Topic 2 · Requirements and Process
A new California driver’s license is usually valid for how long?
- 5 years — correct answer
- 10 years
- 1 year
Why
A California license runs about five years, expiring on your birthday. Renew before it lapses — driving on an expired license is a citable offense.
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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