Section 27461 Of Article 4. Tires From California Vehicle Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 4.

. No person shall cause or permit the operation of and no driver shall knowingly operate any motor vehicle except a commercial vehicle, on any street or highway, which is equipped with one or more recut or regrooved tires. For purposes of this section a recut or regrooved tire is an unretreaded or unrecapped tire into which new grooves have been cut or burned.