California Vehicle Code

§ 27465

VEH § 27465 Effective May 1, 1990Div. 12 · Ch. 5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or install on a vehicle axle for use on a highway, a pneumatic tire when the tire has less than the tread depth specified in subdivision (b). This subdivision does not apply to any person who installs on a vehicle, as part of an emergency service rendered to a disabled vehicle upon a highway, a spare tire with which the disabled vehicle was equipped.

(b)No person shall use on a highway a pneumatic tire on a vehicle axle when the tire has less than the following tread depth, except when temporarily installed on a disabled vehicle as specified in subdivision (a):

(1)One thirty-second (132) of an inch tread depth in any two adjacent grooves at any location of the tire, except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 71, Sec. 8. Effective May 1, 1990.