Section 12814.5 Of Article 3. Issuance And Renewal Of Licenses From California Vehicle Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
12814.5
. (a) The director may establish a program to evaluate the
traffic safety and other effects of renewing driver's licenses by
mail. Pursuant to that program, the department may renew by mail
driver's licenses for licensees not holding a probationary license,
and whose records, for the two years immediately preceding the
determination of eligibility for the renewal, show no notification of
a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 40509, a total violation
point count not greater than one as determined in accordance with
Section 12810, no suspension of the driving privilege pursuant to
Section 13353.2, and no refusal to submit to or complete chemical
testing pursuant to Section 13353 or 13353.1.
(b) The director may terminate the renewal by mail program
authorized by this section at any time the department determines that
the program has an adverse impact on traffic safety.
(c) No renewal by mail shall be granted to any person who is 70
years of age or older.
(d) The department shall notify each licensee granted a renewal by
mail pursuant to this section of major changes to the Vehicle Code
affecting traffic laws occurring during the prior five-year period.
(e) The department shall not renew a driver's license by mail if
the license has been previously renewed by mail two consecutive times
for five-year periods.