Vehicle Code section 28085

Any motor vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm system which flashes the lights of the vehicle, or sounds an audible signal, or both, and which operates as follows:

(a)

The system may flash any of the lights required or permitted on the vehicle.

(b)

The system may sound an audible signal.

(c)

No vehicle shall be equipped with a theft alarm system which emits the sound of a siren.

Source: Section 28085, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=28085.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1995; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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