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Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 7 - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAWS
CHAPTER 2 - Suspensions Following Unsatisfied Judgments
ARTICLE 2 - Suspension of Driving Privilege
Section 16370.
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CA Veh Code § 16370 (2025)
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16370. The department shall suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle upon receiving a certified copy of a judgment, or a certified copy of the register of actions (or a comparable court record of another jurisdiction) in an action resulting in a judgment for damages, and a certificate of facts relative to the judgment, on a form provided by the department, indicating that the person has failed for a period of 30 days to satisfy a judgment rendered against him or her.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 44, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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