“Street” is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. Street includes highway.
Cal. Veh. Code § 590
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Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Gibbons & Reed Co. v. Department of Motor Vehicles (1963)
Most recently applied in 79 Cal. App. 4th 929 - People v. Devon C. (April 2000)
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.