Section 16.10 - Residency(a) For all licenses issued under sections 16.04 and 16.06, applicants must submit one of the documents listed in subsection (c) to verify the applicant's residence address as set forth in the application as his or her true California residence address. With the exception of subsections (c) 17 and (c) 18, the document must list the applicant's first and last name and the California residence address must match the mailing address listed on the driver license application.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a parent, legal guardian, or child may use a birth certificate and a spouse or domestic partner may use a marriage license or domestic partner registration certificate to trace his or her relationship to the individual to whom a residency document listed in subsection (c) has been addressed.(c) Acceptable residency documents are: (1) Rental or lease agreements with the signatures of the owner/landlord and the tenant/resident.(2) Deeds or titles to residential real property.(4) Home utility bills including cellular phone bills.(5) School documents as defined in Section 16.06(a)(1).(7) Employment documents.(8) Faith based documents that include the name and address of the issuing organization.(9) Insurance documents, including medical, dental, vision, life, home, rental and vehicle.(10) Internal Revenue Service or California Franchise Tax Board tax returns.(11) California Certificates of Vehicle or Vessel Titles or registrations.(12) California driver's licenses or identification cards.(13) Change of Address Confirmations by the United States Postal Service (Form CNL 107).(14) Documents issued by a government within the United States or the United States government.(15) A property tax bill or statement.(16) Records of a financial institution. For the purposes of this section the term "financial institution" means any state or national banks, state or federal savings associations, trust companies, industrial loan companies, state or federal credit unions, and any institution or entity that has issued a credit card.(17) Court documents that list the applicant as a resident of California.(18) A letter, on letterhead from a homeless shelter, a shelter for abused women, a nonprofit entity, a faith based organization, an employer, or a government within the United States attesting that the applicant resides in California.(d) The department may determine additional documents that will assist in verifying an applicant's true California residence address on a case-by-case basis.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 16.10
1. New section filed 12-1-2014 as an emergency; operative 1-1-2015 (Register 2014, No. 49). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-30-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-1-2014 order, including amendment of subsection (a) and repealer and new subsection (c)(14), transmitted to OAL 5-7-2015 and filed 6-19-2015; amendments effective 6-19-2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 25). Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 12801.9(b), Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 12800.7 and 12801.9, Vehicle Code.
1. New section filed 12-1-2014 as an emergency; operative 1/1/2015 (Register 2014, No. 49). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-30-2015 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-1-2014 order, including amendment of subsection (a) and repealer and new subsection (c)(14), transmitted to OAL 5-7-2015 and filed 6-19-2015; amendments effective 6-19-2015 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2015, No. 25).