§ 162 License Status Certification

Business and Professions Code·California

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•If a government official says you had (or didn’t have) a license, certificate, or registration on a certain date, the court will usually believe them.
•If the official says your license was taken away or suspended, the court will usually believe that too.
•This makes it easier to prove in court whether someone was legally allowed to do something (like drive, work, or own a business).

Example

A person gets pulled over for driving without a license.

If the DMV sends a paper saying the person’s license was suspended on that day, the court will take that as proof unless the person can show it’s wrong.

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§ 162 License Status Certification

The certificate of the officer in charge of the records of any board in the department that any person was or was not on a specified date, or during a specified period of time, licensed, certified or registered under the provisions of law administered by the board, or that the license, certificate or registration of any person was revoked or under suspension, shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 355.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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certificate prima facie evidence licensed certified registered revoked suspended

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 162.

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