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2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1666.1.

1666.1. Upon updating the California Driver’s Handbook, the department shall include at least one question in any of the noncommercial driver’s license examinations, as administered under Section 12804.9, of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of this code, to verify that the applicant has an understanding of the risks and punishments associated with eluding a pursuing officer’s motor vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 485, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1666.5.

1666.5. The department shall include, on a rotating basis, at least one question in at least 20 percent of the tests of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this code, as administered pursuant to Section 12803 or 12814, to verify that the applicant has read and understands that the abandonment or dumping of any animal is a criminal offense that can create a severe traffic safety hazard.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 300, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1666.7.

1666.7. The department shall include, on a rotating basis, at least one question in at least 20 percent of the tests of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of this code, as administered pursuant to Section 12803 or 12814, to verify that the applicant has read and understands that driving with an unsafe, unsecured load, such as driving with ladders, buckets, and loose items in the back of a pickup truck, is a violation of law, including, but not limited to, Sections 23114, 23115, and 24002, and may create a severe traffic safety hazard for other motorists.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. (AB 1925) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1667.

1667. (a) As part of its motor vehicle registration and registration renewal process, other than upon the initial registration of a new motor vehicle, the department shall inform motor vehicle owners of the vehicle smog indexing program. That notice shall be in the form developed by the State Air Resources Board in consultation with the department pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 44254 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) This section shall become inoperative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this section, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31.1. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date prescribed by Sec. 32 of Ch. 1192. Inoperative five years after operative date. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1668.

1668. (a) The department may provide fingerprint service to the general public. When that service is provided, the department shall charge a fee of not less than five dollars ($5) for each person fingerprinted.
(b) Whenever the department submits the fingerprints of an applicant for a license or certificate to the Department of Justice, and is required to pay a fee pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code, the department, without the necessity of adopting regulations, shall charge the applicant a fee sufficient to reimburse the department for that fee.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1360, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1669.

1669. It is the intent of the Legislature that the department implement procedures to ensure, to the fullest extent permitted by the resources made available to it, that any person who is requesting services relating to registration of vessels or vehicles, or who is applying for an original or renewal of a driver’s license or identification card, will not be required under normal circumstances to wait in any one line for service longer than one-half hour during the department’s published or posted hours of operation. Every office of the department shall have posted, at or near the entrance thereto, its hours of operation.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 786, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1670.

1670. A licensee issued an occupational license by the department and conducting more than one type of business from an established place of business shall provide a clear physical division between the types of business involving vehicles or their component parts. The established place of business shall be open to inspection of the premises, pertinent records, and vehicles by any peace officer during business hours.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 106, Sec. 164.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1671.

1671. (a) The established place of business of a dealer, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, automobile driving school, or traffic violator school shall have an office and a dealer, manufacturer, or remanufacturer shall also have a display or manufacturing area situated on the same property where the business peculiar to the type of license issued by the department is or may be transacted. When a room or rooms in a hotel, roominghouse, apartment house building, or a part of any single- or multiple-unit dwelling house is used as an office or offices of an established place of business, the room or rooms shall be devoted exclusively to and occupied for the office or offices of the dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, automobile driving school, or traffic violator school, shall be located on the ground floor, and shall be so constructed as to provide a direct entrance into the room or rooms from the exterior of the building. A dealer who does not offer new or used vehicles for sale at retail, a dealer who has been issued an autobroker’s endorsement to his or her dealer’s license and who does not also sell motor vehicles at retail, or a dealer who is a wholesaler involved for profit only in the sale of vehicles between licensed dealers, shall have an office, but a display area is not required.
(b) The established place of business of an automobile dismantler shall have an office and a dismantling area located in a zone properly zoned for that purpose by the city or county.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 653. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1672.

1672. (a) The department shall make available, in the public area of each office of the department where applications for driver’s licenses or identification cards are received, space for a sign or notice briefly describing the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code) and information about the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and about how private donations may be made.
(b) The department shall make available to the public in its offices a pamphlet or brochure providing more detailed information on the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and information about how private donations may be made.
(c) The signs, notices, pamphlets, and brochures specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be provided without cost to the department by responsible private parties associated with the anatomical gift program.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 405, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1672.3.

1672.3. (a) The director shall determine the date when the department’s inventory of driver’s license and identification card forms, as that inventory exists in accordance with the law in effect on December 31, 1998, has been depleted.
(b) The director shall make written notification of the date determined under subdivision (a) to the following persons:
(1) The Secretary of State.
(2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation.
(3) The Chair of the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
(c) The written notice required under subdivision (b) shall state that it is being submitted in accordance with this section.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 887, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1672.5.

1672.5. For purposes of providing a means of identifying persons who have elected to make an anatomical gift under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code), the department shall design the driver’s licenses and identification cards in order that a sticker may be affixed to the licenses and cards. The sticker shall indicate a person’s willingness to make an anatomical gift, and shall be affixed with a substance that is resistant to any unintentional removal.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 887, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1673.

1673. For the purposes of refunding the smog impact fee, as prescribed in Sections 1673.2 and 1673.4, “registered owner or lessee” means the person or persons to whom the registration or title was issued when the transaction that included the imposition of the smog impact fee under Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 6261) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code was completed.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 31, Sec. 3. Effective June 8, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1673.2.

1673.2. (a) The department, in coordination with the Department of Finance, shall do all of the following:
(1) Search its records to identify the registered owner or lessee. Except as required under Section 1673.4, the department shall mail to the registered owner or lessee a refund notification form notifying the registered owner or lessee that he or she is eligible for a refund of the smog impact fee. This form shall identify the vehicle make and year, and include a refund claim that shall be signed, under penalty of perjury, and returned to the department.
(2) Shall acknowledge by mail claims for refund from registered owners or lessees received prior to the effective date of this section.
(3) Except as provided in Section 1673.4, shall verify whether the information provided in any claim is true and correct and shall refund the three hundred dollar ($300) smog impact fee, plus the amount of any penalty collected for late payment of the smog impact fee, and any interest earned on those charges, to the person shown to be the registered owner or lessee.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, interest shall be paid on all claims at a single annual rate, calculated by the Department of Finance, that averages the annualized interest rates earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account for the period beginning October 1990 and ending on the effective date of this section. Interest on each refund shall be calculated from the date the smog impact fee and vehicle registration transaction was completed to the date the refund is issued. Accrual of interest shall terminate one year after the effective date of this section.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those who paid the smog impact fee between October 15, 1990, and October 19, 1999, may file a claim for refund.
(2) Claims for refund by a registered owner or lessee shall be filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles within three years of the effective date of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 719, Sec. 64. (SB 856) Effective October 19, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1673.4.

1673.4. (a) Any claim submitted by a person other than a registered owner or lessee shall be filed within 30 days from the effective date of this section.
(b) If a claimant other than the registered owner or lessee files a claim, or has filed a claim prior to the effective date of this section, for refund in a manner and form verified by the department, the department shall mail a notification to the registered owner or lessee informing that person that he or she is eligible for a refund of the smog impact fee and that a competing claim for that fee has been filed. The registered owner or lessee shall have three years from the effective date of this section to inform the department that the registered owner or lessee opposes payment of the smog impact fee refund to the competing claimant. In that case, the refund shall be made to the registered owner or lessee and notice of that action shall be sent to the competing claimant. If the registered owner or lessee does not notify the department within the three-year period that he or she opposes the payment, the department shall pay the refund to the competing claimant.
(c) If any refund paid by the department under this section is disputed, any party that filed a claim may commence an action in small claims court. The small claims court action may not be filed if three years or more have elapsed from the date the department mailed the refund to either party.
(d) The State of California, its departments and agencies, and their officers or employees shall not be a party to a lawsuit between competing claimants relating to smog impact fee refunds.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 31, Sec. 5. Effective June 8, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1673.5.

1673.5. The department shall attempt to recover any refund of the smog impact fee, or part thereof, that is erroneously made. Collection shall be initiated if the recipient fails to respond to the Department of Motor Vehicles’ notice to pay the erroneous refund within 90 days in accordance with existing collection procedures utilized by the department.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 31, Sec. 6. Effective June 8, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1673.6.

1673.6. It is unlawful to use a false or fictitious name, to knowingly make any false statement, or conceal any material fact on a refund claim for the smog impact fee that is filed with the department. A violation of this provision is punishable under Section 72 of the Penal Code. Any signed claim form submitted to the department for a refund of the smog impact fee shall be signed under penalty of perjury.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 31, Sec. 7. Effective June 8, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1673.7.

1673.7. (a) The department shall include the following notice with each check issued as a refund of the smog impact fee:
“The enclosed check is a refund of the $300 Smog Impact Fee you paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles when you initially registered an out-of-state vehicle in California. In the case of Jordan v. Department of Motor Vehicles (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 449, the court ruled the smog impact fee unconstitutional. The enclosed check includes an interest payment which has been calculated from the date the fee was paid to the date the refund is issued.
“If you have any questions about the enclosed refund, please contact your local office of the Department of Motor Vehicles.”
(b) No notice other than the one required under subdivision (a) may be included with a smog impact fee refund check.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 31, Sec. 8. Effective June 8, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1674.

1674. The department shall develop a program to foster a positive atmosphere that is conducive to encouraging drivers to succeed in passing any visual tests or written or behind-the-wheel driving tests administered by the department.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 985, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1674.4.

1674.4. In order to address any conscious or unconscious bias against a driver by persons administering the department’s visual tests or written or behind-the-wheel driving tests, the department shall implement a component in its training and development program for test administrators that encourages sensitivity to the issues of youth and aging.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 985, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1674.6.

1674.6. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons should be provided with transportation alternatives when their privilege to drive is lost because of failure to pass visual tests or written or behind-the-wheel driving tests. While a partial obligation for addressing this issue rests with families, communities, social service agencies, and local governments, the Legislature recognizes an obligation to promote, facilitate, and share in the funding of alternative modes of transportation for persons who have lost their driving privilege.
(b) Accordingly, it is the intent of the Legislature, not later than January 1, 2003, to provide an affordable and equitable mode of transportation to fulfill the reasonable transportation needs of persons who have lost their driver’s licenses due to a failure to pass a visual test or a written or behind-the-wheel driving test.
(c) In furtherance of the intent set forth in subdivision (b), the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency shall establish a task force to analyze potential sources of funding and modes of transportation for persons who have lost their driver’s licenses due to a failure to pass a visual test or a written or behind-the-wheel driving test. The Business, Transportation and Housing Agency shall prepare and submit a report on the findings of the task force to the Legislature not later than July 1, 2001.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 985, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1675.

1675. (a) The director shall establish standards and develop criteria for the approval of initial and renewal driver improvement courses specifically designed for the safe driving needs of drivers who are 55 years of age or older, which shall be known as mature driver improvement courses.
(b) The curricula for the courses provided for in subdivision (a) shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following components:
(1) How impairment of visual and audio perception affects driving performance and how to compensate for that impairment.
(2) The effects of fatigue, medications, and alcohol on driving performance, when experienced alone or in combination, and precautionary measures to prevent or offset ill effects.
(3) Updates on rules of the road and equipment, including, but not limited to, safety belts and safe and efficient driving techniques under present day road and traffic conditions.
(4) How to plan travel time and select routes for safety and efficiency.
(5) How to make crucial decisions in dangerous, hazardous, and unforeseen situations.
(c) The initial mature driver improvement course shall include not less than 400 minutes of instruction, and shall not exceed 25 students per single day of instruction or 30 students per two days of instruction.
(d) Upon satisfactory completion of an initial mature driver improvement course, participants shall receive and retain a certificate provided by the department, awarded and distributed by the course provider, which shall be suitable evidence of satisfactory course completion, and eligibility for three years, from the date of completion, for the mature driver vehicle liability insurance premium reduction pursuant to Section 11628.3 of the Insurance Code.
(e) (1) The certificate may be renewed by successfully completing a subsequent renewal mature driver improvement course within one year of the expiration of the certificate, or if more than one year has elapsed since the expiration, a mature driver improvement course in accordance with the standards established in subdivision (c).
(2) The renewal mature driver improvement course shall include not less than 240 minutes of instruction.
(f) For the purposes of this section, and Sections 1676 and 1677, “course provider” means any person offering a mature driver improvement course approved by the department pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 129, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1676.

1676. (a) A course provider conducting a mature driver improvement course pursuant to Section 1675 may charge a tuition not to exceed thirty dollars ($30).
(b) A course provider shall issue a receipt for the tuition it collects from an individual who registers for or attends a mature driver improvement course.
(c) The department shall charge a fee not to exceed three dollars ($3) for each completion certificate issued to a mature driver improvement course provider, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1675. The amount of the fee shall be determined by the department and shall be sufficient to defray the actual costs incurred by the department for administering the mature driver improvement program, for evaluating the program, and for any other activities deemed necessary by the department to assure high quality education for participants of the program. A course provider shall not charge a fee in excess of the fee charged by the department pursuant to this subdivision for furnishing a certificate of completion or duplicate thereof. The department shall transmit all fees it receives for deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund pursuant to Section 42270.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 129, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1677.

1677. (a) The department may collect a fee, to be determined by the department, from each course provider who shall be responsible for the development and operation of a mature driver improvement course, for the approval of the course, but not to exceed the actual cost of approval of the course. The department shall transmit all fees it receives for deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund pursuant to Section 42270.
(b) Each course provider, who has received course approval from the department, is responsible for the delivery, instruction, and content of his or her mature driver improvement course.
(c) The department shall investigate claims of impropriety on the part of a course provider. The department may withdraw the approval of courses in violation of Section 1675 or 1676, as determined by the department, for just cause, including, but not limited to any of the following:
(1) Furnishing course completion certificates to course enrollees prior to, or in the absence of, completion of the curriculum specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 1675.
(2) Charging fees in excess of the amounts specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 1676.
(d) Mature driver improvement courses approved by the department shall continue to be approved until either of the following occurs:
(1) The course provider does not meet the conditions of approval.
(2) The department finds just cause to terminate the approval pursuant to subdivision (c).
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 739, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1678.

1678. (a) Between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2004, inclusive, the fee amounts set forth in Section 488.385 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 10902 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and Sections 4604, 5014, 5036, 6700.25, 9102.5, 9250.8, 9250.13, 9252, 9254, 9258, 9261, 9265, 9702, 11515, 11515.2, 14900, 14900.1, 14901, 14902, 15255.1, 15255.2, 38121, 38225.4, 38225.5, 38232, 38255, 38260, and 38265, and subdivision (b) of Section 9250, of this code, shall be the base fee amounts charged by the department.
(b) On January 1, 2005, and every January 1 thereafter, the department shall adjust the fees imposed under the sections listed in subdivision (a) by increasing each fee in an amount equal to the increase in the California Consumer Price Index for the prior year, as calculated by the Department of Finance, with amounts equal to or greater than fifty cents ($0.50) rounded to the next highest whole dollar.
(c) Any increases to the fees imposed under the sections listed in subdivision (a) that are enacted by legislation subsequent to January 1, 2005, shall be deemed to be changes to the base fee for purposes of the calculation performed pursuant to subdivision (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 339, Sec. 4. (SB 838) Effective September 13, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1679.

1679. On and after July 1, 2006, in any document mailed by the department that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973gg), the department shall include a notice informing prospective voters that if they have not received voter registration information within 30 days of requesting it, they should contact their local elections office or the office of the Secretary of State.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 660, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1680.

1680. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, an appointment with the department.
(b) For purposes of this section, “appointment” means an arrangement to receive a government service at a specified time.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 608, Sec. 1. (AB 317) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 1685.1.

1685.1. (a) In order to provide electronic vehicle registration services, the department may enter into an interstate carrier partnership, established under this section, with an interstate carrier partner, if the partner meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Agrees to provide electronic vehicle registration services capable of accepting, completing, and transmitting registration transaction data to the department using a departmental registration system or system approved by the department.
(2) Maintains, protects, and issues apportioned vehicle registration documents, and indicia as applicable on behalf of the department to its customers.
(3) Demonstrates International Registration Plan knowledge proficiency, as determined by the department and established pursuant to subdivision (d).
(4) Meets qualification standards, as established by the department pursuant to subdivision (d).
(b) (1) The department may enter into contractual agreements with interstate carrier partners that utilize the departmental apportioned registration system or a system approved by the department. The following three types of partnerships are authorized under this section:
(A) A registration service, as defined in Section 505.2.
(B) A vehicle leasing company or vehicle rental company.
(C) A motor carrier association.
(2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(A) “Vehicle leasing company” or “vehicle rental company” means a transportation provider that rents commercial vehicles to the public.
(B) “Motor carrier association” means an association that represents interstate motor carriers for the purpose of providing apportioned registration services for its members.
(c) An interstate carrier partner applicant shall submit an application to the department on the form adopted by the department pursuant to subdivision (d). The applicant shall also include with the application any other information the department may require.
(d) The department may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to:
(1) Program administration structure.
(2) Fees.
(3) Financial responsibility.
(4) Compliance requirements.
(5) Adequate oversight and monitoring.
(6) Safeguards for privacy and protecting information authorized for release under this section.
(7) Minimum transaction requirements.
(8) Performance standards to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
(e) The director may establish, through the adoption of regulations pursuant to subdivision (d), the maximum amount that an interstate carrier partner may charge its customers in providing the services authorized under subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. (AB 2107) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1800.

1800. (a) The department shall file each application received for the registration of a vehicle and shall keep a record of each as follows:
(1) Under a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle.
(2) Alphabetically, under the name of the owner.
(3) Under the motor or a permanent identifying number of the vehicle as may be determined by the department.
(4) In the discretion of the department, in any other manner it may deem desirable.
(b) The department shall file every application for a license to operate a motor vehicle received by it and maintain all of the following:
(1) A suitable index containing, in alphabetical order, all applications denied. On the applications shall be noted the reasons for the denial.
(2) A suitable index containing, in alphabetical order, all applications granted.
(3) A suitable index containing, in alphabetical order, the name of every licensee whose license has been suspended or revoked by the department or by a court and after each name notes the reasons for the action and the period of revocation or suspension.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 594, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1801.

1801. (a) Whenever any notice, report, statement, court abstract, or record is required to be submitted to the department by this code, the document may be submitted to the department by electronic transmission or other means approved by the department.
(b) All records maintained by the department may be stored in any feasible manner, including, but not limited to, any electronic media or any other form of data compilation.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the records shall be deemed original documents and shall be admissible in evidence in all administrative, quasi-judicial, and judicial proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 10, Sec. 9. Effective February 9, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1801.1.

1801.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may allow a person to submit a document required to be submitted to the department by using electronic media deemed feasible by the department instead of requiring the actual submittal of the original document.
(b) If a signature on a document is required by law in order to complete a transaction, and the document is submitted electronically, that signature requirement may be met by an electronically submitted signature.
(c) The department may establish minimum transaction volume levels, audit and security standards, and technological requirements, or terms and conditions, including methods of authentication for electronically submitted signatures, it deems necessary for the approval of this process.
(d) An electronically submitted document, once accepted by the department, is deemed the same as an original document, and is admissible in all administrative, quasi-judicial, and judicial proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 400, Sec. 2. (AB 3163) Effective September 14, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1801.2.

1801.2. (a) For a provision of this code or of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations that requires the department to mail, notify, deliver via certified or first class mail, provide information in written form, or otherwise references the use of paper, a writing, or the mail to convey information to a person, including to notify a person of any departmental actions related to a permit, license, identification card, endorsement, certificate, or vehicle registration, that requirement may be satisfied by electronic notification, including, but not limited to, email, if the all of the following are established by the department:
(1) The department identified the person prior to accepting their consent to receive the type of document or information that is electronically delivered.
(2) The person consented to the electronic receipt of the type of document or information delivered.
(3) The department permits a person to withdraw their consent to electronically receive the type of document or information.
(4) The department records do not indicate the person withdrew their consent to electronically receive this type of document or information as of the date the document or information was electronically sent.
(b) For a provision of this code that refers to an address for any kind of notice or mailing, and mailing is effected pursuant to this section, an email or electronic delivery address provided to the department by the recipient may be used.
(c) A person who provides an electronic delivery address to the department shall notify the department of any change to that address.
(d) The consent to accept electronic notification may be made electronically.
(e) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 838, Sec. 4. (SB 1193) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1803.3.

1803.3. (a) The clerk of any court that reverses a conviction for an offense described in subdivision (a) of Section 1803, which is not exempted under subdivision (b) of that section, shall prepare and forward to the department at its office in Sacramento an abstract of the record of the court covering the case in which the conviction was reversed. In addition, if a court dismisses a charge of a violation of Section 40508 for which a notice was given to the department pursuant to former Section 40509 or former Section 40509.5, the court shall notify the department of the dismissal.
(b) The abstract shall be forwarded within 30 days of the date the judgment of reversal becomes final. The notice of dismissal shall be given to the department not later than 30 days after the dismissal. Within 30 days of receiving the abstract or notice, the department shall remove any record of that conviction, or notice received pursuant to former Section 40509 or former Section 40509.5, from the driver’s record.
(c) As used in this section, “reverse” includes any action by which a conviction is nullified or set aside.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 800, Sec. 3. (AB 2746) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1803.4.

1803.4. Any record regarding the providing of information pursuant to Section 13106, or record of persons personally given notice by the department or a court, by a peace officer pursuant to Section 13382 or 13388, or otherwise pursuant to this code regarding the suspension or revocation of a person’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle shall, upon request, be provided as follows:
(a) Immediately to any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, acting within the scope of his or her duties.
(b) Clearly stated on the record provided to any court of this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 22, Sec. 6. Effective May 26, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1803.5.

1803.5. (a) In accordance with Section 41501 or 42005, the clerk of a court or hearing officer, when a person who receives a notice to appear at a court or board proceeding for a violation of any statute relating to the safe operation of vehicles is granted a continuance of the proceeding in consideration for completion of a program at a school for traffic violators, that results in a designation of the conviction as confidential in consideration for that completion, shall prepare an abstract of the record of the court or board proceeding that indicates that the person was convicted of the violation and ordered to complete a traffic violator program, certify the abstract to be true and correct, and cause the abstract to be forwarded to the department at its office at Sacramento within five days after receiving proof that the program was completed or the due date to which the proceeding was continued, whichever comes first.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2011.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1.5) and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 1.7. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative July 1, 2011, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1805.

1805. The failure, refusal, or neglect of any such judicial officer to comply with any of the requirements of Sections 1802, 1803, 1804 and 1816 is misconduct in office and is ground for removal therefrom.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1622.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1806.

1806. (a) The department shall file all accident reports and abstracts of court records of convictions received under this code, and in connection therewith, shall maintain convenient records or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of each license showing the convictions of the licensee and all traffic accidents in which the individual was involved, except those where, in the opinion of a reporting officer, another individual was at fault, are readily ascertainable. At its discretion the department may file and maintain these accident reports and abstracts by electronic recording and storage media and after transcribing electronically all available data from the accident reports and abstracts of conviction may destroy the original documents. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the recorded facts from any electronic recording and storage device maintained by the department shall constitute evidence of the facts in any administrative actions instituted by the department.
(b)When the department receives notification pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1872.45 of the Insurance Code, the department shall remove from the license record of each victim any record of his or her involvement in the accident which is the subject of the criminal complaint.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 885, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1806.1.

1806.1. If a person has entered into a stipulated vehicle release agreement pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 14607.6, the department shall maintain a record of that fact for seven years from the date the person signed the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1133, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1806.5.

1806.5. Notwithstanding Section 1808, the department shall not furnish information filed pursuant to Section 1806 to any person if the furnishing of that information would violate the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1117, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1807.

1807. (a) The department is not required to maintain records relating to drivers of motor vehicles after the records are, in the opinion of the director, no longer necessary, except as follows:
(1) Records of convictions shall be maintained so long as they may form the basis of license suspensions or revocations as prior convictions or with other records of conviction constitute a person a “negligent driver.”
(2) Records of convictions of violating Section 38301.3 shall be maintained for seven years.
(b) Records that are not required to be maintained may be destroyed with the approval of the Department of General Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 571, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1807.5.

1807.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1808, any record of the department of a conviction of Section 23103 as specified in Section 23103.5, or of a conviction of Section 23152 or 23153 which occurred before January 1, 1987, is not a public record on and after a date which is five years after the date of conviction of that offense, and the department shall, thereafter, make any information relating to that conviction available only to persons authorized by law to receive the information.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “persons authorized by law to receive the information” means any of the following:
(1) The courts of the state.
(2) Peace officers, as defined in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code; subdivision (a) of Section 830.2 of the Penal Code; subdivisions (a), (b), and (j) of Section 830.3 of the Penal Code; and subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 830.5 of the Penal Code.
(3) The Attorney General.
(4) District attorneys of any county within the state.
(5) Prosecuting city attorneys or city prosecutors of any city within the state.
(6) Probation officers of any city or county of the state.
(7) Parole officers of any city or county of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 299, Sec. 4. (AB 1418) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1808.2.

1808.2. In addition to those specified in Section 1808.4, the home address of any inspector or investigator regularly employed and paid as such in the office of a district attorney or any peace officer employee of the Board of Prison Terms appearing in any record of the department is confidential.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 616, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 4 of Ch. 616.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 2 - ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 1 - The Department of Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Records of Department › Section 1808.24.

1808.24. Information regarding any motor vehicle liability insurance policy or surety bond provided to the department pursuant to Section 4000.37 or provided electronically is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person, except to the following:
(a) A court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) A law enforcement or other governmental agency.
(c) An insurance company or its assigns to verify a record the company or its assigns previously submitted to the department.
(d) A person whose vehicle or property has been involved in an accident reported to the department, or who suffered bodily injury or death in an accident reported to the department, pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of Division 7, or the person’s authorized representative, employer, parent, or legal guardian.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 880, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)