Skip to content

You are here: VC Section 38505

Skip to content

VC Section 38505

California Vehicle Code Section 38505, Traffic Ticket Court Fine, Cost

California Vehicle Code

California Vehicle Code Section 38505 and Traffic Ticket Cost, Bail, Court Fines, Penalties and Points

CA Codes

California Vehicle Code

VC Section 38505 - Operating or Riding All-Terrain Vehicle Without A Helmet

As of March 1, 2011

38505. No person, on and after January 1, 1989, shall operate, ride, or be otherwise propelled on an all-terrain vehicle on public lands unless the person wears a safety helmet meeting requirements established for motorcycles and motorized bicycles, pursuant to Section 27802.

Ticket Fine - $114.00

Points - 0

Fines are doubled in safety-enhancement fine zones, and construction zones.

Higher penalties are incurred for violations committed in a school zone, a business district, a senior citizen zone and at a railroad crossing.

Prior convictions of violations for which a point is assigned carry an additional $10 for each prior conviction within the previous 36 months

Cost of traffic school is generally $49.00 to $56.00. Filing of certificate of completion is extra.

Multiple offenses incur an additional penalty of between $19 and $26 for every $10 of base fine or part thereof plus the surcharge on the base fine, plus a $25 transaction fee for each offense, a $30 court security fee for each offense and a conviction assessment fee of $35 for each offense.

Late charges are 50 percent of any traffic ticket fines and penalties not paid within 20 days from the date of mailing a notice that a penalty has been assessed.

These Practice Areas are provided as a guide to the category where your legal matter may fit in and show the areas in which our offices either has experience or has an interest in. The Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson may not have had cases similar to yours in these areas of law, and some of these practice areas are new developing areas of the law. To the extent that Sebastian Gibson has not had experience in your specific practice area or type of case in these areas of practice, The Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson feel confident that either your matter can be properly researched by our offices or handled with the assistance of other attorneys that can be associated in on your case.

© 2011 R. Sebastian Gibson

Copyright © 2011 Sebastian Advertising Law Firm of Attorney R. Sebastian Gibson ~ Serving all of Southern California, the Palm Springs Desert Area, Riverside, the Inland Empire, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, the Central Coast & Santa Barbara from our law offices in Rancho Mirage, CA ~ Established 1984

This web site and all of the legal materials contained in this site in connection with copyright attorneys, trademark lawyers, patent law, publishing law, personal injury and auto accident lawyers, corporations, international law and intellectual property as well as all the other areas of law mentioned, have been prepared for informational purposes only by our California law firm, may not be used by other lawyers or attorneys and are general in nature. This web site is not intended by our law firm's attorneys and lawyers to be advertising and any testimonial information or endorsement contained herein with respect to results obtained for other clients does not constitute a guarantee or warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter. The information contained herein, prepared by our attorneys and lawyers, is not intended as formal legal advice nor is the transmission of this information intended to create an attorney-client relationship. Internet subscribers and online readers should seek their own professional advice and should not act or rely upon this information without further advice from a legal professional, law firm, attorney or lawyer in your state with respect to each individual legal matter involved.