DIVISION 6. DRIVERS' LICENSES [12500. - 15326.]
Heading of Division 6 amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1615.
§§ 12500–15326 · 324 sections
CHAPTER 1. Issuance of Licenses, Expiration, and Renewal §§ 12500–13020 · 116 sections
ARTICLE 1. Persons Required to Be Licensed, Exemptions, and Age Limits §§ 12500–12527 · 34 sections
- § 12500 (a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle upon a highway, unless the person then holds a valid driver’s license issued under this code, except those persons…
- § 12501 The following persons are not required to obtain a driver’s license: (a) An officer or employee of the United States, while operating a motor vehicle owned or…
- § 12502 (a) The following persons may operate a motor vehicle in this state without obtaining a driver’s license under this code: (1) A nonresident over the age of 18…
- § 12503 A nonresident over the age of 18 years whose home state or country does not require the licensing of drivers may operate a foreign vehicle owned by him for not…
- § 12504 (a) Sections 12502 and 12503 apply to any nonresident over the age of 16 years but under the age of 18 years. The maximum period during which that nonresident…
- § 12505 (a) (1) For purposes of this division only and notwithstanding Section 516, residency shall be determined as a person’s state of domicile. “State of domicile”…
- § 12506 The department may issue a temporary driver’s license to any person applying for a driver’s license, to any person applying for renewal of a driver’s license,…
- § 12508 When in the opinion of the department it would be in the interest of safety, the department may issue, in individual cases, to any applicant for a driver’s…
- § 12509 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f) of Section 12514, the department, for good cause, may issue an instruction permit to a physically and…
- § 12509.5 (a) A person shall obtain an instruction permit issued pursuant to this section before operating, or being issued a class M1 or M2 driver’s license to operate,…
- § 12511 No person shall have in his or her possession or otherwise under his or her control more than one driver’s license.
- § 12512 Except as provided in Sections 12513, 12514, and 12814.6, no license to drive shall be issued to a person under the age of 18 years.
- § 12513 (a) Upon application, successful completion of tests and compliance with Sections 17700 to 17705, inclusive, the department may issue a junior permit to any…
- § 12514 (a) Junior permits issued pursuant to Section 12513 shall not be valid for a period exceeding that established on the original request as the approximate date…
- § 12515 (a) No person under the age of 18 years shall be employed for compensation by another for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle on the highways. (b) No person…
- § 12516 It is unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to drive a school bus transporting pupils to or from school.
- § 12517 (a) (1) A person may not operate a schoolbus while transporting pupils unless that person has in his or her immediate possession a valid driver’s license for…
- § 12517.1 (a) A “schoolbus accident” means any of the following: (1) A motor vehicle accident resulting in property damage in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or…
- § 12517.2 (a) Applicants for an original or renewal certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm…
- § 12517.3 (a) (1) An applicant for an original certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, or general public paratransit vehicle shall be…
- § 12517.4 This section governs the issuance of a certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm…
- § 12517.45 (a) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle described in subdivision (k) of Section 545 while transporting school pupils at or below the 12th-grade level to…
- § 12517.5 A person who is employed as a driver of a paratransit vehicle shall not operate that vehicle unless the person meets both of the following requirements: (a)…
- § 12518 The provisions of Section 12504 shall apply to any nonresident who is under the age of 18 years and who is a member of the armed forces of the United States on…
- § 12519 (a) No person shall operate a farm labor vehicle unless the person has in his or her possession a driver’s license for the appropriate class of vehicle to be…
- § 12520 (a) No person employed as a tow truck driver, as defined in Section 2430.1, shall operate a tow truck unless that person has, in his or her immediate…
- § 12521 An operator of a tour bus shall, at all times when operating the tour bus, do all the following: (a) Use a safety belt. (b) Report any accidents involving the…
- § 12522 (a) Every person who operates a schoolbus or youth bus in the transportation of school pupils shall, in addition to any other requirement for a schoolbus or…
- § 12523 (a) No person shall operate a youth bus without having in possession a valid driver’s license of the appropriate class, endorsed for passenger transportation…
- § 12523.5 (a) No person shall operate a general public paratransit vehicle unless he or she has in his or her possession a valid driver’s license of the appropriate…
- § 12523.6 (a) (1) On and after March 1, 1998, no person who is employed primarily as a driver of a motor vehicle that is used for the transportation of persons with…
- § 12524 A class A, class B, or class C driver’s licenseholder shall not operate a vehicle hauling highway route controlled quantities of radioactive materials, as…
- § 12525 Mechanics or other maintenance personnel may operate vehicles requiring a schoolbus endorsement or certificates issued pursuant to Section 2512, 12517, 12519,…
- § 12527 In addition to satisfying all requirements specified in this code and in regulations adopted pursuant to this code, an applicant for an ambulance driver…
ARTICLE 2. Student Licenses §§ 12650–12661 · 6 sections
- § 12650 (a) Any student over 15 years of age taking a course in automobile driver training, maintained pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 41900) of…
- § 12651 The principal or staff member assigned such duty may issue or reissue a student license without cost whenever in his opinion the applicant is qualified to take…
- § 12652 A student license shall limit the operation of a motor vehicle to such times as the licensee is taking driver training in connection with the driver education…
- § 12653 A student license may be canceled by the principal of the school or by the department whenever, in the opinion of either, the safety of the licensee or other…
- § 12660 (a) The department may establish a program authorizing a driving school licensed under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11100) of Division 5 to issue a…
- § 12661 The department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall adopt regulations for the issuance of student licenses pursuant to Section 12660.…
ARTICLE 3. Issuance and Renewal of Licenses §§ 12800–12819 · 54 sections
- § 12800 Each application for an original or a renewal of a driver’s license shall contain all of the following information: (a) (1) The applicant’s true full name,… see note
- § 12800.5 (a) (1) A license shall bear a fullface engraved picture or photograph of the licensee. (2) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall not, unless… see note
- § 12800.6 (a) An application for an original, renewal, or duplicate of a driver’s license shall inform the applicant of the Department of Justice’s video on proper…
- § 12800.7 (a) Upon application for an original, renewal, or duplicate of a driver’s license the department may require the applicant to produce any identification that…
- § 12801 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) and Section 12801.9, the department shall require an application for a driver’s license to contain the… see note
- § 12801.2 (a) A person shall not receive financial compensation for the sole purpose of filling out an original driver’s license application for another person. (b) A…
- § 12801.5 (a) Except as provided in Section 12801.9, the department shall require an applicant for an original driver’s license or identification card to submit…
- § 12801.6 (a) Any federal document demonstrating favorable action by the federal government for acceptance of a person into the deferred action for childhood arrivals…
- § 12801.7 (a) The department shall not issue an original driver’s license or identification card, or a renewal, duplicate, or replacement driver’s license or…
- § 12801.8 (a) In the case of a legal, nonimmigrant driver’s license applicant, the department shall issue a temporary driver’s license, valid for 90 days, if the…
- § 12801.9 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 12801.5, the department shall issue an original driver’s license to a person who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that…
- § 12801.10 (a) Nothing in Section 1653.5, 12800, 12801, 12801.5, or 12801.9 authorizes an individual to apply for, or be issued, a commercial driver’s license without the…
- § 12801.11 (a) If the director determines that the department is prepared to begin issuing driver’s licenses pursuant to Section 12801.9 on a date sooner than January 1,…
- § 12802 Every original application shall be signed and verified by the applicant under penalty of perjury and the applicant shall submit such evidence of age as the…
- § 12802.5 Before issuing a driver’s license or permit to any person under 21 years of age, both of the following shall occur: (a) The department shall inform the…
- § 12803 Upon application for an original license, except student licenses, the department shall require an examination of the applicant and shall make provision…
- § 12804.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 15275, a person issued a driver’s license by the department is exempt from the endorsement requirements of Section 15275 if all of…
- § 12804.5 The class of vehicles permitted to be operated as shown on a driver’s license held by a minor shall not be changed, unless the parents, guardians, or person…
- § 12804.6 (a) A person shall not operate a transit bus transporting passengers unless that person has received from the department a certificate to operate a transit bus…
- § 12804.7 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 12804.9, class C also includes any two-axle motortruck or implement of husbandry weighing 4,000 pounds or more…
- § 12804.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may conduct studies to develop and identify examinations and tests, to more accurately identify…
- § 12804.9 (a) (1) The examination shall include all of the following: (A) A test of the applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this code governing…
- § 12804.10 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person issued a class C license under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12804.9 may drive any house…
- § 12804.11 (a) To operate firefighting equipment, a driver, including a tiller operator, is required to do either of the following: (1) Obtain and maintain a firefighter…
- § 12804.12 (a) The department may issue a restricted class A driver’s license for the operation of any two-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing…
- § 12804.14 (a) The department may issue a restricted class A driver’s license for the operation of any two-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing…
- § 12804.15 (a) Notwithstanding Section 362, for purposes of this section “house car” means a vehicle described in subdivision (b) of Section 12804.10. (b) (1) Except as…
- § 12805 (a) The department shall not issue a driver’s license to, or renew a driver’s license of, any person: (1) Who is not of legal age to receive a driver’s…
- § 12806 The department may refuse to issue to, or renew a driver’s license of, any person: (a) Who is rendered incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle because of…
- § 12806.5 The department may adopt regulations specifying, in addition to any cause provided by statute, the circumstances which are grounds for the suspension or…
- § 12807 The department shall not issue or renew a driver’s license to any person: (a) When a license previously issued to the person under this code has been suspended…
- § 12808 (a) The department shall, before issuing or renewing any license, check the record of the applicant for conviction of traffic violations and traffic accidents.…
- § 12809 The department may refuse to issue or renew a driver’s license to any person: (a) If the department is satisfied that the applicant is not entitled to the…
- § 12810 In determining the violation point count, the following shall apply: (a) A conviction of failure to stop in the event of an accident in violation of Section…
- § 12810.2 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 12810, a violation point count shall not be given for a conviction of a violation of Section 27315, 27318, or…
- § 12810.3 Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 12810, a violation point shall be given only for a conviction of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 23123,…
- § 12810.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no violation point shall be given for a conviction of a violation of Section 22526.
- § 12810.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a person whose driving record shows a violation point count of four or more points in 12 months, six or…
- § 12811 (a) (1) (A) When the department determines that the applicant is lawfully entitled to a license, it shall issue to the person a driver’s license as applied…
- § 12811.1 (a) Upon the applicant’s request, the department shall issue an adhesive backed medical information card which contains a format permitting the licensee to…
- § 12811.3 (a) A written or electronic application for an original or renewal driver’s license or identification card shall contain a space for the applicant to enroll in…
- § 12811.4 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Charlie’s Law. (b) An electronic application for an original or renewal driver’s license or…
- § 12812 If a driver with a class C or M license, who is not required to have a certificate under any provision of this code, is presumed to be a negligent operator…
- § 12813 (a) The department may, upon issuing a driver’s license or after issuance whenever good cause appears, impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving…
- § 12814 (a) Application for renewal of a license shall be made at an office of the department by the person to whom the license was issued. The department may, in its…
- § 12814.4 (a) The director may establish a program to evaluate the traffic safety and other effects of renewing driver’s licenses by virtual or other remote processes,…
- § 12814.5 (a) The director may establish a program to evaluate the traffic safety and other effects of renewing driver’s licenses by mail. Pursuant to that program, the…
- § 12814.6 (a) Except as provided in Section 12814.7, a driver’s license issued to a person at least 16 years of age but under 18 years of age shall be issued pursuant to…
- § 12814.7 (a) Notwithstanding the provisional licensing requirements of subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 12814.6, the department shall issue to a person…
- § 12815 (a) If a driver’s license issued under this code is lost, destroyed or mutilated, or a new true, full name is acquired, the person to whom it was issued shall…
- § 12816 (a) Every original driver’s license expires on the fifth birthday of the applicant following the date of the application for the license. (b) Renewal of a…
- § 12817 (a) A California driver’s license held by a person who enters or is in the United States Armed Forces shall continue in full force and effect, so long as the…
- § 12818 (a) Upon receipt of a request for reexamination and presentation of a legible copy of a notice of reexamination by a person issued the notice pursuant to…
- § 12819 Unless the person issued the notice of reexamination requests the reexamination pursuant to Section 12818 within five working days after the department…
ARTICLE 4. Signature and Display of Licenses §§ 12950–12953 · 5 sections
- § 12950 (a) Every person licensed under this code shall write his or her usual signature with pen and ink in the space provided for that purpose on the license issued…
- § 12950.5 (a) The department shall require digitized signatures on each driver’s license. A digitized signature is an electronic representation of a handwritten…
- § 12951 (a) The licensee shall have the valid driver’s license issued to him or her in his or her immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle upon a…
- § 12952 A licensee shall display his driver’s license upon request of a magistrate or judge before whom he may be brought for violation of any traffic law.
- § 12953 In any circumstances involving accidents or violations in which the engineer or any other crewmember of any train is detained by state or local police, the…
ARTICLE 5. Identification Cards §§ 13000–13008 · 16 sections
- § 13000 (a) (1) The department may issue an identification card to any person attesting to the true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by…
- § 13000.1 (a) The department may refuse to issue or renew an identification card to any person for any of the following reasons: (1) The department determines that the…
- § 13001 (a) Any federal document demonstrating favorable action by the federal government for acceptance of a person into the federal Deferred Action for Childhood…
- § 13001.5 Commencing no later than July 1, 2027, the department shall issue an identification card pursuant to Section 12801.9 to an eligible applicant, other than a…
- § 13002 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every identification card shall expire, unless canceled earlier, on the sixth birthday of the applicant…
- § 13002.1 (a) The director shall establish a program that permits the renewal of identification cards by mail or through the department’s Internet Web site. (b) The…
- § 13003 (a) If an identification card issued under this code is lost, destroyed, mutilated, or a new true full name is acquired, the person to whom it was issued shall…
- § 13004 It is unlawful for any person: (a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or…
- § 13004.1 (a) A person shall not manufacture or sell an identification document of a size and form substantially similar to, or that purports to confer the same…
- § 13005 (a) The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so far as is practicable, a driver’s license issued pursuant to this code. It shall adequately…
- § 13005.3 In addition to the requirements of Section 13005, any identification card issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13000 shall contain the words “Senior…
- § 13005.5 (a) (1) An identification card issued to any person shall bear a fullface engraved picture or photograph of the person. (2) Notwithstanding any other law, the… see note
- § 13006 No public entity or employee shall be liable for any loss or injury resulting directly or indirectly from false or inaccurate information contained in…
- § 13007 Whenever any person after applying for or receiving an identification card acquires an address different from the address shown on the identification card…
- § 13007.5 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this code or in the regulations adopted thereunder, including specifically the Driver’s License Manual of…
- § 13008 When used in reference to an identification card, “cancellation” means that an identification card is terminated without prejudice and must be surrendered.…
ARTICLE 6. Digital Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards § 13020 · 1 section
- § 13020 (a) The department may establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of optional mobile or digital alternatives to driver’s licenses and identification cards,…
CHAPTER 2. Suspension or Revocation of Licenses §§ 13100–13559 · 85 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 13100–13106 · 6 sections
- § 13100 When used in reference to a driver’s license, “cancellation” means that a driver’s license certificate is terminated without prejudice and must be surrendered.…
- § 13101 When used in reference to a driver’s license, “revocation” means that the person’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle is terminated and a new driver’s license…
- § 13102 When used in reference to a driver’s license, “suspension” means that the person’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle is temporarily withdrawn. The department…
- § 13103 For purposes of this division, a plea of nolo contendere or a plea of guilty or judgment of guilty, whether probation is granted or not, a forfeiture of bail,…
- § 13105 For the purposes of this chapter, “convicted” or “conviction” includes a finding by a judge of a juvenile court, a juvenile hearing officer, or referee of a…
- § 13106 (a) When the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle is suspended or revoked, the department shall notify the person by first-class mail of the action…
ARTICLE 2. Suspension or Revocation by Court §§ 13200–13210 · 12 sections
- § 13200 Whenever any person licensed under this code is convicted of a violation of any provision of this code relating to the speed of vehicles or a violation of…
- § 13200.5 Whenever any person licensed under this code is convicted of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 22348, the court may, unless this code makes mandatory a…
- § 13201 A court may suspend, for not more than six months, the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle upon conviction of any of the following offenses: (a)…
- § 13202.5 (a) (1) For each conviction of a person for an offense specified in subdivision (d), committed while the person was under 21 years of age, but 13 years of age…
- § 13202.8 The restrictions specified in Section 13202.5 for the violations specified in that section may include, but are not limited to, the installation and…
- § 13203 In no event shall a court suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle or as a condition of probation prohibit the operation of a motor…
- § 13205 The privileges of a nonresident to operate vehicles in this State may be suspended or revoked under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and to…
- § 13206 Whenever a court suspends the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle, the court shall require the person’s license to be surrendered to it. Unless…
- § 13207 Whenever a court suspends the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle, the suspension shall apply to all driver’s licenses held by him, and all…
- § 13208 In any criminal proceeding, without regard to its disposition, wherein the defendant is charged with a violation of Division 11 (commencing with Section…
- § 13209 Before sentencing a person upon a conviction of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153, the court shall obtain from the department a record of any prior…
- § 13210 In addition to the penalties set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 245 of the Penal Code, the court may order the suspension of the driving privilege of any…
ARTICLE 3. Suspension and Revocation by Department §§ 13350–13392 · 58 sections
- § 13350 (a) The department immediately shall revoke the privilege of a person to drive a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a…
- § 13350.5 Notwithstanding Section 13350, for the purposes of this article, conviction of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 191.5 of the Penal Code is a…
- § 13351 (a) The department immediately shall revoke the privilege of a person to drive a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a…
- § 13351.5 (a) Upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of any court showing that a person has been convicted of a felony for a violation of Section 245 of…
- § 13351.8 Upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of any court showing that the court has ordered the suspension of a driver’s license pursuant to…
- § 13351.85 Upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of any court showing that a person has been convicted of a violation of Section 12110, the department shall suspend…
- § 13352 (a) The department shall immediately suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle upon the receipt of an abstract of the record of a…
- § 13352.1 (a) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13352 and except as required under subdivision (c) of this section or Section 13352.4, upon a conviction or finding…
- § 13352.2 (a) If a person is required under Section 13352 to provide the department with proof of enrollment in a driving-under-the-influence program licensed pursuant…
- § 13352.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 13352 and Sections 13367 and 23521, the department immediately…
- § 13352.4 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (h), or when the court has ordered installation of a functioning, certified ignition interlock device pursuant to Section…
- § 13352.5 (a) The department shall issue a restricted driver’s license to a person whose driver’s license was suspended under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section…
- § 13352.6 (a) The department shall immediately suspend the driving privilege of a person who is 18 years of age or older and is convicted of a violation of Section…
- § 13353 (a) If a person refuses the officer’s request to submit to, or fails to complete, a chemical test or tests pursuant to Section 23612, upon receipt of the…
- § 13353.1 (a) If a person refuses an officer’s request to submit to, or fails to complete, a preliminary alcohol screening test pursuant to Section 13388 or 13389, upon…
- § 13353.2 (a) The department shall immediately suspend the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle for any one of the following reasons: (1) The person was…
- § 13353.3 (a) An order of suspension of a person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section 13353.2 shall become effective 30 days after the person is…
- § 13353.4 (a) Except as provided in Section 13353.3, 13353.6, 13353.7, or 13353.8, the driving privilege shall not be restored, and a restricted or hardship permit to…
- § 13353.45 The department shall, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, with representatives of the county alcohol program administrators, and…
- § 13353.5 (a) If a person whose driving privilege is suspended or revoked under Section 13352, Section 13352.1, former Section 13352.4, Section 13352.4, Section 13352.6,…
- § 13353.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person whose driving privilege has been suspended under Section 13353.2 and who has not been convicted of, or found to…
- § 13353.7 (a) Subject to subdivision (c), if the person whose driving privilege has been suspended under Section 13353.2 has not been convicted of, or found to have…
- § 13353.75 (a) Subject to subdivision (d), a person whose driving privilege has been suspended under Section 13353.2, and who has been previously convicted of, or found…
- § 13353.8 (a) After the department has issued an order suspending or delaying driving privileges as a result of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 23136, the…
- § 13355 The department shall immediately suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of any…
- § 13357 Upon the recommendation of the court the department shall suspend or revoke the privilege to operate a motor vehicle of any person who has been found guilty of…
- § 13359 The department may suspend or revoke the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle upon any of the grounds which authorize the refusal to issue a…
- § 13360 Upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation of the restrictions of a driver’s license, the department may suspend or revoke the same.
- § 13361 The department may suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of any court showing…
- § 13362 The department may require the surrender to it of any driver’s license which has been issued erroneously or which contains any erroneous or false statement, or…
- § 13363 (a) The department may, in its discretion, except as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 6, of this code, suspend or revoke the…
- § 13364 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall be suspended upon notification by a bank or…
- § 13365 (a) Upon receipt of notification of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 40508, the department shall take the following action: (1) If the notice is given…
- § 13365.2 (a) Upon receipt of the notice required under subdivision (b) of former Section 40509.5, the department shall suspend the driving privilege of the person upon…
- § 13365.5 (a) Upon receipt of a notification issued pursuant to Section 40509.1, the department shall suspend the person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle until…
- § 13366 Whenever in this code the department is required to suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle upon the conviction of such person…
- § 13366.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13366, whenever in this code the department is required to disqualify the commercial driving privilege of a person to operate a…
- § 13367 For purposes of the suspension or revocation of any driver’s license issued to a minor, the department shall not provide any lighter penalty than would be…
- § 13368 The department, as a condition to the reinstatement of a suspended license or the issuance of a new license to an individual whose prior license has been…
- § 13369 (a) This section applies to the following endorsements and certificates: (1) Passenger transportation vehicle. (2) Hazardous materials. (3) Schoolbus. (4)…
- § 13370 (a) The department shall refuse to issue or shall revoke a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or youth bus driver…
- § 13371 This section applies to schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general public paratransit vehicle certificates, and a certificate for a vehicle used…
- § 13372 (a) The department shall refuse to issue or renew, or shall suspend or revoke an ambulance driver certificate if any of the following apply to the applicant or…
- § 13373 The receipt of satisfactory evidence of any violation of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1100) of Subchapter 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 13 of the California…
- § 13374 (a) An applicant for, or the holder of, an ambulance driver certificate who has received a notice of refusal, suspension, or revocation may submit, within 15…
- § 13375 For the purposes of this article, any plea or verdict of guilty, plea of nolo contendere, or court finding of guilt in a trial without a jury, or forfeiture of…
- § 13376 (a) This section applies to the following certificates: (1) Schoolbus. (2) School pupil activity bus. (3) Youth bus. (4) General public paratransit vehicle.…
- § 13377 (a) The department shall not issue or renew, or shall revoke, the tow truck driver certificate of an applicant or holder for any of the following causes: (1)…
- § 13378 (a) Any applicant for, or holder of, a tow truck driver certificate who has received a notice of refusal or revocation, may submit to the department, within 15…
- § 13380 (a) If a peace officer serves a notice of an order of suspension pursuant to Section 13388, or arrests any person for a violation of Section 23140, 23152, or…
- § 13382 (a) If the chemical test results for a person who has been arrested for a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 show that the person has 0.08 percent or more, by…
- § 13384 (a) The department shall not issue or renew a driver’s license to any person unless the person consents in writing to submit to a chemical test or tests of…
- § 13385 (a) On or after July 1, 2008, all application forms for driver’s licenses or driver’s license renewal notices shall include a requirement that the applicant…
- § 13386 (a) (1) The department shall certify or cause to be certified ignition interlock devices required by Article 5 (commencing with Section 23575) of Chapter 2 of…
- § 13388 (a) If a peace officer lawfully detains a person under 21 years of age who is driving a motor vehicle, and the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the…
- § 13389 (a) If a peace officer lawfully detains a person previously convicted of Section 23152 or 23153 who is driving a motor vehicle, while the person is on…
- § 13390 (a) A temporary license issued pursuant to Section 13382 or 13389 shall contain a notice that the person may be able to regain driving privileges with the…
- § 13392 Any person whose license is suspended or delayed issuance pursuant to Section 13388 shall pay to the department, in addition to any other fees required for the…
ARTICLE 4. Procedure §§ 13550–13559 · 9 sections
- § 13550 Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this code makes mandatory the revocation or suspension by the department of the privilege of the…
- § 13551 (a) Whenever the department revokes or suspends the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle, the revocation or suspension shall apply to all…
- § 13552 (a) The privileges of a nonresident to operate vehicles in this state may be suspended or revoked under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner and…
- § 13553 Whenever a court or the department suspends or revokes the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle and the person does not hold a valid driver’s…
- § 13555 A termination of probation and dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4 of, or a dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4a of, or relief granted…
- § 13556 (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, no suspension of a license by the department shall be for a longer period than six months, except…
- § 13557 (a) The department shall review the determination made pursuant to Section 13353, 13353.1, or 13353.2 relating to a person who has received a notice of an…
- § 13558 (a) Any person, who has received a notice of an order of suspension or revocation of the person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Section…
- § 13559 (a) Notwithstanding Section 14400 or 14401, within 30 days of the issuance of the notice of determination of the department sustaining an order of suspension…
CHAPTER 3. Investigation and Hearing §§ 13800–14401 · 27 sections
ARTICLE 1. Investigation and Re-examination §§ 13800–13802 · 3 sections
- § 13800 The department may conduct an investigation to determine whether the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle should be suspended or revoked or…
- § 13801 In addition to the investigation, the department may require the re-examination of the licensee, and shall give 10 days’ written notice of the time and place…
- § 13802 In applying the provisions of Section 13800 the department shall give due consideration to the amount of use or mileage traveled in the operation of a motor…
ARTICLE 2. Notice §§ 13950–13954 · 5 sections
- § 13950 Whenever the department determines upon investigation or re-examination that any of the grounds for re-examination are true, or that the safety of the person…
- § 13951 Whenever the department proposes to refuse to issue or renew a driver’s license, it shall notify the applicant of such fact and give him an opportunity to be…
- § 13952 The notice shall contain a statement setting forth the proposed action and the grounds therefor, and notify the person of his right to a hearing as provided in…
- § 13953 In the alternative to the procedure under Sections 13950, 13951, and 13952 and in the event the department determines upon investigation or reexamination that…
- § 13954 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the department immediately shall suspend or revoke the driving privilege of a person who the department…
ARTICLE 3. Hearing §§ 14100–14112 · 12 sections
- § 14100 (a) Whenever the department has given notice, or has taken or proposes to take action under Section 12804.15, 13353, 13353.2, 13950, 13951, 13952, or 13953,…
- § 14100.1 Hearings granted on refusal, suspension, or revocation of a passenger transportation vehicle or hazardous materials endorsement, or farm labor vehicle…
- § 14101 A person is not entitled to a hearing in either of the following cases: (a) If the action by the department is made mandatory by this code. (b) If the person…
- § 14103 Failure to respond to a notice given under this chapter within 10 days is a waiver of the right to a hearing, and the department may take action without a…
- § 14104 If the department grants a hearing as provided in this chapter, it shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall give 10 days’ notice of the hearing to…
- § 14104.2 (a) Any hearing shall be conducted by the director or by a hearing officer or hearing board appointed by him or her from officers or employees of the…
- § 14104.5 (a) Before a hearing has commenced, the department, or the hearing officer or hearing board, shall issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, or both, at the…
- § 14104.7 At any hearing, the department shall consider its official records and may receive sworn testimony. At the hearing, or subsequent to the hearing with the…
- § 14105 (a) Upon the conclusion of a hearing, the hearing officer or hearing board shall make findings and render a decision on behalf of the department and shall…
- § 14105.5 (a) The person subject to a hearing may request a review of the decision taken under Section 14105 within 15 days of the effective date of the decision. (b) On…
- § 14106 Following the mailing of the notice of the department’s decision pursuant to Section 14105.5, the department, at its own option or upon the request of the…
- § 14112 (a) All matters in a hearing not covered by this chapter shall be governed, as far as applicable, by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of…
ARTICLE 4. Probation §§ 14250–14253 · 5 sections
- § 14250 Whenever by any provision of this code the department has discretionary authority to suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle,…
- § 14250.5 The department, as a condition of probation, may require a person whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle is subject to suspension or revocation to attend,…
- § 14251 The department shall have authority to terminate or to modify the terms or conditions of any order of probation whenever good cause appears therefor.
- § 14252 The department upon receiving satisfactory evidence of a violation of any of the terms or conditions of probation imposed under this code, may withdraw the…
- § 14253 Unless probation was imposed for a cause which is continuing, the probationer, after not less than one year, may request in writing the termination of the…
ARTICLE 5. Review of Orders §§ 14400–14401 · 2 sections
- § 14400 Nothing in this code shall be deemed to prevent a review or other action as may be permitted by the Constitution and laws of this State by a court of competent…
- § 14401 (a) Any action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to review any order of the department refusing, canceling, placing on probation, suspending, or…
CHAPTER 4. Violation of License Provisions §§ 14600–14611 · 30 sections
- § 14600 (a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver’s license moves to a new residence, or acquires a new mailing address different from the…
- § 14601 (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked for reckless driving in violation of Section…
- § 14601.1 (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when his or her driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason other than those listed in Section 14601,…
- § 14601.2 (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked for a conviction of a violation of…
- § 14601.3 (a) It is unlawful for a person whose driving privilege has been suspended or revoked to accumulate a driving record history which results from driving during…
- § 14601.4 (a) It is unlawful for a person, while driving a vehicle with a license suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 14601.2 to do an act forbidden by law or…
- § 14601.5 (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 13353, 13353.1, or…
- § 14601.8 The judge may, in his or her discretion, allow any person convicted of a violation of Section 14601 or 14601.1 to serve his or her sentence on a sufficient…
- § 14602 In accordance with subdivision (p) of Section 22651, a vehicle removed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2814.2 shall be released to the registered owner…
- § 14602.1 (a) Every state and local law enforcement agency, including, but not limited to, city police departments and county sheriffs’ offices, shall report to the…
- § 14602.5 (a) Whenever a person is convicted for driving any class M1 or M2 motor vehicle, while his or her driving privilege has been suspended or revoked, of which…
- § 14602.6 (a) (1) Whenever a peace officer determines that a person was driving a vehicle while his or her driving privilege was suspended or revoked, driving a vehicle…
- § 14602.7 (a) (1) A magistrate presented with the affidavit of a peace officer establishing reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle, described by vehicle type and…
- § 14602.8 (a) (1) If a peace officer determines that a person has been convicted of a violation of Section 23140, 23152, or 23153, that the violation occurred within the…
- § 14602.9 (a) For purposes of this section, “peace officer” means a person designated as a peace officer pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3…
- § 14603 No person shall operate a vehicle in violation of the provisions of a restricted license issued to him.
- § 14604 (a) No owner of a motor vehicle may knowingly allow another person to drive the vehicle upon a highway unless the owner determines that the person possesses a…
- § 14605 (a) No person who owns or is in control of a motor vehicle shall cause or permit another person to operate the vehicle within or upon an offstreet parking…
- § 14606 (a) A person shall not employ, hire, knowingly permit, or authorize any person to drive a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control upon…
- § 14607 No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child, ward, or employee under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon the highways unless such child,…
- § 14607.4 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Driving a motor vehicle on the public streets and highways is a privilege, not a right. (b) Of all…
- § 14607.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in this section, a motor vehicle is subject to forfeiture as a nuisance if it is driven…
- § 14607.8 Upon a first misdemeanor conviction of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 12500 or Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, 14601.4, or 14601.5, the…
- § 14608 (a) A person shall not rent a motor vehicle to another person unless both of the following requirements have been met: (1) The person to whom the vehicle is…
- § 14609 (a) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another person shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle rented, the name and address of…
- § 14610 (a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious,…
- § 14610.1 (a) A person shall not manufacture or sell an identification document of a size and form substantially similar to, or that purports to confer the same…
- § 14610.5 (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, distribute, or use any crib sheet or cribbing device that contains the…
- § 14610.7 It is a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly assist in obtaining a driver’s license or identification card for any person whose presence in the United…
- § 14611 (a) A person shall not knowingly direct the operation of a vehicle transporting a highway route controlled quantity of Class 7 radioactive materials, as…
CHAPTER 5. License Fees §§ 14900–14911 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. Imposition of Fees §§ 14900–14907 · 10 sections
- § 14900 (a) Upon application for an original class C or M driver’s license, a fee of twenty-four dollars ($24), and on and after January 1, 2010, a fee of thirty…
- § 14900.1 (a) Except as provided in Section 15255.1, upon application for the renewal of a driver’s license or for a license to operate a different class of vehicle, a…
- § 14900.5 Upon application and payment of the fees for a driver’s license pursuant to Section 14900, an identification card may be issued to the applicant if it is…
- § 14901 Upon an application for a duplicate driver’s license or for a change of name on a driver’s license, a fee of nineteen dollars ($19), and on and after January…
- § 14902 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h) of this section, subdivision (c) of Section 13002, and subdivision (c) of Section…
- § 14903 (a) A fee shall not be charged for an in person original, renewal, or replacement driver’s license or identification card issued to any person who was…
- § 14904 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, before a driver’s license may be issued, reissued, or returned to the licensee after a suspension or a…
- § 14905 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, in lieu of the fees in Section 14904, before a driver’s license may be issued, reissued, or returned to a…
- § 14906 (a) In addition to the fees required by Section 14904, the department may require payment of a fee sufficient to pay the actual costs, as determined by the…
- § 14907 In addition to the fees required pursuant to Section 14904, there shall be paid to the department a fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) to pay the costs…
ARTICLE 2. Collection of Fees §§ 14910–14911 · 2 sections
- § 14910 (a) The department shall, with the consent of the applicant, collect the amounts that it has been notified are due pursuant to former Section 40509 and former…
- § 14911 (a) When a notice of failure to appear or failure to pay a fine is recorded on the department records pursuant to former Section 40509 and former Section…
CHAPTER 6. Driver License Compact §§ 15000–15028 · 13 sections
ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 15000–15003 · 4 sections
- § 15000 The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially contained…
- § 15001 As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority” with reference to this State shall mean the Department of Motor Vehicles. That department shall furnish…
- § 15002 The compact administrator provided for in Section 15026 of this compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his service as such…
- § 15003 As used in the compact, with reference to this State, the term “executive head” shall mean the Governor.
ARTICLE 2. Compact Terms §§ 15020–15028 · 9 sections
- § 15020 (a) The party states find that: (1) The safety of their streets and highways is materially affected by the degree of compliance with state laws and local…
- § 15021 As used in the compact: (a) “State” means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.…
- § 15022 The licensing authority of a party state shall report each conviction of a person from another party state occurring within its jurisdiction to the licensing…
- § 15023 (a) The licensing authority in the home state, for the purposes of suspending, revoking, or limiting the license to operate a motor vehicle, shall give the…
- § 15024 Upon application for a license to drive, the licensing authority in a party state shall ascertain whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of a…
- § 15025 Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right of any party state to apply any of…
- § 15026 (a) The head of the licensing authority of each party state shall be the administrator of this compact for his state. The administrators of all party states,…
- § 15027 (a) This compact shall become effective as to any state in which this compact becomes effective as the law of that state. (b) Any party state may withdraw from…
- § 15028 The compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of the compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause,…
CHAPTER 7. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Program §§ 15200–15326 · 41 sections
ARTICLE 1. Intent § 15200 · 1 section
- § 15200 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to adopt those standards required of drivers by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 15210 · 1 section
- § 15210 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, as used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commercial driver’s license”…
ARTICLE 3. Driver Notification Requirements §§ 15215–15230 · 7 sections
- § 15215 (a) The department shall report each conviction of a person who holds a commercial driver’s license from another state occurring within this state to the…
- § 15220 Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who has a driver’s license issued by the department, and who is convicted of any offense involving the safe operation…
- § 15222 Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who is convicted of any offense involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle shall notify his or her employer of…
- § 15224 Any driver who has a driver’s license or privilege suspended, revoked, or canceled by any state for any period, or who is disqualified from driving a…
- § 15226 Any driver who is issued an out-of-service order under the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations of the United States Department of Transportation (49…
- § 15228 The driver shall also report the issuance of an out-of-service order described in Section 15226 to the department in the manner provided by the department…
- § 15230 Each person who applies for employment as a driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide the employer, at the time of the application, with the following…
ARTICLE 4. Employer Responsibilities §§ 15240–15242 · 2 sections
- § 15240 No employer shall knowingly allow, permit, require, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle under any of the following conditions: (a) The…
- § 15242 (a) A person who is self-employed as a commercial motor vehicle driver shall comply with both the requirements of this chapter pertaining to employers and…
ARTICLE 5. Commercial Driver’s License §§ 15250–15263 · 7 sections
- § 15250 (a) (1) A person shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle unless that person has in their immediate possession a valid commercial driver’s license of the…
- § 15250.1 (a) The department shall, no later than June 5, 2020, adopt regulations related to entry-level driver training requirements for drivers of commercial motor…
- § 15250.3 The department may allow any employee of an organized camp, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, regulated by the Public Utilities…
- § 15255.1 (a) Except as otherwise specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), upon an application for an original commercial driver’s license, a fee of sixty-four dollars…
- § 15255.2 Upon application for a duplicate commercial driver’s license by a currently licensed class A or class B driver, or a class C commercial driver’s license which…
- § 15260 (a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who does not successfully complete the air-brake component of the knowledge test, or who does not…
- § 15263 (a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who successfully completes the driving-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an…
ARTICLE 6. Endorsements §§ 15275–15278 · 3 sections
- § 15275 (a) A person may not operate a commercial motor vehicle described in this chapter unless that person has in his or her possession a valid commercial driver’s…
- § 15275.1 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a schoolbus endorsement is valid only when the operator possesses or qualifies for a valid commercial driver’s…
- § 15278 (a) A driver is required to obtain an endorsement issued by the department to operate any commercial motor vehicle that is any of the following: (1) A double…
ARTICLE 7. Sanctions §§ 15300–15326 · 20 sections
- § 15300 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year if the driver is convicted of a first violation of any of the following: (1)…
- § 15301 The Department of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with the State Fire Marshal, shall develop regulations and procedures to temporarily suspend the commercial…
- § 15302 A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of his or her life if convicted of more than one violation of any of the following: (a)…
- § 15303 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of their life if convicted of using a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a…
- § 15303.3 Pursuant to Subpart E of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle if the department…
- § 15303.5 Pursuant to Subpart E of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the department shall not issue, renew, or upgrade a commercial learner’s…
- § 15304 (a) A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of his or her life who uses a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving…
- § 15306 A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 60 days if the person is convicted of a serious traffic violation involving a commercial…
- § 15308 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 120 days if the person is convicted of a serious traffic violation involving a…
- § 15309 In addition to any other action taken under this code, no driver may operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 60 days if the department determines,…
- § 15309.5 (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, distribute, or use a crib sheet or cribbing device, as defined in…
- § 15311 (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 180 days if the person is convicted of a first violation of an out-of-service order…
- § 15311.1 An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order is, upon conviction,…
- § 15312 A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the following periods: (a) Not less than 60 days if that person is convicted of a violation of…
- § 15312.1 (a) An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or…
- § 15315 (a) The department shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to a person during a period in which the person is prohibited from operating a commercial…
- § 15319 The department may execute or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out this chapter.
- § 15320 The department shall suspend, revoke, or cancel, the privilege of any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle for the periods specified in this article…
- § 15325 (a) Pursuant to subpart D of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a driver whose driving is determined to constitute an imminent hazard is…
- § 15326 Upon receiving notification of an administrative action or conviction of a commercial licenseholder in a state, territory, or possession of the United States,…