Veh. Code, § 13000 · Article 5. Identification Cards
Veh. Code, § 13000
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) The department may issue an identification card to any person attesting to the true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card.
(2) The department may not issue a Real ID identification card to a person who holds a Real ID driver’s license.
(3) The department may cancel an identification card in order to enable compliance with paragraph (2).
(b) Any person 62 years of age or older may apply for, and the department upon receipt of a proper application therefor shall issue, an identification card bearing the notation “Senior Citizen.”
(c) Every application for an identification card shall be signed and verified by the applicant under penalty of perjury and shall be supported by bona fide documentary evidence of the age and identity of the applicant as the department may require.
(d) Prior to the issuance of an identification card, the department shall confirm that a legible print of the thumb or finger of the applicant is on file with the department.
(e) Any person 62 years of age or older, and any other qualified person, may apply for, or possess, an identification card under the provisions of either subdivision (a) or (b), but not under both of those provisions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 254, Sec. 8. (AB 174) Effective September 23, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=13000.
- Text hash
- sha256 b1e131ceb24b18e6a90c903e4c69bd72e37cbd06d6b9dc2622713bba0efc547e
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Cited by 17 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Veh. Code, § 13000. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
Civil Code
Elections Code
Public Utilities Code
Vehicle Code
- Veh. Code, § 407Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 12801.9Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 13002Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 13002.1Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 13003Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 13005.3Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 13005.5Printed as Section 13000
- Veh. Code, § 14902Printed as Section 13000
Welfare and Institutions Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.