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California Vehicle Code § 38750 – Autonomous vehicles: definitions, testing and deployment
- Legal state as of
- Not recorded
- Last source check
- 2026-09-07
- Verification scope
- The earlier detailed check concerns a previous version of this record. The date shown is recorded in the catalogue; verification of the current record is not documented.
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Checked 2026-09-07 · record updated 2026-09-07
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Source check 2026-09-07 (Codex): current official § 38750, particularly subsections (b)-(e), and amendment note. The in-vehicle driver requirement describes the subsection (b) pathway, not a universal prohibition on driverless testing. The current text includes SB 480 effective 1 January 2026. Historical 2012/2013 dates were not reverified in this check.
Changes record updated
- Summary
- Section 38750 defines autonomous vehicles and operators. Subsection (b) permits a testing pathway with a licensed driver in the driver's seat, monitoring and able to take control. Other operation requires DMV approval under subsection (c); subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) also address operation without a driver inside the vehicle.
- Citation
- Cal. Veh. Code § 38750, as amended by Stats. 2025, ch. 415, § 2 (SB 480), effective 1 January 2026.
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source record
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- California State Legislature
- Jurisdiction
- California, United States
- Publication date
- 2012-09-25
- Legal status
- In force
- Effective from
- 2013-01-01
- Summary
- Section 38750 defines autonomous vehicles and operators. Subsection (b) permits a testing pathway with a licensed driver in the driver's seat, monitoring and able to take control. Other operation requires DMV approval under subsection (c); subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) also address operation without a driver inside the vehicle.
- Význam
- The section is the statutory anchor of the California safety-driver and testing-permit roles and the legal basis of the DMV regulations on autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment in title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.
- Citation
- Cal. Veh. Code § 38750, as amended by Stats. 2025, ch. 415, § 2 (SB 480), effective 1 January 2026.
- Recorded review date
- 2026-09-07
- Official source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=38750
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