Veh. Code, § 370 · Division 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Veh. Code, § 370
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A “legal owner” is a person holding a security interest in a vehicle which is subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, or the lessor of a vehicle to the State or to any county, city, district, or political subdivision of the State, or to the United States, under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase agreement which grants possession of the vehicle to the lessee for a period of 30 consecutive days or more.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1867.
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