{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-385.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 385.5","heading":"","body":"(a) A “low-speed vehicle” is a motor vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:\n(1) Has four wheels.\n(2) Can attain a speed, in one mile, of more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour, on a paved level surface.\n(3) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds.\n(b) (1) For the purposes of this section, a “low-speed vehicle” is not a golf cart, except when operated pursuant to Section 21115 or 21115.1.\n(2) A “low-speed vehicle” is also known as a “neighborhood electric vehicle.”","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":"4bb9ca619da12a18b251611733445147281e0fc27c6a2731051d28de6a328aa3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-385.3","next":"us-ca/veh-386"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}