Veh. Code, § 22507.8 · Chapter 9. Stopping, Standing, and Parking
Veh. Code, § 22507.8
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or space designated for disabled persons and disabled veterans pursuant to Section 22511.7 or 22511.8 of this code or Section 14679 of the Government Code, unless the vehicle displays either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to those parking stalls or spaces except as provided in subdivision (a).
(c) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle, including a vehicle displaying a special identification license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59, in either of the following places:
(1) On the lines marking the boundaries of a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans.
(2) In any area of the pavement adjacent to a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans that is marked by crosshatched lines and is thereby designated, pursuant to any local ordinance, for the loading and unloading of vehicles parked in the stall or space.
(d) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) apply to all offstreet parking facilities owned or operated by the state, and to all offstreet parking facilities owned or operated by a local authority. Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) also apply to any privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 200, Sec. 12. (SB 734) Effective January 1, 2010.
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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, § 5007Printed as Section 5007
- Veh. Code, § 22511.55Printed as Section 22511.55 or 22511.59
- Veh. Code, § 22511.59Printed as Section 22511.55 or 22511.59
- Veh. Code, § 22511.7Printed as Section 22511.7 or 22511.8 of this code
- Veh. Code, § 22511.8Printed as Section 22511.7 or 22511.8 of this code
Cited by 12 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Veh. Code, § 22507.8. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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Vehicle Code
- Veh. Code, § 4461.3Printed as Section 4461 or 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 21107.8Printed as Section 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 22507.9Printed as Section 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 22511.56Printed as Section 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 22652Printed as Section 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 40203.5Printed as Section 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 40203.6Printed as Section 22507.8
- Veh. Code, § 42001.13Printed as Section 22507.8
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