{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-296","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 296","heading":"","body":"A “distributor” is any person other than a manufacturer who sells or distributes new vehicles subject to registration under this code, new trailers subject to identification pursuant to Section 5014.1, or new off-highway motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles subject to identification under this code, to dealers in this state and maintains representatives for the purpose of contacting dealers or prospective dealers in this state.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED [100. - 681.]"],"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":"3eb27379767d43507fdf5a401e848390557c04918871ac4783add26dee968d38","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-295.7","next":"us-ca/veh-297"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}