{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-27002","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 27002","heading":"","body":"(a) No vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren except that an authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with a siren meeting requirements established by the department.\n(b) An authorized emergency vehicle may also be equipped with a Hi-Lo audible warning sound meeting requirements established by the department.\n(c) A Hi-Lo warning sound may only be used to notify the public of an immediate evacuation in case of an emergency and is not a siren. For the purposes of Section 21055, a Hi-Lo shall not be used in lieu of a siren if the sounding of a siren is reasonably necessary pursuant to that section.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES [24000. - 28246.]","CHAPTER 5. Other Equipment [27000. - 28160.]","ARTICLE 1. Horns, Sirens and Amplification Devices [27000. - 27007.]"],"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":"0ff9d1e01fecbe172eb283aefbc6cf4f0b192db6d4ae93b135f60e489c051a2a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-27001","next":"us-ca/veh-27003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}