California

Vehicle Code

3,866 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 14101 — A person is not entitled to a hearing in either of the following cases: (a) If the action by the department is made mandatory by this code.
• § 14103 — Failure to respond to a notice given under this chapter within 10 days is a waiver of the right to a hearing, and the department may take action without a hearing or may, upon request of the person wh
• § 14104 — If the department grants a hearing as provided in this chapter, it shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall give 10 days’ notice of the hearing to the applicant or licensee.
• § 14104.2 — (a) Any hearing shall be conducted by the director or by a hearing officer or hearing board appointed by him or her from officers or employees of the department.
• § 14104.5 — (a) Before a hearing has commenced, the department, or the hearing officer or hearing board, shall issue subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum, or both, at the request of any party, for attendance or pro
• § 14104.7 — At any hearing, the department shall consider its official records and may receive sworn testimony.
• § 14105 — (a) Upon the conclusion of a hearing, the hearing officer or hearing board shall make findings and render a decision on behalf of the department and shall notify the person involved.
• § 14105.5 — (a) The person subject to a hearing may request a review of the decision taken under Section 14105 within 15 days of the effective date of the decision.
• § 14106 — Following the mailing of the notice of the department’s decision pursuant to Section 14105.
• § 14112 — (a) All matters in a hearing not covered by this chapter shall be governed, as far as applicable, by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code
• § 14250 — Whenever by any provision of this code the department has discretionary authority to suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to operate a motor vehicle, the department may in lieu of suspension or
• § 14250.5 — The department, as a condition of probation, may require a person whose privilege to operate a motor vehicle is subject to suspension or revocation to attend, for not to exceed 24 hours, the program a
• § 14251 — The department shall have authority to terminate or to modify the terms or conditions of any order of probation whenever good cause appears therefor.
• § 14252 — The department upon receiving satisfactory evidence of a violation of any of the terms or conditions of probation imposed under this code, may withdraw the probationary license and order the suspensio
• § 14253 — Unless probation was imposed for a cause which is continuing, the probationer, after not less than one year, may request in writing the termination of the probation and the return of his regular licen
• § 14400 — Nothing in this code shall be deemed to prevent a review or other action as may be permitted by the Constitution and laws of this State by a court of competent jurisdiction of any order of the departm
• § 14401 — (a) Any action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to review any order of the department refusing, canceling, placing on probation, suspending, or revoking the privilege of a person to operat
• § 14600 — (a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver’s license moves to a new residence, or acquires a new mailing address different from the address shown in the application or in the lic
• § 14601 — (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked for reckless driving in violation of Section 23103, 23104, or 23105, any reason liste
• § 14601.1 — (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when his or her driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason other than those listed in Section 14601, 14601.
• § 14601.2 — (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked for a conviction of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 if the person so driving
• § 14601.3 — (a) It is unlawful for a person whose driving privilege has been suspended or revoked to accumulate a driving record history which results from driving during the period of suspension or revocation.
• § 14601.4 — (a) It is unlawful for a person, while driving a vehicle with a license suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 14601.
• § 14601.5 — (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 13353, 13353.
• § 14601.8 — The judge may, in his or her discretion, allow any person convicted of a violation of Section 14601 or 14601.
• § 14602 — In accordance with subdivision (p) of Section 22651, a vehicle removed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2814.
• § 14602.1 — (a) Every state and local law enforcement agency, including, but not limited to, city police departments and county sheriffs’ offices, shall report to the Department of the California Highway Patrol,
• § 14602.5 — (a) Whenever a person is convicted for driving any class M1 or M2 motor vehicle, while his or her driving privilege has been suspended or revoked, of which vehicle he or she is the owner, or of which
• § 14602.6 — (a) (1) Whenever a peace officer determines that a person was driving a vehicle while his or her driving privilege was suspended or revoked, driving a vehicle while his or her driving privilege is res
• § 14602.7 — (a) (1) A magistrate presented with the affidavit of a peace officer establishing reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle, described by vehicle type and license number or vehicle identification num
• § 14602.8 — (a) (1) If a peace officer determines that a person has been convicted of a violation of Section 23140, 23152, or 23153, that the violation occurred within the preceding 10 years, and that one or more
• § 14602.9 — (a) For purposes of this section, “peace officer” means a person designated as a peace officer pursuant to Chapter 4.
• § 14603 — No person shall operate a vehicle in violation of the provisions of a restricted license issued to him.
• § 14604 — (a) No owner of a motor vehicle may knowingly allow another person to drive the vehicle upon a highway unless the owner determines that the person possesses a valid driver’s license that authorizes th
• § 14605 — (a) No person who owns or is in control of a motor vehicle shall cause or permit another person to operate the vehicle within or upon an offstreet parking facility if the person has knowledge that the
• § 14606 — (a) A person shall not employ, hire, knowingly permit, or authorize any person to drive a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control upon the highways unless that person is licensed
• § 14607 — No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child, ward, or employee under the age of 18 years to drive a motor vehicle upon the highways unless such child, ward, or employee is then licensed under
• § 14607.4 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Driving a motor vehicle on the public streets and highways is a privilege, not a right.
• § 14607.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in this section, a motor vehicle is subject to forfeiture as a nuisance if it is driven on a highway in this state by a driver wi
• § 14607.8 — Upon a first misdemeanor conviction of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 12500 or Section 14601, 14601.
• § 14608 — (a) A person shall not rent a motor vehicle to another person unless both of the following requirements have been met: (1) The person to whom the vehicle is rented is licensed under this code or is a
• § 14609 — (a) Every person renting a motor vehicle to another person shall keep a record of the registration number of the motor vehicle rented, the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is rented,
• § 14610 — (a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, fraudulently altered, or fraudulently obtai
• § 14610.1 — (a) A person shall not manufacture or sell an identification document of a size and form substantially similar to, or that purports to confer the same privileges as, the drivers’ licenses issued by th
• § 14610.5 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, distribute, or use any crib sheet or cribbing device that contains the answers to any examination administered b
• § 14610.7 — It is a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly assist in obtaining a driver’s license or identification card for any person whose presence in the United States is not authorized under federal law.
• § 14611 — (a) A person shall not knowingly direct the operation of a vehicle transporting a highway route controlled quantity of Class 7 radioactive materials, as defined in Section 173.
• § 14900 — (a) Upon application for an original class C or M driver’s license, a fee of twenty-four dollars ($24), and on and after January 1, 2010, a fee of thirty dollars ($30), shall be paid to the department
• § 14900.1 — (a) Except as provided in Section 15255.
• § 14900.5 — Upon application and payment of the fees for a driver’s license pursuant to Section 14900, an identification card may be issued to the applicant if it is determined that a driver’s license cannot be i
• § 14901 — Upon an application for a duplicate driver’s license or for a change of name on a driver’s license, a fee of nineteen dollars ($19), and on and after January 1, 2010, a fee of twenty-four dollars ($24
• § 14902 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h) of this section, subdivision (c) of Section 13002, and subdivision (c) of Section 14900, upon an application for an identif
• § 14903 — (a) A fee shall not be charged for an in person original, renewal, or replacement driver’s license or identification card issued to any person who was exonerated, and was released from the state priso
• § 14904 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, before a driver’s license may be issued, reissued, or returned to the licensee after a suspension or a revocation of a person’s driving privilege
• § 14905 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, in lieu of the fees in Section 14904, before a driver’s license may be issued, reissued, or returned to a person after suspension or revocation of
• § 14906 — (a) In addition to the fees required by Section 14904, the department may require payment of a fee sufficient to pay the actual costs, as determined by the department, for giving any notices in connec
• § 14907 — In addition to the fees required pursuant to Section 14904, there shall be paid to the department a fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) to pay the costs of a departmental review when requested pu
• § 14910 — (a) The department shall, with the consent of the applicant, collect the amounts that it has been notified are due pursuant to former Section 40509 and former Section 40509.
• § 14911 — (a) When a notice of failure to appear or failure to pay a fine is recorded on the department records pursuant to former Section 40509 and former Section 40509.
• § 15 — “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 1500 — (a) There is in the Transportation Agency the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• § 15000 — The Driver License Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially contained in Article 2 (commencing with Section 15
• § 15001 — As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority” with reference to this State shall mean the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• § 15002 — The compact administrator provided for in Section 15026 of this compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his service as such administrator, but shall be entitled to e
• § 15003 — As used in the compact, with reference to this State, the term “executive head” shall mean the Governor.
• § 1501 — The department is the successor to and is hereby vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction now or hereafter vested by law in the Department of Motor Vehicles,
• § 1502 — The department has possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, moneys, funds, appropriations, and all other property, real or personal, now or hereafter held for the bene
• § 15020 — (a) The party states find that: (1) The safety of their streets and highways is materially affected by the degree of compliance with state laws and local ordinances relating to the operation of motor
• § 15021 — As used in the compact: (a) “State” means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• § 15022 — The licensing authority of a party state shall report each conviction of a person from another party state occurring within its jurisdiction to the licensing authority of the home state of the license
• § 15023 — (a) The licensing authority in the home state, for the purposes of suspending, revoking, or limiting the license to operate a motor vehicle, shall give the same effect to the conduct reported, pursuan
• § 15024 — Upon application for a license to drive, the licensing authority in a party state shall ascertain whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of a license to drive issued by any other party
• § 15025 — Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right of any party state to apply any of its other laws relating to licenses to dr
• § 15026 — (a) The head of the licensing authority of each party state shall be the administrator of this compact for his state.
• § 15027 — (a) This compact shall become effective as to any state in which this compact becomes effective as the law of that state.
• § 15028 — The compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof.
• § 1503 — Except as in this division otherwise provided, the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall govern and apply to the conduct
• § 1504 — The department is under the control of a civil executive officer known as the Director of Motor Vehicles.
• § 1505 — The director, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation, shall organize the department in a manner that he or she may deem necessary to conduct the work of the department.
• § 1507 — The director may appoint and, in accordance with law fix the salaries of: (a) A deputy director.
• § 15200 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to adopt those standards required of drivers by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transp
• § 15210 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, as used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commercial driver’s license” means a driver’s license issued by a state
• § 15215 — (a) The department shall report each conviction of a person who holds a commercial driver’s license from another state occurring within this state to the licensing authority of the home state of the l
• § 15220 — Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who has a driver’s license issued by the department, and who is convicted of any offense involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle in any other state, sh
• § 15222 — Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who is convicted of any offense involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle shall notify his or her employer of the conviction within 30 days of the date o
• § 15224 — Any driver who has a driver’s license or privilege suspended, revoked, or canceled by any state for any period, or who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for any period, shall not
• § 15226 — Any driver who is issued an out-of-service order under the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations of the United States Department of Transportation (49 C.
• § 15228 — The driver shall also report the issuance of an out-of-service order described in Section 15226 to the department in the manner provided by the department within 30 days unless the driver requests a r
• § 15230 — Each person who applies for employment as a driver of a commercial motor vehicle shall provide the employer, at the time of the application, with the following information for the 10 years preceding t
• § 15240 — No employer shall knowingly allow, permit, require, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle under any of the following conditions: (a) The driver has a driver’s license or privilege
• § 15242 — (a) A person who is self-employed as a commercial motor vehicle driver shall comply with both the requirements of this chapter pertaining to employers and those pertaining to employees.
• § 15250 — (a) (1) A person shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle unless that person has in their immediate possession a valid commercial driver’s license of the appropriate class.
• § 15250.1 — (a) The department shall, no later than June 5, 2020, adopt regulations related to entry-level driver training requirements for drivers of commercial motor vehicles in compliance with the requirements
• § 15250.3 — The department may allow any employee of an organized camp, as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code, regulated by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing wi
• § 15255.1 — (a) Except as otherwise specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), upon an application for an original commercial driver’s license, a fee of sixty-four dollars ($64), and on and after January 1, 2010, a f
• § 15255.2 — Upon application for a duplicate commercial driver’s license by a currently licensed class A or class B driver, or a class C commercial driver’s license which requires an endorsement as provided in Se
• § 15260 — (a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who does not successfully complete the air-brake component of the knowledge test, or who does not successfully complete the driving-skill test in a
• § 15263 — (a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who successfully completes the driving-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, shall, if otherwi
• § 15275 — (a) A person may not operate a commercial motor vehicle described in this chapter unless that person has in his or her possession a valid commercial driver’s license for the appropriate class, and an
• § 15275.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a schoolbus endorsement is valid only when the operator possesses or qualifies for a valid commercial driver’s license with a passenger endorsement and posse
• § 15278 — (a) A driver is required to obtain an endorsement issued by the department to operate any commercial motor vehicle that is any of the following: (1) A double trailer.
• § 15300 — (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one year if the driver is convicted of a first violation of any of the following: (1) Subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section
• § 15301 — The Department of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with the State Fire Marshal, shall develop regulations and procedures to temporarily suspend the commercial motor vehicle license of a person who is op
• § 15302 — A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of his or her life if convicted of more than one violation of any of the following: (a) Subdivision (a), (b), or (c) of Section 23152
• § 15303 — (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of their life if convicted of using a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving an act or practice of seve
• § 15303.3 — Pursuant to Subpart E of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle if the department receives notice from the federal Drug and Alco
• § 15303.5 — Pursuant to Subpart E of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the department shall not issue, renew, or upgrade a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license if the
• § 15304 — (a) A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of his or her life who uses a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a co
• § 15306 — A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 60 days if the person is convicted of a serious traffic violation involving a commercial or a noncommercial motor vehicle and the
• § 15308 — (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 120 days if the person is convicted of a serious traffic violation involving a commercial or noncommercial motor vehicle and t
• § 15309 — In addition to any other action taken under this code, no driver may operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 60 days if the department determines, after a hearing, that the person falsified
• § 15309.5 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Sell, offer for sale, distribute, or use a crib sheet or cribbing device, as defined in Section 273, that contains answers to any exam
• § 15311 — (a) A driver shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle for a period of 180 days if the person is convicted of a first violation of an out-of-service order under subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Sect
• § 15311.1 — An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of an out-of-service order is, upon conviction, subject to a civil penalty of not less than
• § 15312 — A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the following periods: (a) Not less than 60 days if that person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 2800, or Section 21462
• § 15312.1 — (a) An employer that knowingly allows or requires an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad crossings is, up
• § 15315 — (a) The department shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to a person during a period in which the person is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle, or the person’s driving privil
• § 15319 — The department may execute or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out this chapter.
• § 15320 — The department shall suspend, revoke, or cancel, the privilege of any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle for the periods specified in this article upon receipt of a duly certified abstract o
• § 15325 — (a) Pursuant to subpart D of Part 383 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a driver whose driving is determined to constitute an imminent hazard is disqualified from operating a commercial
• § 15326 — Upon receiving notification of an administrative action or conviction of a commercial licenseholder in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealt
• § 15500 — It is unlawful for any minor who does not possess a valid driver’s license issued under this code to order, purchase or lease, attempt to purchase or lease, contract to purchase or lease, accept, or o
• § 15501 — It is unlawful for any minor to present or offer to any person offering for sale or lease or to give or otherwise furnish thereto any motor vehicle of a type subject to registration, a driver’s licens
• § 15600 — This division shall be known and may be cited as “Kaitlyn’s Law.
• § 15602 — This division applies to motor vehicles upon the highways and elsewhere throughout the state unless expressly provided otherwise.
• § 15603 — The purpose of this division is to help prevent injuries to, and the death of, young children from the effects of being left alone in a motor vehicle, to help educate parents and caretakers about the
• § 15620 — (a) A parent, legal guardian, or other person responsible for a child who is 6 years of age or younger may not leave that child inside a motor vehicle without being subject to the supervision of a per
• § 15630 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fines collected for a violation of this division shall be allocated by the county treasurer, as follows: (a) (1) Seventy percent to the county or city h
• § 15632 — (a) The department shall include information concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, the effect of solar heat on the temperature of vehi
• § 16 — “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 16000 — (a) The driver of a motor vehicle who is in any manner involved in an accident originating from the operation of the motor vehicle on a street or highway, or is involved in a reportable off-highway ac
• § 16000.1 — (a) For purposes of this division, a “reportable off-highway accident” means an accident that includes all of the following: (1) Occurs off the street or highway.
• § 16000.7 — As used in this division an “uninsured motor vehicle” is a motor vehicle for which financial responsibility as provided in Section 16021 was not in effect at the time of the accident.
• § 16000.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the failure of the driver of a motor vehicle involved in an accident to prove the existence of financial responsibility, as required by Sect
• § 16001 — If the vehicle involved was a driverless runaway vehicle and was parked with the express or implied permission of the registered owner, the registered owner of the vehicle shall be construed to have b
• § 16002 — (a) If the driver at the time of the accident was driving a motor vehicle owned, operated, or leased by the employer of the driver and with the permission of the employer, then the driver shall within
• § 16003 — If any driver is physically incapable of making the report, and is not the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident, the owner shall, as soon as he learns of the accident, report the matter
• § 16004 — (a) The department shall suspend the driving privilege of any person who fails, refuses, or neglects to make a report of an accident as required in this chapter.
• § 16005 — (a) All reports and supplemental reports required by this chapter including insurance information forms shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use
• § 16020 — (a) All drivers and all owners of a motor vehicle shall at all times be able to establish financial responsibility pursuant to Section 16021, and shall at all times carry in the vehicle evidence of th
• § 16020.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employer that owns a vanpool vehicle, as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 17149 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall maintain
• § 16021 — Financial responsibility of the driver or owner is established if the driver or owner of the vehicle involved in an accident described in Section 16000 is: (a) A self-insurer under the provisions of t
• § 16025 — (a) Every driver involved in the accident shall, unless rendered incapable, exchange with any other driver or property owner involved in the accident and present at the scene, all of the following inf
• § 16027 — (a) Whenever proof of financial responsibility has been established under subdivision (a) of Section 16054.
• § 16028 — Evidence of financial responsibility (insurance)
• § 16029 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 16028 is an infraction and shall be punished as follows: (a) Upon a first conviction, by a fine of not less than o
• § 16030 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person who knowingly provides false evidence of financial responsibility (1) when requested by a peace officer pursuant to Section 16028 or (2) to the cl
• § 16033 — No public entity or employee, agent, or any person or organization authorized under Section 4610 to endorse receipts or validate registration cards or potential registration cards, is liable for any l
• § 16050 — In order to establish evidence of financial responsibility, every driver or employer involved in an accident and required to report the accident under Section 16000 shall establish to the satisfaction
• § 16050.5 — The owner of a vehicle, who has a liability insurance policy with respect to the vehicle, shall, upon request, furnish insurance information to a person who, while operating the vehicle with the owner
• § 16051 — (a) Evidence may be established by filing a report indicating that the motor vehicle involved in the accident was owned, rented, or leased by or under the direction of the United States, this state, o
• § 16052 — Evidence may be established if the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the accident was a self-insurer.
• § 16053 — (a) The department may in its discretion, upon application, issue a certificate of self-insurance when it is satisfied that the applicant in whose name more than 25 motor vehicles are registered is po
• § 16054 — (a) Evidence may be established by filing with the department satisfactory documentation: (1) That the owner had an automobile liability policy, a motor vehicle liability policy, or bond in effect at
• § 16054.2 — Evidence may also be established by any of the following: (a) By depositing with the department cash in the amount specified in Section 16056.
• § 16055 —
• § 16056 — (a) A policy or bond shall not be effective under Section 16054 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company admitted to do business in this state by the Insurance Commissioner, except as p
• § 16056.1 — Notwithstanding the coverage limits specified in Section 16056, an automobile insurance policy described in Section 11629.
• § 16057 — Upon receipt of notice of an accident from the department, the insurance company or surety company named in the notice shall notify the department within such time and in such manner as the department
• § 16058 — (a) (1) An insurer that issues private passenger automobile liability insurance policies and coverages, or private passenger automobile policies and coverages issued by an automobile assigned risk pla
• § 16058.1 — The department shall develop a method by which law enforcement officers and court personnel, on and after July 1, 2006, may electronically verify that an insurance policy or bond for a motor vehicle h
• § 16070 — (a) Whenever a driver involved in an accident described in Section 16000 fails to provide evidence of financial responsibility, as required by Section 16020, at the time of the accident, the departmen
• § 16071 — The department shall suspend the driving privilege of any person upon receiving notice from another state that the person’s driving privilege in that state has been suspended for failure to meet the f
• § 16072 — (a) The suspension of the driving privilege of a person as provided in Section 16070 shall not be terminated until one year has elapsed from the date of actual commencement of the suspension and until
• § 16073 — (a) The privilege of a person employed for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle for compensation whose occupation requires the use of a motor vehicle in the course of his or her employment to drive
• § 16074 — Whenever the department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information, or by reason of having received no information, it
• § 16075 — (a) The suspension provisions of this article shall not apply to a driver or owner until 30 days after the department sends to the driver or owner notice of its intent to suspend his or her driving pr
• § 16076 — (a) The department shall notify every person whose driving privilege is suspended, pursuant to Section 16070, of that person’s right to apply for a restricted driving privilege authorized under Sectio
• § 16077 — (a) The department, upon application and payment of a fifty dollar ($50) fee and a penalty fee of two hundred dollars ($200), may issue a restricted license to an applicant with serious health problem
• § 16078 — Any person who has paid the penalty fee prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 16072, whether or not the person has received the license restriction authorized by that section, may also apply for an
• § 16250 — As used in this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16430), “judgment” means a final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction in this or any other state or of the United States again
• § 16251 — (a) As used in this chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16430), “cause of action” means any cause of action for damage to property in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or for damage i
• § 16370 — The department shall suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle upon receiving a certified copy of a judgment, or a certified copy of the register of actions (or a comparable court
• § 16370.5 — The department shall suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle as specified in Section 116.
• § 16370.7 — Documents filed with the department pursuant to Section 16370 shall be accompanied by a fee of not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) to pay for processing the documents and issuing the suspension order.
• § 16371 — The suspension shall remain in effect, and no license shall be issued to the judgment debtor until the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with
• § 16373 — (a) The clerk of a court shall, subject to subdivision (b), issue upon the request of a judgment creditor a certified copy of any judgment or a certified copy of the register of actions in an action r
• § 16374 — Whenever after a judgment is satisfied and proof of financial responsibility is given, another judgment is rendered against the same person for any accident occurring prior to the date of the giving o
• § 16375 — Any person whose driver’s license has been suspended, or is about to be suspended or shall become subject to suspension under this chapter, may relieve himself from the effect of the judgment by filin
• § 16376 — (a) If the person against whom judgment is rendered is a nonresident and the person fails within the prescribed time to satisfy the judgment in full or to the extent specified in this chapter, all pri
• § 16377 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, every judgment shall be deemed satisfied if any of the following apply: (1) Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) has been credited, upon any judgment in excess of t
• § 16378 — (a) Money deposited pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 16377 shall be: (1) Deposited by the department in the special deposit fund with the Treasurer.
• § 16379 — (a) The department shall not suspend a license and shall restore any suspended license following nonpayment of a final judgment when the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility for fut
• § 16380 — The trial court may order the payment of a judgment in installments only when the defendant is not insured or the insurance policy covering the automobile involved in the accident, for the ownership o
• § 16381 — In the event that it is made to appear to the court that the judgment debtor has failed to pay any installment as permitted by the order of the court, upon the payment of required fees by the judgment
• § 16430 — (a) “Proof of financial responsibility,” when required by this code, means proof of financial responsibility resulting from the ownership or operation of a motor vehicle and arising by reason of perso
• § 16431 — (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the written certificate or certificates of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business within the state, that it has issued to or for the
• § 16433 — A certificate or certificates shall certify, if the liability policy therein cited has been canceled, that the department shall be notified in writing within 10 days after the cancellation of insuranc
• § 16434 — (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by a bond.
• § 16435 — (a) Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the deposit of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) as provided in Section 16054.
• § 16436 — Proof of financial responsibility may be given by the written certificate of a self-insurer holding a certificate of self-insurance for bodily injury and property damage issued by the department.
• § 16450 — A “motor vehicle liability policy,” as used in Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 16000), 2 (commencing with Section 16250), and 4 (commencing with Section 16500), and this chapter, means an owner’s
• § 16451 — (a) (1) An owner’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance shall insure the named insured and any other person using any motor vehicle registered to the named insured with the express or implied p
• § 16452 — An operator’s policy of motor vehicle liability insurance shall insure the person named as insured therein against loss from the liability imposed on that person by law for damages arising out of use
• § 16453 — Any motor vehicle liability policy may grant any lawful coverage in excess of or in addition to the coverage herein specified or contain any agreements, provisions or stipulations not in conflict with