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DIVISION 17. OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION 40000.1-41610›CHAPTER 3. Illegal Evidence 40800-40834›ARTICLE 2. Civil Actions 40830-40834

§ 40831

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

In any civil action proof of speed in excess of any prima facie limit declared in Section 22352 at a particular time and place does not establish negligence as a matter of law but in all such actions it shall be necessary to establish as a fact that the operation of a vehicle at the excess speed constituted negligence.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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