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2025 California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 4 - Administration and Enforcement
ARTICLE 1 - Lawful Orders and Inspections
Section 2804.
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CA Veh Code § 2804 (2025)
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2804. A member of the California Highway Patrol upon reasonable belief that any vehicle is being operated in violation of any provisions of this code or is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, may require the driver of the vehicle to stop and submit to an inspection of the vehicle, and its equipment, license plates, and registration card.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
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