Vehicle Code section 16501

The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent local authorities, within the reasonable exercise of the police power, from adopting rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, licensing and regulating the operation of any vehicle for hire and the drivers of passenger vehicles for hire.

Source: Section 16501, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=16501. (updated Jan. 1, 1965; accessed Oct. 13, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_16501

Original Source: Section 16501, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=16501. (last accessed May 12, 2025).