Licensing, insurance and the law
You move to a new home within California. Within how many days must you notify DMV of your new address?
- Within 10 days. Correct answer
- Within 20 days.
- Within 30 days.
Why
DMV uses your address of record for renewal notices and legal notices, and keeping it current is your responsibility: report a move within ten days, online or by mail. You do not automatically receive a new license card when you change your address; you can request a replacement for a fee. Twenty days is a real deadline in the handbook, but it belongs to registering a vehicle you bring from another state once you become a resident or take a job here. Thirty days is not a deadline the handbook sets at all. The other numbers nearby: five days to tell DMV you sold or transferred a vehicle, and ten days to put a vehicle you bought into your own name. Ten is the address deadline.
Where this comes from
California Driver's Handbook, June 2025 edition. The correct answer is Within 10 days.
- Section 4. Changing, Replacing, and Renewing Your Driver's License › Change Your Address, page 8
- Section 11. Vehicle Registration Requirements › Buying or Selling a Vehicle, page 79
- Section 11. Vehicle Registration Requirements › Out-of-State Vehicles, page 79
- Section 13. Seniors and Driving › Driver's License Renewal, page 82
The rule behind this one
License, points and insurance in California goes through the whole topic, with the page of the California Driver's Handbook behind every rule.
More on licensing, insurance and the law
- What is the minimum liability insurance coverage California requires for property damage?
- You are in a collision in which another driver is injured. Within what time must a report be made to law enforcement?
- You are 17 and applying for your first driver's license. How much supervised practice driving do you need, and with whom?
- How many attempts do you get at the knowledge test before you must reapply, and how long must a minor wait after failing one?