California Vehicle Code

§ 12811

VEH § 12811 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 6 · Ch. 1 · Art. 3

Statute text

(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 for. The license shall state the class of license for which the licensee has qualified and shall contain the distinguishing number assigned to the applicant, the date of expiration, the true full name, age, and mailing address or residence address of the licensee, a brief description and engraved picture or photograph of the licensee for the purpose of identification, and space for the signature of the licensee.

(B)Each license shall also contain a space for the endorsement of a record of each suspension or revocation of the license.

(C)The department shall use whatever process or processes, in the issuance of engraved or colored licenses, that prohibit, as near as possible, the ability to alter or reproduce the license or prohibit the ability to superimpose a picture or photograph on the license without ready detection.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 216. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.