{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-4000.4","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 4000.4","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in Sections 6700, 6702, and 6703, any vehicle which is registered to a nonresident owner, and which is based in California or primarily used on California highways, shall be registered in California.\n(b) For purposes of this section, a vehicle is deemed to be primarily or regularly used on the highways of this state if the vehicle is located or operated in this state for a greater amount of time than it is located or operated in any other individual state during the registration period in question.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 3. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND CERTIFICATES OF TITLE [4000. - 9808.]","CHAPTER 1. Original and Renewal of Registration; Issuance of Certificates of Title [4000. - 5506.]","ARTICLE 1. Vehicles Subject to Registration [4000. - 4023.]"],"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":"b15ac2d9d4e34808912fff7f0bb79ded5f4bad60affbe999f2664a6bfeada7d7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-4000.38","next":"us-ca/veh-4000.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}