Veh. Code, § 26505 · Article 3. Airbrakes
Veh. Code, § 26505
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be equipped with a pressure gauge of reliable and satisfactory construction and maintained in an efficient working condition, accurate within 10 percent of the actual air reservoir pressure, and visible and legible to a person when seated in the driving position.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 491, Sec. 46. (SB 1318) Effective January 1, 2011.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=26505.
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