Section 13002 Of Article 5. Identification Cards From California Vehicle Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 5.
13002
. (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 10th 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 10th birthday of the applicant following expiration of
the senior citizen identification card renewed, unless surrendered
earlier. The department shall, at the end of 10 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.