A driver applies more than 90 days after the license expired. How does section 12816(b) treat the application and fee?CVC 12816(b)
A driver gets a duplicate license and later finds the lost original. What does section 12815(a) require?CVC 12815(a)
A driver receives a duplicate license after a change of address. What happens to the license with the prior mailing address?CVC 12815(c)
A failure to appear on a citation for which act is a ground to refuse renewal under section 12809(h)?CVC 12809(h)
A hearing decision takes effect no sooner than how many days after the notice of decision is mailed?CVC 14105(a)
A license from another state was revoked for a traffic conviction. Section 12805(a)(8) bars a California license until the revocation ends or how long after it began, whichever comes first?CVC 12805(a)(8)
A license held by a person in the United States Armed Forces stays in force for up to how many days after honorable separation or return to California, whichever is earlier?CVC 12817(a)
A licensee fails to appear for a re-examination required under section 13801. What may the department do?CVC 13801
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Renewal, reexamination and hearings, continued
A licensee is outside California when the license expires. For how long may the director extend the license under section 12814(a)?CVC 12814(a)
A person is handed a notice of reexamination. Within how many working days after the department receives the notice must the person request the reexamination?CVC 12819
A refusal of which test within the record period bars renewal by mail under section 12814.5(a)?CVC 12814.5(a)
A refusal to issue or renew under section 12809(f) can last at most how long from the date of conviction?CVC 12809(f)
A renewal applicant also holds a valid driver's license from a foreign jurisdiction. What does section 12805(a)(6) require?CVC 12805(a)(6)
A renewal runs to the fifth birthday after the old license expires when the application is made no more than how long before that expiration?CVC 12816(b)
A senior citizen identification card expires on which birthday of the applicant after the application?CVC 13002(b)
After a 'cancellation' as section 13100 defines it, how soon may the person apply for a license?CVC 13100
After how many consecutive five-year renewals by mail must the next renewal not be by mail?CVC 12814.5(e)
After separation from the Armed Forces, what must the licensee carry with the license for it to be valid under section 12817(a)?CVC 12817(a)
At renewal the department may require an examination it finds appropriate considering which record of the licensee?CVC 12814(a)
Before renting out a motor vehicle, what must the person renting it out compare with the renter under section 14608(a)(2)?CVC 14608(a)(2)
Besides loss, destruction or mutilation, what event sends a licensee for a duplicate under section 12815(a)?CVC 12815(a)
California's section 14603 is one sentence long. What does it say about a restricted license?CVC 14603
The department accepts a renewal application made more than six months before the license expires. From what date is the fifth birthday counted?CVC 12816(c)
The department finds evidence that leads it to require an examination at renewal. What must it do with that evidence under section 12814(a)?CVC 12814(a)
The department proposes to refuse to renew a driver's license. What does section 13951 require it to do?CVC 13951
Does an application for a hearing stay the department's action under section 14100(b)?CVC 14100(b)
For section 14610, the words 'driver's license' also cover which document?CVC 14610(b)
From what age may a person apply for an identification card marked 'Senior Citizen'?CVC 13000(b)
How does the department notify a person that the driving privilege is suspended or revoked, where no notice was given in person?CVC 13106(a)
How far back does the department look at a licensee's record when it decides eligibility to renew by mail?CVC 12814.5(a)
How far may the testing of a renewing driver go, if the department uses its discretion under section 12814(a)?CVC 12814(a)
How many driver's licenses may a person have in their possession or control under section 12511?CVC 12511
In applying section 13800, what must the department give due consideration to?CVC 13802
In which case is a person not entitled to a hearing under section 14101?CVC 14101
Renewal by mail under section 12814.5 is not granted to a person of what age or older?CVC 12814.5(c)
Section 12502 lets a visitor use an out-of-state driver's license here. What age must the visitor have passed?CVC 12502
Section 12800.7(a) covers original, renewal and duplicate applications alike. What may be asked of the applicant?CVC 12800.7(a)
Section 12815(b) starts a clock once the department or a law enforcement agency says a license is mutilated. How many days does the holder have to surrender it?CVC 12815(b)
Section 12816(a) ends an original California driver's license on which birthday of the applicant, counted from the date of the application?CVC 12816(a)
Section 12816(b) keeps the renewal window open for a time past the expiration date printed on a California driver's license. How long?CVC 12816(b)
Section 12817(c) gives the same continuation to a license holder who is in which service?CVC 12817(c)
Section 13002(a) sets the term of an ordinary identification card. Which birthday following the application ends it?CVC 13002(a)
Section 13953 lets the department act first without a hearing. How long after written notice does such an order usually wait before it takes effect?CVC 13953
Section 14104 sets how far ahead a licensee is told the time and place of a hearing that has been granted. How far?CVC 14104
Section 14604(a) puts a duty on a California owner who hands the keys to someone else. What is the duty?CVC 14604(a)
Section 14606(a) ties hiring a driver to the class of the driver's license. What is the rule?CVC 14606(a)
Section 14607 forbids knowingly permitting an unlicensed child, ward or employee under what age to drive on the highways?CVC 14607
Section 21062 sets the time for the arresting officer to transmit a notice of reexamination. What is it?CVC 21062
Three or more accidents within what period let the department open an investigation of a licensee?CVC 13800(b)
To renew by mail, a licensee's record may show a total violation point count no greater than what number for the period checked?CVC 12814.5(a)
Under section 12814(a), can a licensee's age by itself count as evidence of a condition that calls for an examination of driving ability?CVC 12814(a)
Under section 14610(a)(7), a reproduction of a driver's license is unlawful when it is made in what manner?CVC 14610(a)(7)
What does section 12816(e) let the department do with the expiration date of a driver's license?CVC 12816(e)
What follows if the person does not request the reexamination in the time section 12819 allows?CVC 12819
What is the effect of not responding within 10 days to a notice given under the hearing chapter?CVC 14103
What must a notice of a hearing decision tell the person, under section 14105(a)?CVC 14105(a)
What must a person present with a request for reexamination under section 12818(a)?CVC 12818(a)
What must the department send to each licensee who is granted a renewal by mail?CVC 12814.5(d)
What statement must a notice of hearing include under section 14104?CVC 14104
When is a license 'mutilated' as section 12815(d) uses the word?CVC 12815(d)
When must a newly received license be signed, where it has a space for a signature?CVC 12950(a)
When the department itself requires a re-examination under section 13801, how many days' written notice of the time and place does it give?CVC 13801
Where does section 12814(a) say an application to renew a license is made, and by whom?CVC 12814(a)
Where the code gives the department discretion to suspend or revoke, what may it do instead under section 14250?CVC 14250
Which act with your own license does section 14610(a)(2) make unlawful?CVC 14610(a)(2)
Which conduct in taking a test lets the department refuse a license under section 12809(d)?CVC 12809(d)
Which finding about a license itself is a ground for investigation under section 13800(e)?CVC 13800(e)
Which license holder is left out of the renewal by mail program by section 12814.5(a)?CVC 12814.5(a)
Which reading ability does section 12805(a)(5) require of a person who is issued or renews a license?CVC 12805(a)(5)
Whose license does section 12817(b) also keep in force while a service member serves and both stay absent from California?CVC 12817(b)
Within how many days may a person who receives a notice under section 13950 or 13951 demand a hearing?CVC 14100(a)
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A conviction under section 23123(a) or 23123.5(a) carries a violation point only if it falls within how many months of a prior conviction for the same offense?CVC 12810.3
A conviction under which section adds no violation point, by section 12810.2(a)?CVC 12810.2(a)
A vehicle is disabled on a freeway closed to pedestrians. Where may its driver and passengers walk under section 21960(a)?CVC 21960(a)
A vehicle with tabs that expired last month is stopped for another Vehicle Code violation. May enforcement action be taken for the tabs?CVC 5204(a)(2)
California's section 21955(a) confines pedestrians to a crosswalk on a block that lies between which two adjacent intersections?CVC 21955(a)
Does section 21955(b) relieve a driver of the duty of due care for a pedestrian in the roadway?CVC 21955(b)(3)
During darkness, what marks the end of a load that projects far enough to need marking?CVC 24604(a)
Expired registration tabs alone are not a basis for enforcement action until when, under the rule operative from July 1, 2024?CVC 5204(a)(2)
How does section 21750(a), operative since September 16, 2014, tell a driver to overtake a vehicle going the same way?CVC 21750(a)
How wide may a projecting load be and still carry a single flag at the extreme rear?CVC 24604(b)
In daylight, what is the smallest flag or cloth allowed at the end of a load that needs marking?CVC 24604(a)
Outside a business or residence district, which edge of the roadway does a pedestrian normally walk close to?CVC 21956(a)
The point rule of section 12810.3 applies to violations that occur on or after which date?CVC 12810.3
Section 21956(b) names situations that move a walker to the right-hand edge. Which is one of them?CVC 21956(b)
Section 24604(a) measures a rear overhang from the taillamps. At what overhang does California call for lights or a flag at the end of the load?CVC 24604(a)
Since January 1, 2023, when may a peace officer stop a pedestrian for crossing outside a crosswalk in violation of section 21955(a)?CVC 21955(b)(1)
Until what date does section 5204 say its tab enforcement paragraph stays operative?CVC 5204(a)(2)(B)
When is a pedestrian barred from proceeding along a bicycle path or lane?CVC 21966(a)
When may a person on a bicycle travel straight through a lane marked for right or left turns only?CVC 22101(e)(1)
Where do current month and year tabs go on a passenger vehicle?CVC 5204(a)(1)
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A California driver is about to brake hard with another vehicle close behind. What does section 22109 call for first, when there is opportunity?CVC 22109
A driver has yielded at a stop sign as section 21802(a) requires and enters the intersection. What must other approaching drivers do?CVC 21802(b)
A driver nears a person riding a horse on the road. What does section 21759 require?CVC 21759
A golf cart may be operated on a highway only where the speed zone is no higher than what?CVC 21716
A passenger throws a can onto the highway while the registered owner rides along. What does section 23112(a) say of the owner?CVC 23112(a)
A person's load falls onto the street. What does section 23113(a) require of that person?CVC 23113(a)
A registered owner moves. What does section 4160 require on the registration card?CVC 4160
A service road runs beside a highway and is separated from it. Where may a driver cross between the two?CVC 21652
A sign limits parking to one hour. How long may a vehicle with disabled person plates stay under section 22511.5(a)(1)?CVC 22511.5(a)(1)
A speed under the limit is lawful under section 22351(a) unless what is clearly proved?CVC 22351(a)
A vehicle is found abandoned. Who is presumed responsible under section 22524(a)?CVC 22524(a)
A vehicle shows a disabled person placard. What does section 22511.5(a)(2) allow at a parking meter?CVC 22511.5(a)(2)
An accident causes a death and no officer is at the scene. Where does the driver report it without delay?CVC 20004
An unsafe or unsafely loaded vehicle is barred from California roads by section 24002(a) when it also presents what?CVC 24002(a)
Another crosswalk may also be marked yellow if its nearest point is no more than how far from a school building or grounds?CVC 21368
California's section 21659 bars a vehicle at all times from which lane of a two-way roadway that is divided into three lanes?CVC 21659
California's section 21660 applies where a roadway is not divided into traffic lanes. What share of the main traveled portion does each oncoming driver leave to the other?CVC 21660
California's section 22106 sets one test for pulling out from a parked position and for backing on a highway. What is the test?CVC 22106
California's section 22516 concerns a locked car and a person inside it. When is locking it unlawful?CVC 22516
Does section 23111 cover a cigarette that is not lit when it is thrown from a vehicle?CVC 23111
For how long does section 21803(a) keep a California driver waiting at a yield right-of-way sign?CVC 21803(a)
How does California treat a disabled person placard issued by a foreign jurisdiction?CVC 22511.5(b)
How must license plates be fastened and kept under section 5201(a)?CVC 5201(a)
In what condition must required lighting equipment on a vehicle be kept?CVC 24252(a)(1)
The nearest intersection is far from an emergency that a fire department is working. Within how many feet of the emergency may other vehicles not be operated?CVC 21707
Other drivers must yield to an emergency vehicle using its siren. What duty does section 21807 keep on the emergency vehicle's driver?CVC 21807
Section 20010 passes the duty to report an accident to someone else when the California driver is physically incapable. To whom?CVC 20010
Section 21650(c) excuses a California driver from the keep-right rule during which kind of work?CVC 21650(c)
Section 21700 concerns cargo and front-seat passengers. When do they make driving unlawful in California?CVC 21700
Section 21754(a) names a movement by the vehicle ahead that opens its right side for passing in California. Which movement?CVC 21754(a)
Section 21802 covers a stop sign at the entrance to an intersection. Once stopped, a California driver gives the right-of-way to which vehicles?CVC 21802(a)
Section 22504(a) applies in unincorporated areas of California. A vehicle left on the roadway there must be visible from what distance up and down the highway?CVC 22504(a)
Section 22523(c) sets a floor under the fine when a vehicle is abandoned in California. What is the floor?CVC 22523(c)
Section 23115(a) names garbage, used cans and bottles, wastepaper, ashes and rubbish. What must be done with such a load in California?CVC 23115(a)
Signs that close a marked trail or bicycle path to unauthorized motor vehicles stand at the entrances and exits and at intervals of no more than what distance?CVC 23127
Vending to drivers is barred on a roadway or shoulder within how many feet of a freeway on ramp or off ramp?CVC 22520.5(a)(2)
What color marks a pedestrian crosswalk next to a school building or its grounds?CVC 21368
What does section 21465 forbid a person to display in view of a highway?CVC 21465
What is the highest fine for failing to exchange the information section 16025 requires after an accident?CVC 16025(b)
What is the lowest prima facie limit that may be declared for snow or ice conditions under section 22363?CVC 22363
What offense is throwing any substance at a vehicle or its occupant on a highway?CVC 23110(a)
What speed does section 22405(a) forbid on a bridge, elevated structure, tube or tunnel?CVC 22405(a)
When may pedestrians use a vehicular crossing such as a toll bridge?CVC 23331
Where does California's section 21957 bar a person from standing to solicit a ride?CVC 21957
Where may a driver enter a freeway that has full control of access and no crossings at grade?CVC 21664
Which devices does section 21461(a) make it unlawful for a driver to disobey?CVC 21461(a)
Which item must drivers exchange at an accident scene under section 16025(a)(2)?CVC 16025(a)(2)
Which section-21466 act is forbidden near a highway?CVC 21466
Which two things may escape from a moving vehicle's load without breaking section 23114(a)?CVC 23114(a)
Which vehicles may carry a device that changes a traffic signal's sequence?CVC 21464(b)
Who may carry a predominantly white cane on a highway or in a public place?CVC 21964
Whom does section 21701 exempt from its ban on interfering with a driver's control of the vehicle?CVC 21701
Without a special permit, a vehicle or load wider than how many inches is not allowed on a vehicular crossing?CVC 23330(c)
How this list was compiled: Questions: California Vehicle Code, read section by section on the California Legislature's own site (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes.xhtml) on 2026-10-04, Divisions 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12. Each amendment line quoted in an explanation is the one printed under the section that day (for example section 12814 as amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 82 (SB 169), effective July 13, 2026). Exam-format facts on the page (a renewal knowledge test of 25 questions, the eLearning course) come from the California DMV page https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-education-and-safety/special-interest-driver-guides/senior-drivers/ , read 2026-10-04; no question is written from it. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute text; nothing is copied from the California Driver's Handbook, the DMV sample tests, the eLearning course or another practice test.
How it works
This unofficial California license renewal practice test holds 144 original questions written from the California Vehicle Code as it read on October 4, 2026. Pick a subject under Start from, or press Exam mode for a scored set of 25.
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Who gives the CA DMV renewal test
The California Department of Motor Vehicles. Its Senior Drivers page, read October 4, 2026, says a driver aged 70 or older might not need a test and should check the renewal notice. An in-person written test for a renewal is 25 questions.
What this CA DMV practice test for seniors asks
Three topics: renewal, reexamination and hearing law; sections changed since 2013, each with its bill and date; and rules of the road. No question repeats our California permit bank.
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Section 12816(b): a renewal is applied for within six months before the license expires or within 90 days after.
Section 12814.5(c): a renewal by mail shall not be granted to any person who is 70 years of age or older.
Each amended section in the second topic names the bill that changed it and the day the change took effect.
Questions and answers
Is this the California DMV renewal test?
No. The California Department of Motor Vehicles gives the knowledge test, and this is an unofficial practice bank. Its questions are written from the Vehicle Code on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, and none is copied from the department's tests or handbook.
Is there an 18 question DMV renewal test?
Not on the department's Senior Drivers page as read on October 4, 2026. It says a renewal written test is 25 questions. Exam mode here draws 25 and shows no pass mark, because that page gives none.
What is the California driving test for seniors at renewal?
The department's page describes a knowledge test, where the renewal notice asks for one. It lists two ways: an eLearning course of seven short sections with quizzes, or the 25 question written test at an office. This page practices Vehicle Code questions only.
Is this California DMV senior practice test printable?
Yes. After a round, press Print, then Add all for a full test on paper. The department's page says its own English written test may be requested in larger print at an office.
Does it cover the DMV re-examination written test?
Only the law around it. The first topic asks about notices of reexamination and hearings under sections 12818, 13800 to 13802, 14100 to 14105 and 21062. The department decides what a reexamination contains, and this page does not describe it.