California Vehicle Code

§ 13202.5

VEH § 13202.5 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 6 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(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 or older, the court shall suspend the person’s driving privilege for one year. If the person convicted does not yet have the privilege to drive, the court shall order the department to delay issuing the privilege to drive for one year subsequent to the time the person becomes legally eligible to drive. However, if there is no further conviction for an offense specified in subdivision (d) in a 12-month period after the conviction, the court, upon petition of the person affected, may modify the order imposing the delay of the privilege. For each successive offense, the court shall suspend the person’s driving privilege for those possessing a license or delay the eligibility for those not in possession of a license at the time of their conviction for one additional year.

(2)As used in this section, the term “conviction” includes the findings in juvenile proceedings specified in Section 13105.

(b)Whenever the court suspends driving privileges pursuant to subdivision (a), the court in which the conviction is had shall require all driver’s licenses held by the person to be surrendered to the court. The court shall within 10 days following the conviction transmit a certified abstract of the conviction, together with any driver’s licenses surrendered, to the department.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 505, Sec. 12. (SB 485) Effective January 1, 2020.