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DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES 24000-28160›CHAPTER 2. Lighting Equipment 24250-26106›ARTICLE 7. Flashing and Colored Lights 25250-25282

§ 25254

California Vehicle Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

In any county with a population of 250,000 or more persons, publicly owned vehicles operated by peace officer personnel of a marshal’s department, when actually being used in the enforcement of the orders of any court, including, but not limited to, the transportation of prisoners, may display flashing amber warning lights to the rear when such vehicles are necessarily parked upon a roadway and such parking constitutes a hazard to other motorists.

(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 934.)

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