DIVISION 16.7. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BICYCLES 39000-39011
§ 39002
California Vehicle Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) A city or county, which adopts a bicycle licensing ordinance or resolution, may provide in the ordinance or resolution that no resident shall operate any bicycle, as specified in the ordinance, on any street, road, highway, or other public property within the jurisdiction of the city or county, as the case may be, unless the bicycle is licensed in accordance with this division.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to tamper with, destroy, mutilate, or alter any license indicia or registration form, or to remove, alter, or mutilate the serial number, or the identifying marks of a licensing agency’s identifying symbol, on any bicycle frame licensed under this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 674, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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