23575
- Veh. Code, div. 16.5OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLESPrinted as Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000)
- Veh. Code, § 38001Printed as Section 38001
Cited by 16 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Veh. Code, § 14601.1. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Vehicle Code
- Veh. Code, § 12810Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 13552Printed as Section 14601 or 14601.1
- Veh. Code, § 14601Printed as Section 14601.1, 14601.2, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 14601.2Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 14601.5Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, or 14601.3
- Veh. Code, § 14601.8Printed as Section 14601 or 14601.1
- Veh. Code, § 14607.6Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, 14601.4, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 14607.8Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, 14601.4, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 22651Printed as Section 12500, 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, 14601.4, 14601.5, or 14604
- Veh. Code, § 23597Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.4, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 40000.11Printed as Sections 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, and 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 40303Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, or 14601.5
- Veh. Code, § 41403Printed as Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 41610Printed as Section 14601.1
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