Wherever in any statute “California Highway Patrol” is used, it means the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 2102

  • department: means the Department of the California Highway Patrol. See California Vehicle Code 2101
  • Highway: is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See California Vehicle Code 360
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.