Vehicle Code section 40509.1

If any person has willfully failed to comply with a court order, except a failure to appear, to pay a fine, or to attend traffic violator school, which was issued for a violation of this code, the magistrate or clerk of the court may give notice of the fact to the department.

Source: Section 40509.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=40509.1. (updated Jan. 1, 1999; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_40509.1

Original Source: Section 40509.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=40509.1. (last accessed May 12, 2025).