<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is the state agency that registers motor vehicles and boats and issues driver's licenses in the U.S. state of California . It regulates new car dealers (through the New Motor Vehicle Board), commercial cargo carriers, private driving schools, and private traffic schools . The DMV works with the Superior Courts of California to promptly record convictions against drivers' licenses and subsequently suspends or revokes licenses when a driver accumulates too many convictions (as measured by a point - based system). It issues California license plates and driver's licenses . The DMV also issues identification cards to people who are ineligible for, or do not wish to have, a driver's license . </P> <P> The DMV is part of the California State Transportation Agency . It is headquartered in Sacramento and operates local offices in nearly every part of the state . As of December 2011, the DMV employed over 8,800 people--36% at headquarters and 64% at 169 field offices (and various other locations). Also, as of December 2011, it maintained records for 26,913,515 persons, 30,320,613 driver's licenses and / or identification cards (there is overlap as some persons can and do hold both documents), and 31,802,483 vehicles . As of 2010, California has 23,753,441 licensed drivers . </P>

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