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I was reading through the Vehicle Code, I havent found anything yet, but there has to be a way, I will keep looking and if you see anything let me know
Here it is
VC 27156 Uncertified Vehicles and Devices
PROHIBITION AGAINST UNCERTIFIED VEHICLES AND DEVICES
27156. (a) No person shall operate or leave
standing upon any highway any motor vehicle which is a gross
polluter, as defined in Section 39032.5 of the Health and Safety
Code.
(b) No person shall operate or leave standing upon
any highway any motor vehicle which is required to be equipped
with a motor vehicle pollution control device under Part 5
(commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and
Safety Code or any other certified motor vehicle pollution control
device required by any other state law or any rule or regulation
adopted pursuant to that law, or required to be equipped with a
motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to the National
Emission Standards Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 1857f-1 to 1857f-7,
inclusive) and the standards and regulations adopted pursuant to
that federal act, unless the motor vehicle is equipped with the
required motor vehicle pollution control device which is correctly
installed and in operating condition. No person shall disconnect,
modify, or alter any such required device.
(c) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale,
or advertise any device, apparatus, or Mechanism intended for use
with, or as a part of, any required motor vehicle pollution
control device or system which alters or modifies the original
design or performance of any such motor vehicle pollution control
device or system.
(d) If the court finds that a person has willfully
violated this section, the court shall impose the maximum fine
that may be imposed in the case, and no part of the fine may be
suspended.
(e) "Willfully," as used in this section, has the
same meaning as the meaning of that word prescribed in Section 7
of the Penal Code.
(f) No person shall operate a vehicle after notice
by a traffic officer that the vehicle is not equipped with the
required certified motor vehicle pollution control device
correctly installed in operating condition, except as may be
necessary to return the vehicle to the residence or place of
business of the owner or driver or to a garage, until the vehicle
has been properly equipped with such a device.
(g) The notice to appear issued or complaint filed
for a violation of this section shall require that the person to
whom the notice to appear is issued or against whom the complaint
is filed produce proof of correction pursuant to Section 40150 or
proof of exemption pursuant to Section 4000.1 or 4000.2
.
(h) This section shall not apply to an alteration,
modification, or modifying device, apparatus, or mechanism found
by resolution of the State Air Resources Board to do either of the
following:
(1) Not to reduce the effectiveness of any required
motor vehicle pollution control device.
(2) To result in emissions from any such modified
or altered vehicle which are at levels which comply with existing
state or federal standards for that model year of the vehicle
being modified or converted.
(i) This section applies to motor vehicles of the
United States or its agencies, to the extent authorized by federal
law.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 27, Sec. 62.)
References at the time of publication (see page iii):
Regulations: 13, CCR, sections 1900, 1903, 2030, 2031, 2151,
2152, 2200-2207, 2221, 2222, 2225
27156.1. The installation, prior to January 1,
1974, of an auxiliary gasoline fuel tank for use on a 1973 or
earlier model year motor vehicle, which vehicle is required,
pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26
of the Health and Safety Code or the National Emission Standards
Act (42 U.S.C., Secs. 1857f-1 to 1857f-7, inclusive), to be
equipped with a fuel system evaporative loss control device, shall
not be deemed a violation of Section 27156 of this code. As used
in this section, the term "auxiliary gasoline fuel tank," has the
same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 43834 of the
Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
27156.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any publicly owned authorized emergency vehicle operated by a
peace officer, as defined in Section 830 of the Penal Code, any
authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in Section 165 and used
for fighting fires or responding to emergency fire calls pursuant
to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) or pursuant to subdivision (c)
or (d) of that section, and any publicly owned authorized
emergency vehicle used by an emergency medical technician-
paramedic, as defined in Section 1797.84 of the Health and Safety
Code, is exempt from requirements imposed pursuant to California
law and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto for motor vehicle
pollution control devices.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 595, Sec. 1.)
27156.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any motor vehicle of mosquito abatement, vector control, or
pest abatement districts or agencies, any authorized emergency
vehicle as defined in Section 165, except subdivision (f) thereof,
and any ambulance used by a private entity under contract with a
public agency, is exempt from requirements imposed pursuant to
California law and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto for
motor vehicle pollution control devices.
(Added by renumbering Section
27156.2 (as added by
Stats. 1981, Ch. 669) by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 116.)