Vehicle Code section 16000.1

(a)

For purposes of this division, a “reportable off-highway accident” means an accident that includes all of the following:

(1)

Occurs off the street or highway.

(2)

Involves a vehicle that is subject to registration under this code.

(3)

Results in damages to the property of any one person in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or in bodily injury or in the death of any person.

(b)

A “reportable off-highway accident” does not include any accident that occurs off-highway in which damage occurs only to the property of the driver or owner of the motor vehicle and no bodily injury or death of a person occurs.

(c)

This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.

Source: Section 16000.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=16000.­1.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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