Legal Opinion
Valov v. Department of Motor Vehicles
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 20, 2005No. B175665PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KRIEGLER, J.
We address appellant Jack Peter Valov’s claim that respondent Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) violated his right to the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 4 of the California Constitution when it refused to exempt him from state law requiring that driver’s licenses “shall bear a fullface engraved picture or photograph of the licensee.” (Veh. Code, §§ 12800.5, subd. (a), 12811, subd. (a)(1)(A) [prescribing that a driver’s license shall contain, among other things, “a brief description and engraved…
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