Vehicle Code section 21230

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a motorized scooter may be operated on a bicycle path or trail or bikeway, unless the local authority or the governing body of a local agency having jurisdiction over that path, trail, or bikeway prohibits that operation by ordinance.

Source: Section 21230, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21230. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Nov. 3, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_21230

Original Source: Section 21230, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21230. (last accessed May 12, 2025).