DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES 24000-28160›CHAPTER 3. Brakes 26301-26522›ARTICLE 1. Brake Requirements 26301-26311

§ 26301

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

Any motor vehicle first registered in this state after January 1, 1940, shall be equipped with power brakes if its gross weight exceeds 14,000 pounds, except that any such vehicle having a gross weight of less than 18,000 pounds may, in lieu of power brakes, be equipped with two-stage hydraulic actuators of a type designed to increase braking effect of its brakes.

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 789, Sec. 1.)

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