California Code
DIVISION 6 - DRIVERS' LICENSES
CHAPTER 1 - Issuance of Licenses, Expiration, and Renewal

ARTICLE 1 - Persons Required to Be Licensed, Exemptions, and Age Limits

Section 12500. - 12500. (a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle...

Section 12501. - 12501. The following persons are not required to obtain a...

Section 12502. - 12502. (a) The following persons may operate a motor vehicle...

Section 12503. - 12503. A nonresident over the age of 18 years whose...

Section 12504. - 12504. (a) Sections 12502 and 12503 apply to any nonresident...

Section 12505. - 12505. (a) (1) For purposes of this division only and...

Section 12506. - 12506. The department may issue a temporary driver’s license to...

Section 12508. - 12508. When in the opinion of the department it would...

Section 12509. - 12509. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f) of...

Section 12509.5. - 12509.5. (a) A person shall obtain an instruction permit issued...

Section 12511. - 12511. No person shall have in his or her possession...

Section 12512. - 12512. Except as provided in Sections 12513, 12514, and 12814.6,...

Section 12513. - 12513. (a) Upon application, successful completion of tests and compliance...

Section 12514. - 12514. (a) Junior permits issued pursuant to Section 12513 shall...

Section 12515. - 12515. (a) No person under the age of 18 years...

Section 12516. - 12516. It is unlawful for any person under the age...

Section 12517. - 12517. (a) (1) A person may not operate a schoolbus...

Section 12517.1. - 12517.1. (a) A “schoolbus accident” means any of the following:...

Section 12517.2. - 12517.2. (a) Applicants for an original or renewal certificate to...

Section 12517.3. - 12517.3. (a) (1) An applicant for an original certificate to...

Section 12517.4. - 12517.4. This section governs the issuance of a certificate to...

Section 12517.45. - 12517.45. (a) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle...

Section 12517.5. - 12517.5. A person who is employed as a driver of...

Section 12518. - 12518. The provisions of Section 12504 shall apply to any...

Section 12519. - 12519. (a) No person shall operate a farm labor vehicle...

Section 12520. - 12520. (a) No person employed as a tow truck driver,...

Section 12521. - 12521. An operator of a tour bus shall, at all...

Section 12522. - 12522. (a) Every person who operates a schoolbus or youth...

Section 12523. - 12523. (a) No person shall operate a youth bus without...

Section 12523.5. - 12523.5. (a) No person shall operate a general public paratransit...

Section 12523.6. - 12523.6. (a) (1) On and after March 1, 1998, no...

Section 12524. - 12524. A class A, class B, or class C driver’s...

Section 12525. - 12525. Mechanics or other maintenance personnel may operate vehicles requiring...

Section 12527. - 12527. In addition to satisfying all requirements specified in this...

ARTICLE 2 - Student Licenses

Section 12650. - 12650. (a) Any student over 15 years of age taking...

Section 12651. - 12651. The principal or staff member assigned such duty may...

Section 12652. - 12652. A student license shall limit the operation of a...

Section 12653. - 12653. A student license may be canceled by the principal...

Section 12660. - 12660. (a) The department may establish a program authorizing a...

Section 12661. - 12661. The department, in consultation with the State Department of...

ARTICLE 3 - Issuance and Renewal of Licenses

Section 12800. - 12800. Each application for an original or a renewal of...

Section 12800. - 12800. Each application for an original or a renewal of...

Section 12800.5. - 12800.5. (a) (1) A license shall bear a fullface engraved...

Section 12800.5. - 12800.5. (a) (1) A license shall bear a fullface engraved...

Section 12800.6. - 12800.6. (a) An application for an original, renewal, or duplicate...

Section 12800.7. - 12800.7. (a) Upon application for an original, renewal, or duplicate...

Section 12801. - 12801. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c)...

Section 12801. - 12801. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall require...

Section 12801.2. - 12801.2. (a) A person shall not receive financial compensation for...

Section 12801.5. - 12801.5. (a) Except as provided in Section 12801.9, the department...

Section 12801.5. - 12801.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall require...

Section 12801.6. - 12801.6. (a) Any federal document demonstrating favorable action by the...

Section 12801.7. - 12801.7. (a) The department shall not issue an original driver’s...

Section 12801.8. - 12801.8. (a) In the case of a legal, nonimmigrant driver’s...

Section 12801.9. - 12801.9. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 12801.5, the department shall issue...

Section 12801.10. - 12801.10. (a) Nothing in Section 1653.5, 12800, 12801, 12801.5, or...

Section 12801.11. - 12801.11. (a) If the director determines that the department is...

Section 12802. - 12802. Every original application shall be signed and verified by...

Section 12802.5. - 12802.5. Before issuing a driver’s license or permit to any...

Section 12803. - 12803. Upon application for an original license, except student licenses,...

Section 12804.2. - 12804.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 15275, a person issued a driver’s...

Section 12804.5. - 12804.5. The class of vehicles permitted to be operated as...

Section 12804.6. - 12804.6. (a) A person shall not operate a transit bus...

Section 12804.7. - 12804.7. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 12804.9, class C also...

Section 12804.8. - 12804.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department...

Section 12804.9. - 12804.9. (a) (1) The examination shall include all of the...

Section 12804.9. - 12804.9. (a) (1) The examination shall include all of the...

Section 12804.10. - 12804.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person...

Section 12804.11. - 12804.11. (a) To operate firefighting equipment, a driver, including a...

Section 12804.12. - 12804.12. (a) The department may issue a restricted class A...

Section 12804.12. - 12804.12. (a) The department may issue a restricted class A...

Section 12804.14. - 12804.14. (a) The department may issue a restricted class A...

Section 12804.15. - 12804.15. (a) Notwithstanding Section 362, for purposes of this section...

Section 12805. - 12805. (a) The department shall not issue a driver’s license...

Section 12806. - 12806. The department may refuse to issue to, or renew...

Section 12806.5. - 12806.5. The department may adopt regulations specifying, in addition to...

Section 12807. - 12807. The department shall not issue or renew a driver’s...

Section 12807. - 12807. The department shall not issue or renew a driver’s...

Section 12808. - 12808. (a) The department shall, before issuing or renewing any...

Section 12808. - 12808. (a) The department shall, before issuing or renewing any...

Section 12809. - 12809. The department may refuse to issue or renew a...

Section 12810. - 12810. In determining the violation point count, the following shall...

Section 12810.2. - 12810.2. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 12810, a violation...

Section 12810.3. - 12810.3. Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 12810, a violation point...

Section 12810.4. - 12810.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no violation point...

Section 12810.5. - 12810.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 12811. - 12811. (a) (1) (A) When the department determines that the...

Section 12811.1. - 12811.1. (a) Upon the applicant’s request, the department shall issue...

Section 12811.3. - 12811.3. (a) A written or electronic application for an original...

Section 12811.4. - 12811.4. (a) This section shall be known, and may be...

Section 12812. - 12812. If a driver with a class C or M...

Section 12813. - 12813. (a) The department may, upon issuing a driver’s license...

Section 12814. - 12814. (a) Application for renewal of a license shall be...

Section 12814.5. - 12814.5. (a) The director may establish a program to evaluate...

Section 12814.6. - 12814.6. (a) Except as provided in Section 12814.7, a driver’s...

Section 12814.7. - 12814.7. (a) Notwithstanding the provisional licensing requirements of subdivisions (a)...

Section 12815. - 12815. (a) If a driver’s license issued under this code...

Section 12816. - 12816. (a) Every original driver’s license expires on the fifth...

Section 12817. - 12817. (a) A California driver’s license held by a person...

Section 12818. - 12818. (a) Upon receipt of a request for reexamination and...

Section 12819. - 12819. Unless the person issued the notice of reexamination requests...

ARTICLE 4 - Signature and Display of Licenses

Section 12950. - 12950. (a) Every person licensed under this code shall write...

Section 12950.5. - 12950.5. (a) The department shall require digitized signatures on each...

Section 12951. - 12951. (a) The licensee shall have the valid driver’s license...

Section 12952. - 12952. A licensee shall display his driver’s license upon request...

Section 12953. - 12953. In any circumstances involving accidents or violations in which...

ARTICLE 5 - Identification Cards

Section 13000. - 13000. (a) (1) The department may issue an identification card...

Section 13000.1. - 13000.1. (a) The department may refuse to issue or renew...

Section 13001. - 13001. (a) Any federal document demonstrating favorable action by the...

Section 13001.5. - 13001.5. Commencing no later than July 1, 2027, the department...

Section 13002. - 13002. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every...

Section 13002.1. - 13002.1. (a) The director shall establish a program that permits...

Section 13003. - 13003. (a) If an identification card issued under this code...

Section 13004. - 13004. It is unlawful for any person: (a) To display...

Section 13004.1. - 13004.1. (a) A person shall not manufacture or sell an...

Section 13005. - 13005. (a) The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so...

Section 13005.3. - 13005.3. In addition to the requirements of Section 13005, any...

Section 13005.5. - 13005.5. (a) (1) An identification card issued to any person...

Section 13005.5. - 13005.5. (a) (1) An identification card issued to any person...

Section 13006. - 13006. No public entity or employee shall be liable for...

Section 13007. - 13007. Whenever any person after applying for or receiving an...

Section 13007.5. - 13007.5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this code or...

Section 13008. - 13008. When used in reference to an identification card, “cancellation”...

ARTICLE 6 - Digital Driver s Licenses and Identification Cards

Section 13020. - 13020. (a) The department may establish a pilot program to...