{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-4166","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 4166","heading":"","body":"The department may assign a distinguishing vehicle identification number to a motor vehicle whenever the motor or other identifying number thereon is removed, destroyed or obliterated, and any motor vehicle to which a distinguishing vehicle identification number is assigned as authorized herein shall be registered under the number so assigned when registration of the motor vehicle is required under this code.","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 2. Original Registration [4150. - 4166.]"],"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":"cf042da058c1e1ca1d48862ce902f843c5176651dea4b32be94caf1d11af6afd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-4163","next":"us-ca/veh-4300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}