California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Article 2 - Driver Licenses and Identification Cards › Section 15.03 - Terms of Issuance and Restrictions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The department shall issue a temporary
				  driver license valid for up to 60 days provided there is no other cause for
				  refusal pending verification of documents submitted as proof of legal
				  presence.
(b) The department shall
				  not accept an application for a driver license or identification card if the
				  documents submitted as proof of legal presence in the United States indicate an
				  expiration date less than 61 days from the application date. Canadian and U.S.
				  passports are not subject to this requirement.
(c) The department shall not accept an
				  application for an original identification card if the applicant cannot provide
				  one of the documents in Section
				  15.00 to establish proof of legal
				  presence.
(d) The department may
				  elect to verify the authenticity of any document provided as proof of legal
				  presence. Verification of documents may include electronic verification systems
				  or manual methods.
(e) The
				  department may issue a driver license or identification card termed to expire
				  on the same date as the expiration date on the valid DHS document, or if there
				  is no expiration date on the federal document, for a period not to exceed one
				  year from the date the DHS document was issued.
1. New
					 section filed 11-29-93 as an emergency; operative 3-1-94 (Register 93, No. 49).
					 A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-28-94 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-29-93 order transmitted
					 to OAL 6-24-94 with new subsection (e) and amendment of NOTE and filed 8-8-94
					 (Register 94, No. 32).
3. Certificate of Compliance for subsection
					 (b) disapproved by OAL; emergency language repealed by operation of Government
					 Code section
					 11346.1(f)
					 (Register 94, No. 32).
4. New subsection (b) refiled 8-9-94 as an
					 emergency; operative 8-9-94 (Register 94, No. 32). A Certificate of Compliance
					 must be transmitted to OAL by 12-7-94 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of Compliance
					 as to 8-9-94 order including amendment of subsections (a), (b), (e) and NOTE
					 transmitted to OAL 12-2-94 and filed 1-19-95 (Register 95, No.
					 3).
6. Editorial correction of subsection (e) and HISTORY 5
					 (Register 95, No. 9).
7. Amendment of subsection (e) and NOTE filed
					 9-27-95; operative 10-27-95 (Register 95, No. 39).
8. Amendment of
					 subsections (a), (b) and (e) filed 10-2-2008; operative 11-1-2008 (Register
					 2008, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1651 and
						12801.5,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections
						12506,
						12800,
						12801.5,
						12805,
						12816,
						13000,
						13002 and
						14100,
						Vehicle Code.