Veh. Code, § 23104 · Article 1. Driving Offenses
Veh. Code, § 23104
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever reckless driving of a vehicle proximately causes bodily injury to a person other than the driver, the person driving the vehicle shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than six months or by a fine of not less than two hundred twenty dollars ($220) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) A person convicted of reckless driving that proximately causes great bodily injury, as defined in Section 12022.7 of the Penal Code, to a person other than the driver, who previously has been convicted of a violation of Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than six months or by a fine of not less than two hundred twenty dollars ($220) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both the fine and imprisonment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 609. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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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.
Penal Code
Vehicle Code
- Veh. Code, § 23103Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 23105Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 23109Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 23109.1Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 23152Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 23153Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
Cited by 20 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Veh. Code, § 23104. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
Vehicle Code
- Veh. Code, § 11110Printed as Section 14606, 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20006, 20008, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153 of this code
- Veh. Code, § 11215Printed as Section 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20006, 20008, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153 of this code
- Veh. Code, § 13201Printed as Section 23104 or 23105
- Veh. Code, § 13351Printed as Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, or 23105
- Veh. Code, § 14601Printed as Section 23103, 23104, or 23105
- Veh. Code, § 23103Printed as Section 23104 or 23105
- Veh. Code, § 40000.10Printed as Section 13353, 13353.1, 13353.2, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23152, 23153, or 23154
- Veh. Code, § 40000.15Printed as Sections 23103 and 23104
- Veh. Code, § 40303Printed as Section 23103 or 23104
- Veh. Code, § 41610Printed as Section 14601.2, 14601.3, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 42005Printed as Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 42008Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 42008.5Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 42008.7Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153 of this code
- Veh. Code, § 42008.8Printed as Sections 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, and 23153
- Veh. Code, § 42009Printed as Section 23104 or 23105
- Veh. Code, § 42010Printed as Section 23104 or 23105
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