california car-title dmv
What should a person write in &quot;Driver license or ID card no&quot; if s/he doesn&#39;t have a driver&#39;s licence?
<p>Suppose that a new international student (S) in the US is looking to buy a car ASAP, but it may take few weeks before S can find free time to read and do the DMV test. But S has his or her own country's driver's license at the moment and has found a car to buy. S wants to purchase it before the seller sells it to another person.</p>
<p>There is a field on the back of the pink slip with the title &quot;Driver license or ID card no&quot;. As it has 8 spaces to fill it seems S can not write a SSN or visa number there because they have 9 characters. How should S fill this part?</p>
<p>Can S buy a car without having a California's driver's license?</p>
<p>If so, should S change this field in the future, after S gets a driver's license, to that number?</p>

<p><a href="https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/handbook/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2/transfers/basic-transfer-requirements/" rel="noreferrer">Here</a> is the technical manual: you want 11.015. It says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>New Registered Owner Section—The name, address, and driver license or
identification card (DL/ID) number for each new registered owner must
be entered on the appropriate lines.</p>
<p>If an owner has not been issued a California DL/ID card, their
out-of-state DL/ID number, if any, is acceptable. Print the
out-of-state DL/ID number and state of issuance in the upper-right
corner of the face document or application. The out-of-state DL/ID
number cannot be keyed, but will be microfilmed with the title.</p>
<p>The word “None” should be entered for persons who have not been issued
a DL/ID card from California or any other state.</p>
</blockquote>
