California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 2.0 - Driver Licenses and Identification Cards
Section 20.06 - Identification Elements and Document Inspection Terms

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 20.06

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) In addition to the content and form of a driver license specified in Vehicle Code sections 12800.5 and 12811, the essential elements of identification on a driver license include:

(1) A description of the sex, hair, eyes, height, and weight of the individual.

(2) The type of license.

(3) Endorsements and restrictions assigned to the driving privilege.

(b) A visually mutilated driver license or identification card means any essential element of information contained on the driver license or identification card is obstructed, absent, illegible, or exposed through the protective sealant or other technologically advanced visual security feature.

(c) In addition to (b), if the driver license or identification card contains a magnetic stripe, mechanically mutilated means that the document is unable to pass through a mechanical device designed to read the essential elements of identification contained in the magnetic stripe located on the reverse side of a driver license or identification card.

(d) In addition to (b) and (c), if the driver license or identification card contains a magnetic stripe, electronically mutilated means that the driver license or identification card is unable to transmit essential elements of identification through an electronic process or device designed to read the information contained in the magnetic stripe located on the reverse side of a driver license or identification card.

1. New section filed 12-9-93; operative 1-10-94 (Register 93, No. 50).
2. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 6-27-97; operative 7-27-97 (Register 97, No. 26).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1651, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 12800.5, 12811, 12815, 13003, 13005 and 13005.5, Vehicle Code.

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