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Cal. Vehicle Code § 100 (2026)

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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions shall govern the construction of this code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1971–2018 · leading case: Rafael Sandoval v. Cnty. of Sonoma, 912 F.3d 509 (9th Cir. 2018).

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Rafael Sandoval v. Cnty. of Sonoma, 912 F.3d 509 (9th Cir. 2018). “” California Vehicle Code § 100 provides: “Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, these definitions shall govern the construction of this code.”

People v. Philpot, 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8819 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). “) Specifically, the word “vehicle” is unambiguous.”

Jensen v. BMW of North Am., Inc., 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3969 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995). “Accordingly, we find no inherent conflict given the different subject matter and statutory purposes. *126 BMW also argues the trial court’s construction of the section 1793.”

People v. Jordan, 75 Cal. App. Supp. 3d 1 (Cal. App. Dep’t Super. Ct. 1977). · cites it 2× “The definitions set forth in the Vehicle Code govern the construction of that code unless the provision or context otherwise requires (Veh. Code, § 100). A “vehicle” is defined as “a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway,…”

Mateos-Sandoval v. Cnty. of Sonoma, 942 F. Supp. 2d 890 (N.D. Cal. 2013). “See Cal. Veh. Code § 100 (providing that “[ujnless the provision or context otherwise requires” the definitions contained in the Vehicle Code “shall govern [its] construction”); Curle v.”

WATERSHED ENFORCERS v. Dep't of Water Resources, 185 Cal. App. 4th 969 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “Code, §§ 2, 175), but is also contained in the Vehicle Code, which does not (Veh. Code, §§ 100, 470). 9 In challenging the trial court’s reasoning here, and elsewhere in its arguments, Kern makes a distinction between “state agency” and “public agency.”

Diamond View Ltd. v. Herz, 180 Cal. App. 3d 612 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “Code, § 5; Veh. Code, § 100; Wat. Code, § 5.) As might be expected, the Code of Civil Procedure similarly contains such a preliminary definition of the term “person.”

People v. Ashley, 17 Cal. App. 3d 1122 (Cal. Ct. App. 1971). “) Definitions found in the Vehicle Code govern the construction of that code, unless the provision or context otherwise requires (Veh. Code, § 100). The statutory definition of “traffic,” which includes pedestrians and *1127 ridden animals, either singly or together, is so broad…”

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