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A Code L restriction on your commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit (CLP) means you cannot operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) that has air brakes if the vehicle used during the road test was not equipped with air brakes. For the SCDMV to remove this restriction, you must do all of the following. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall place the restriction in the person’s records in the Department of Motor Vehicles. (b) The court shall include on the abstract of conviction or violation submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles under Section 1803 or 1816 the requirement and term for the use of a functioning, certified ignition. California Law. Code: Section: Keyword(s): Code Search Text Search. Up^ Back To TOC. SENTENCING FOR DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. Court-Imposed Penalties: Persons Less Than 21 Years Of Age. Surrender and Notification of License Restriction. Delayed Suspensions.

Driver License Classes

Class C DL –

You may drive a:
- 2-axle vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,000 pounds (lbs.) or less.
- 3-axle vehicle weighing 6,000 lbs. or less gross.
- Housecar 40 feet or less.
- 3-wheel motorcycle with 2 wheels located in the front or back.
- Vanpool vehicle designed to carry more than 10 persons, but no more than 15 persons including the driver.

A driver of a vanpool may operate with a Class C license but shall possess evidence of a medical examination required for a Class B license when operating vanpool vehicles. In the vanpool vehicle the driver must keep a statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that they have not been convicted of reckless driving, drunk driving, or hit-and-run in the last 5 years (CVC §12804.9(j)).

You may tow a:
- Single vehicle with a GVWR of 10,000 lbs. or less, including a tow dolly, if used.
With a vehicle weighing 4,000 lbs. or more unladen, you may tow a:
- Trailer coach or fifth-wheel travel trailer under 10,000 lbs. GVWR when towing is not for compensation.
- Fifth-wheel travel trailer exceeding 10,000 lbs. but under 15,000 lbs. GVWR, when towing is not for compensation, and with endorsement.
A farmer or employee of a farmer may drive:
- Any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of 26,000 lbs. or less, if used exclusively in agricultural operations and not for hire or compensation.

Class C licensees may not tow more than 1 vehicle.
A passenger vehicle, regardless of weight, may not tow more than 1 vehicle.
A motor vehicle under 4,000 lbs. unladen weight may not tow any vehicle weighing 6,000 lbs. or more gross (CVC §21715(b)).

Other classes of driver licenses/endorsements are:

California Driver's License Restriction Codes

Noncommercial Class A
Noncommercial Class B
Commercial Class A
Commercial Class B
Commercial Class C
Motorcycle Class M1
Motorcycle Class M2
Commercial endorsements:
- Doubles/Triples
- Hazardous Materials
- Passenger Transportation
- Tank Vehicle
Ambulance Driver Certificate
School Bus Endorsement
Tow Truck Driver Certificate
Verification of Transit Training Certificate
Farm Labor Vehicle Certificate
Firefighter Endorsement

Ca Dmv License Restriction Codes List

Commercially-licensed firefighters must submit a Medical Examination Report Form, (MER) MCSA-5875 and Medical Examiner’s Certificate Form, (MEC) MCSA-5876. Noncommercially licensed firefighters may submit a self-certifying Health Questionnaire (DL 546).