California Vehicle Code

§ 12801.5

VEH § 12801.5 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 6 · Ch. 1 · Art. 3

Statute text

(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 satisfactory proof of California residency and that the applicant’s presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.

(b)Except as provided in Section 12801.9, the department shall not issue an original driver’s license or identification card to a person who does not submit satisfactory proof that the applicant’s presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.

(c)The department shall not issue an original driver’s license or identification card to a person who does not submit satisfactory proof of California residency.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 708, Sec. 2. (AB 1465) Effective January 1, 2016. Pursuant to subd. (h), this version becomes operative on July 1, 2016, only if a judicial determination as described in subd. (i) has not taken effect. Pursuant to subd. (i), this version becomes inoperative on the effective date of a judicial determination as described. On that date, see the later operative version added by Sec. 4 of Ch. 708.