“Special mobile equipment” is a vehicle, not self-propelled, not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property, and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, excepting implements of husbandry.
Cal. Veh. Code § 575
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Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Greeneich v. Southern Pacific Co. (1961)
Most recently applied in 72 Cal. App. 4th 1316 - Alpine Insurance v. Planchon (May 1999)
Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.