2012 California Codes
VEH - Vehicle Code
DIVISION 6 - DRIVERS' LICENSES [12500 - 15325]
CHAPTER 1 - Issuance of Licenses, Expiration,and Renewal
ARTICLE 1 - Persons Required to Be Licensed, Exemptions, and Age Limits
Section 12501


CA Veh Code § 12501 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
  

The following persons are not required to obtain a driver’s license:

(a) An officer or employee of the United States, while operating a motor vehicle owned or controlled by the United States on the business of the United States, except when the motor vehicle being operated is a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 15210.

(b) Any person while driving or operating implements of husbandry incidentally operated or moved over a highway, except as provided in Section 36300 or 36305.

(c) Any person driving or operating an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, as defined in Section 38012, while driving or operating such motor vehicle as provided in Section 38025. Nothing in this subdivision authorizes operation of a motor vehicle by a person without a valid driver’s license upon any offstreet parking facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 12500.

(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1360, Sec. 10.)

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