Labor Code section 2775.5

(a)

Mere ownership of a vehicle, including a personal vehicle or a commercial vehicle, used by a person in providing labor or services for remuneration does not make that person an independent contractor. A person who owns a vehicle they use to provide labor or services, either as an individual or through a business entity they own, may be either an employee or an independent contractor depending on whether the conditions in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2775 are satisfied. If the conditions are not satisfied and the owner of the vehicle is an employee, the employee shall be reimbursed for use of the vehicle as described in Section 2802 and 2802.2.

(b)

This section is declarative of existing law.

Source: Section 2775.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=2775.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2026; accessed Dec. 22, 2025).

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