Cal. RTC § 11156
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 11156, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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Official statutory text
A person shall, for the purposes provided for in Section 11154, be presumed to be operating a vehicle on the public highways only in the county in which he or she resides, or, in the case of other than a natural person, only in the county in which the vehicle is principally garaged, and he or she shall be subject to a local vehicle license fee surcharge only in that county.
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