{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-4000.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 4000.5","heading":"","body":"(a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined in Section 175, as a motor vehicle.\n(b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from the vehicle and return them to the department when the autoette is removed from a natural island, as described in Section 175.","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":"704ccc0e1d8604cb426ddd4fda05162e85c78a5995ab04e22f884efc56232987","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-4000.4","next":"us-ca/veh-4000.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}