Vehicle Code section 27501

(a)

No dealer or person holding a retail seller’s permit shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or install on a vehicle for use on a highway, a pneumatic tire which is not in compliance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 27500. This subdivision shall not apply to any person who installs on a vehicle, as part of an emergency service rendered to a vehicle upon a highway, a spare tire with which such disabled vehicle was equipped.

(b)

No person shall use on a highway a pneumatic tire which is not in conformance with such regulations.

Source: Section 27501, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=27501.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1976; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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