California Business and Professions Code

§ 22948.50

BPC § 22948.50 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 8 · Ch. 36

Statute text

(a)A manufacturer of a new motor vehicle model that is equipped standard with one or more in-vehicle cameras that is sold or leased in this state shall disclose that fact in the owner’s manual for the vehicle. If a vehicle is equipped with one or more in-vehicle cameras and the camera does not come standard with the vehicle model, the manufacturer shall disclose that the vehicle is equipped with one or more in-vehicle cameras in a document sent to the dealer of the vehicle, which may include the vehicle specification sheet.

(b)(1) A dealer shall not provide for the sale or lease of a new motor vehicle equipped with one or more in-vehicle cameras in this state without prominently informing, during the purchase of the vehicle, and in accordance with the procedures of paragraphs (2) and (3), either the user or the person designated by the user to purchase the vehicle.

(2)Prior to the execution of the conditional sales contract for a vehicle, the dealer shall provide to the user, or the person designated by the user to purchase the vehicle, a separate disclosure, either written or electronic, acknowledging the existence and operation of an in-vehicle camera in the purchased vehicle, and shall obtain the written or electronic signature of the user or purchaser on that disclosure. The disclosure shall meet all of the following criteria:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 864, Sec. 1. (SB 296) Effective January 1, 2024.