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Code · California · Vehicle Code

§ 13002

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(a)Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every identification card shall expire, unless canceled earlier, on the sixth birthday of the applicant following the date of application for the identification card. Renewal of any identification card, other than a senior citizen identification card, shall be made for a term which shall expire on the sixth birthday of the applicant following expiration of the identification card renewed, unless surrendered earlier. Any application for renewal received after 90 days after expiration of the identification card, including a senior citizen identification card, shall be considered the same as an application for an original identification card. The department shall, at the end of six years and six months after the issuance or renewal of an identification card, other than a senior citizen identification card, destroy any record of the card if it has expired and has not been renewed.
(b)Every senior citizen identification card issued pursuant to subdivision
(b)of Section 13000 shall expire, unless canceled earlier, on the eighth birthday of the applicant following the date of application for the identification card. Renewal of any senior citizen identification card shall be made for a term which shall expire on the eighth birthday of the applicant following expiration of the senior citizen identification card renewed, unless surrendered earlier. The department shall, at the end of eight years and six months after the issuance or renewal of a senior citizen identification card, destroy any record of the card if it has expired and has not been renewed.
(c)An identification card may be issued to a person in exchange for the person’s driver’s license which is surrendered to the department for either of the following reasons:
(1)The person has a physical or mental condition and requests cancellation of the driver’s license.
(2)The department has revoked the person’s driving privilege based on the person’s physical or mental condition.
That card shall be issued without the payment of any additional fee.
(d)Notwithstanding subdivisions
(a)and (b), the department may adjust the expiration date of any identification card issued pursuant to this code so that the date does not exceed the expiration date of a document submitted pursuant to subdivision
(a)of Section 12801.5.
(e)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
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