{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-22520.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 22520.5","heading":"","body":"(a) No person shall solicit, display, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise vend or attempt to vend any merchandise or service while being wholly or partly within any of the following:\n(1) The right-of-way of any freeway, including any on ramp, off ramp, or roadway shoulder which lies within the right-of-way of the freeway.\n(2) Any roadway or adjacent shoulder within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp.\n(3) Any sidewalk within 500 feet of a freeway off ramp or on ramp, when vending or attempting to vend to vehicular traffic.\n(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a roadside rest area or vista point located within a freeway right-of-way which is subject to Section 22520.6, to a tow truck or service vehicle rendering assistance to a disabled vehicle, or to a person issued a permit to vend upon the freeway pursuant to Section 670 of the Streets and Highways Code.\n(c) A violation of this section is an infraction. A second or subsequent conviction of a violation of this section is a misdemeanor.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD [21000. - 23336.]","CHAPTER 9. Stopping, Standing, and Parking [22500. - 22526.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"978c74667a9ba0a02607158bec54c1783aec34f0050063478a1df6c93c9186f7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-22519","next":"us-ca/veh-22520.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}