2025 California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 3 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE
CHAPTER 4 - Permits to Nonresident Owners
ARTICLE 2 - Foreign Commercial Vehicles
Section 6853.

Universal Citation:
CA Veh Code § 6853 (2025)
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6853. Any vehicle owned by a nonresident owner not registered under this code, which vehicle is leased or rented to a user having an established place of business or residence in this State, for use on the highways of this State shall be subject to registration either by the owner or lessee of the vehicle, unless the vehicle is exempted from registration by the provisions of this division or under any agreement, arrangement, or declaration made pursuant to Article 3, commencing at Section 8000.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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