Veh. Code, § 39002 · Division 16.7. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BICYCLES
Veh. Code, § 39002
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A city or county, which adopts a bicycle licensing ordinance or resolution, shall not prohibit the operation of an unlicensed bicycle.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to tamper with, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license indicia or registration form, or to remove, alter, or mutilate the serial number, or the identifying marks of a licensing agency’s identifying symbol, on any bicycle frame licensed under this division.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 343, Sec. 7. (AB 1909) Effective January 1, 2023.
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