CHAPTER 2. Suspension or Revocation of Licenses [13100. - 13559.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 13100–13559 · 85 sections

1. 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reference to a driver’s license, “suspension” means that the person’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle is temporarily withdrawn.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…
2. 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…
3. 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…
4. 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…