{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-12804.15","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 12804.15","heading":"","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 362, for purposes of this section “house car” means a vehicle described in subdivision (b) of Section 12804.10.\n(b) (1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), no person may operate a house car unless that person has in his or her possession a valid driver’s license of the appropriate class and an endorsement thereto issued by the department to permit operation of the house car.\n(2) A nonresident may not operate a house car in this state unless that person is in possession of an out-of-state driver’s license authorizing the operation of that vehicle.\n(c) An endorsement to drive a house car may be issued only if the applicant meets all of the following conditions:\n(1) The applicant successfully completes an examination prescribed by the department to determine qualification for the endorsement.\n(2) Upon initial application and every two years thereafter, the applicant submits medical information on a form approved by the department to verify that the person meets the minimum medical requirements established by the department for operation of a house car.\n(3) Upon application for issuance of an original driver’s license or renewal driver’s license pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12804.10, there shall be paid to the department a fee of thirty-four dollars ($34) for a license that will expire on the applicant’s fifth birthday following the date of the application.\n(d) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke an endorsement to drive a house car when the applicant does not meet any requirement for the issuance or retention of the endorsement.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 6. DRIVERS' LICENSES [12500. - 15326.]","CHAPTER 1. Issuance of Licenses, Expiration, and Renewal [12500. - 13020.]","ARTICLE 3. Issuance and Renewal of Licenses [12800. - 12819.]"],"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":"0fc511c5835bd1c3ab21dc4ba31db8c2efbe07c39c8b591f670d390a6ccff19b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-12804.14","next":"us-ca/veh-12805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}