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VEH 26706: (a) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, equipped with a windshield shall also be equipped with a self-operating …

DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES

Executive Summary

California Vehicle Code section 26706 ((a) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, equipped with a windshield shall also be equipped with a self-operating …) addresses (a) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, equipped with a windshield shall also be equipped with a self-operating windshield wiper. (b) Every new motor vehicle first registered after December 31, 1949, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with two windshield wipers, one mounted on the…. Part of DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES. Tags Clinic hosts the official statutory text unchanged below for registration, title, and compliance reference in California.

Key Takeaways

  • (a) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, equipped with a windshield shall also be equipped with a self-operating windshield wiper.
  • (b) Every new motor vehicle first registered after December 31, 1949, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with two windshield wipers, one mounted on the….
  • (c) This section does not apply to snow removal equipment equipped with adequate manually operated windshield wipers.
  • (d) This section does not apply to an autonomous vehicle, as defined in Section 38750, that is not capable of operation by a human driver seated in the….
  • (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 428, Sec. 6.

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DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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