California Vehicle Code

§ 22655.5

VEH § 22655.5 Effective Sep 30, 1996Div. 11 · Ch. 10 · Art. 1

Statute text

A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, may remove a motor vehicle from the highway or from public or private property within the territorial limits in which the officer may act under the following circumstances:

(a)When any vehicle is found upon a highway or public or private property and a peace officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle was used as the means of committing a public offense.

(b)When any vehicle is found upon a highway or public or private property and a peace officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle is itself evidence which tends to show that a crime has been committed or that the vehicle contains evidence, which cannot readily be removed, which tends to show that a crime has been committed.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1142, Sec. 12. Effective September 30, 1996.