{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-40000.28","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 40000.28","heading":"","body":"Any offense which would otherwise be an infraction is a misdemeanor if a defendant has been convicted of three or more violations of this code or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code within the 12-month period immediately preceding the commission of the offense and such prior convictions are admitted by the defendant or alleged in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be deemed to be a conviction of the offense charged.\nThis section shall have no application to violations by pedestrians.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 17. OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION [40000.1. - 41610.]","CHAPTER 1. Offenses [40000.1. - 40273.]","ARTICLE 1. Violation of Code [40000.1. - 40008.]"],"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":"65d7065ce4f13f51a58db3afe3df3075f246fa83f22bf139d7e9457f7c655ae5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-40000.26","next":"us-ca/veh-40001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}