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13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment

Governs vehicles excluded from autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment. As amended (effective April 28, 2026, OAL File 2025-0415-04), removes California's prohibition on operating autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or greater, creating a regulatory path for heavy-duty/commercial AV testing and deployment, while continuing to exclude household movers, transport of passengers, oversize loads, hazardous materials, and bulk liquids requiring a tank endorsement. Part of California's broader autonomous-vehicle framework (see california-av-regulations, the comprehensive DMV plus CPUC entity).

Jurisdiction: United States/California · Effective 2018-04-02

Machine-readable surfaces

Sources (3)

  1. OAL Notice Register 2025 No. 17-Z (Apr 25, 2025) — DMV Autonomous Vehicles, Notice of Proposed Action (OAL File Z2025-0415-04): Informative Digest describing removal of the 10,001-lb prohibition (§ 227.26) · https://oal.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/166/2025/04/2025-Notice-Register-No.-17-Z-April-25-2025.pdf · 2025-04-25
  2. California DMV adopted regulatory text — 13 CCR Article 3.7 (Testing of Autonomous Vehicles), OAL File 2025-0415-04, effective April 28, 2026 · https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/adopted-regulatory-text-article-3-7-2025-0415-04-pdf · 2026-04-28
  3. Cornell LII — 13 CCR § 227.26 (section number/title verification; shows pre-amendment text) · https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/13-CCR-227.26

Status history

  • In effect · 2018-04-02 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5b status-event pass)

    California AV regulation (Title 13 CCR); current canonical, in effect (framework effective Apr 2, 2018). Baseline status event.

Common questions

What does 13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment cover?
Governs vehicles excluded from autonomous-vehicle testing and deployment. As amended (effective April 28, 2026, OAL File 2025-0415-04), removes California's prohibition on operating autonomous vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds or greater, creating a regulatory path for heavy-duty/commercial AV testing and deployment, while continuing to exclude household movers, transport of passengers, oversize loads, hazardous materials, and bulk liquids requiring a tank endorsement. Part of California's broader autonomous-vehicle framework (see california-av-regulations, the comprehensive DMV plus CPUC entity).
Where does 13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment apply?
13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment is recorded as a operational_restriction applying in California on the DEPLOY registry.
When did 13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment take effect?
13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment is recorded as effective April 2, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry.
Is 13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment still in effect?
13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.
What types of robots does 13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment apply to?
13 Cal. Code Regs. § 227.26: Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment is recorded as applying to autonomous vehicles on the DEPLOY registry.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-05-31

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Last reviewed 2026-05-31

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