Vehicle Code section 315

“Essential parts” are all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code, the removal, alteration, or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance.

Source: Section 315, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=315. (updated Jan. 1, 1959; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_315

Original Source: Section 315, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=315. (last accessed May 12, 2025).