Veh. Code, § 385.5 · Division 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Veh. Code, § 385.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A “low-speed vehicle” is a motor vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has four wheels.
(2) Can attain a speed, in one mile, of more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour, on a paved level surface.
(3) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds.
(b) (1) For the purposes of this section, a “low-speed vehicle” is not a golf cart, except when operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1.
(2) A “low-speed vehicle” is also known as a “neighborhood electric vehicle.”
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 66, Sec. 1. Effective July 12, 2006.
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