Vehicle Code Appendix B
List of Violations of the Vehicle Code
Division 4 -Special Antitheft Laws
Types of Violations
C – Civil
F – Felony
I – Infraction
M – Misdemeanor
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This section, excepting entries for Occupational Licensing and Business Regulation (Div.5), is provided by the California Highway Patrol as an informational guide only and is not intended to supplant sections of the vehicle code enacted into law. The following list has not been codified and does not carry the force or effect of statute.
| Type | VC Section | Violation |
|---|---|---|
| I | 10500(a) | Stolen vehicle or plates, police forward report to DOJ immediately. |
| M | 10501(a) | False report of vehicle theft, with intent to deceive. |
| I | 10502(b) | Report of embezzled vehicle, owner notify CHP upon recovery. |
| I | 10551 | Stolen undocumented vessel, police notify DMV of theft and immediately upon recovery. |
| I | 10552 | False report of theft of undocumented vessel. |
| I | 10650(a) | Towing service, shall keep written record of stored vehicles. |
| I | 10650(b) | Towing service, specific data on written records. |
| I | 10650(c) | Towing service, records kept for one year. |
| I | 10650(d) | Towing service, statement of disposition upon termination of storage. |
| I | 10653 | Garage or repair shop notify sheriff or police of bullet marks within 24 hours. |
| I | 10654 | Renter of private building used as a private garage, notify sheriff or police of storage within 24 hours. |
| I | 10655 | Stored vehicles, keeper maintain records, make required reports. |
| M | 10750(a) | Vehicle identifying numbers; altering, defacing or replacing. |
| M | 10751(a) | Vehicle and component identifying numbers; knowingly buy, sell or possess vehicle with such numbers removed, altered, defaced. |
| M/F | 10752(a) | Fraudulent acquisition or disposition of manufactures serial or identification number. |
| M/F | 10752(b) | Fraudulent acquisition or disposition of CHP or DMV identification number. |
| M/F | 10801 | No person shall own or operate a chop shop. |
| M/F | 10802 | Vehicle identification numbers: alteration, obliteration, defacement, or forgery. |
| M/F | 10803(a) | Vehicles and components: buy to resell knowing vehicle identification numbers have been defaced, counterfeited or obliterated. |
| M/F | 10803(b) | Possession of vehicles or components with intent to sell knowing vehicle identification numbers have been defaced, counterfeited or obliterated. |
| M/F | 10851(a) | Auto theft, permanently or temporarily deprive owner of possession. |
| F | 10851(b) | Prescribes punishment for theft of ambulance, law enforcement or fire vehicle on an emergency call or vehicle displaying disabled plate or placard modified for use by a disabled person. |
| M | 10851.5 | Theft of binder chains, permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of possession. |
| M | 10852 | Injuring or tampering, with vehicle or contents. |
| M | 10853 | Unattended vehicle, tampering with mechanism or setting in motion. |
| M | 10854 | Stored vehicle, unlawful use by keeper. |