California Code of Civil Procedure  >   Code Civ Proc. §116.870. Suspending Judgment Debtor’s Driving Privileges for Failing to Satisfy Judgment

(a)   Sections 16250 to 16381, inclusive, of the Vehicle Code, regarding the suspension of the judgment debtor’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle for failing to satisfy a judgment, apply if the judgment (1) was for damage to property in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or for bodily injury to, or death of, a person in any amount, and (2) resulted from the operation of a motor vehicle upon a California highway by the defendant, or by any other person for whose conduct the defendant was liable, unless the liability resulted from the defendant’s signing the application of a minor for a driver’s license.

(b)   This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017. [2015]