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California MUTCD 2026 Edition

Last updated June 4, 2026

A searchable, deep-linkable copy of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (California MUTCD), the California standard for traffic signs, signals, and pavement markings.

The California MUTCD 2026 Edition took effect on January 18, 2026. It is Caltrans' adoption of the Federal Highway Administration's MUTCD 11th Edition (the National MUTCD 2023), amended for use in California, and it replaces the California MUTCD 2014 Edition. Looking for the federal manual instead? See the National MUTCD 11th Edition.

We're Roundabout Technologies, and we built this because we kept needing to search the manual, jump to a specific section, and send a teammate a link to the exact paragraph we were looking at, and it was a real pain to do so with the source PDFs. We thought others would find it useful so we made it publicly available, and we hope it's helpful!

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How to use this edition

Use the nav or the search box to move around Parts 1 through 9 and the appendices. Every numbered section has its own stable link, so a part page plus #4C.03 drops you right on that section. Clicking the section header copies the link to that section. The Sign Code Index maps every sign code (R1-1, W1-1, EM2-1, …) to a picture of the sign and the section that defines it.

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Other editions

The MUTCD's federal base is adopted with state-specific amendments in many states. We mirror these the same way, each at its own permanent link:

Unofficial convenience copy

This isn't the official, controlling document though we will try to keep it as accurate and up to date as possible as Caltrans revises the manual. The California MUTCD is published by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). For the authoritative text, use the official edition from Caltrans at dot.ca.gov.