{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-315","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 315","heading":"","body":"“Essential parts” are all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code, the removal, alteration, or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance.","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":"a0b3ffa771d24ca9ed736b69e0a2ee26214e142d0680bcb85de015118cd02494","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-314","next":"us-ca/veh-320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}