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The record
- Jurisdiction
- California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles) · California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Cal. Veh. Code sec. 1651; the December 2020 Regional Stay at Home Order framework
- Issued
- 2020-12-29 Dec. 29, 2020
- Effective
- Suspension from mid-December 2020 (previously through January 4, 2021) (read as 2021-01-04)
- End
- 2021-01-11 (at least) (read as 2021-01-11)
- In force
- Jan. 4, 2021 to Jan. 11, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- applicants for driver licenses
- commercial driver license applicants
- driving schools
- Functions reached
- HR driver and CDL credentialing (no road tests; new drivers and commercial applicants delayed)
- WF workforce (trucking, delivery, driving-school employers)
- CB
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State motor-vehicle offices, secretaries of state and recorders AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS
Operative words
The California Department of Motor Vehicles will continue its temporary suspension of behind-the-wheel driving tests until at least January 11. The DMV previously suspended the tests through January 4. The DMV is taking this step for the health and safety of customers and... Customers with scheduled appointments through January 11 will be notified their tests are postponed.
Enforcement
Agency suspension of the statutory examination
Notes
The winter-surge suspension reached driving schools, trucking employers hiring new CDL drivers and delivery fleets.