{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-12501","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 12501","heading":"","body":"The following persons are not required to obtain a driver’s license:\n(a) An officer or employee of the United States, while operating a motor vehicle owned or controlled by the United States on the business of the United States, except when the motor vehicle being operated is a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 15210.\n(b) Any person while driving or operating implements of husbandry incidentally operated or moved over a highway, except as provided in Section 36300 or 36305.\n(c) Any person driving or operating an off-highway motor vehicle subject to identification, as defined in Section 38012, while driving or operating such motor vehicle as provided in Section 38025. Nothing in this subdivision authorizes operation of a motor vehicle by a person without a valid driver’s license upon any offstreet parking facility, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 12500.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 6. DRIVERS' LICENSES [12500. - 15326.]","CHAPTER 1. Issuance of Licenses, Expiration, and Renewal [12500. - 13020.]","ARTICLE 1. Persons Required to Be Licensed, Exemptions, and Age Limits [12500. - 12527.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"362e5eb7324986ed01442ca42eaa47b33b18523453e5a1f135de376bedf27437","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-12500","next":"us-ca/veh-12502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}