Vehicle Code section 21968

(a)

A motorized skateboard shall not be propelled on any sidewalk, roadway, or any other part of a highway or on any bikeway, bicycle path or trail, equestrian trail, or hiking or recreational trail.

(b)

For purposes of this section, an electrically motorized board, as defined in Section 313.5, is not a motorized skateboard.

Source: Section 21968, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21968.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Aug. 3, 2026).

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