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VEH § 16000.1

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  1. Vehicle Code - VEH
  2. DIVISION 7. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS [16000. - 16560.]
  3. CHAPTER 1. Compulsory Financial Responsibility [16000. - 16078.]
  4. ARTICLE 1. Accident Reports [16000. - 16005.]

(a) For purposes of this division, a “reportable off-highway accident” means an accident that includes all of the following:

(1) Occurs off the street or highway.

(2) Involves a vehicle that is subject to registration under this code.

(3) Results in damages to the property of any one person in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or in bodily injury or in the death of any person.

(b) A “reportable off-highway accident” does not include any accident that occurs off-highway in which damage occurs only to the property of the driver or owner of the motor vehicle and no bodily injury or death of a person occurs.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.

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