2018 California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 16.5 - OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 8 - Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles
Section 38603.

Universal Citation: CA Veh Code § 38603 (2018)
38603.  

(a) A person operating a recreational off-highway vehicle with a model year of 2014 or later shall not allow a passenger to occupy a separate seat location not designed and provided by the manufacturer for a passenger.

(b) Seats that are installed in a separate seat location not designed and provided by the manufacturer for a passenger in vehicles with model year of 2013 or earlier may be occupied by a passenger if the occupant of the seat is fully contained inside of the vehicle’s rollover protection structure at all times while the vehicle is being operated.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 179, Sec. 1. (SB 234) Effective August 27, 2013.)

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