Vehicle Code section 4013

Any forklift truck which is designed primarily for loading and unloading and for stacking materials and is operated upon a highway only for the purpose of transporting products or material across a highway in the loading, unloading or stacking process, and is in no event operated along a highway for a greater distance than one-quarter mile is exempt from registration.

Source: Section 4013, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=4013. (accessed Jun. 2, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

§ 4013’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_4013

Original Source: Section 4013, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=4013. (last accessed May 12, 2025).