ARTICLE 3. Issuance and Renewal of Licenses

Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 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…