49-301. DRIVERS TO BE LICENSED. (1) No person, except those expressly exempted by the provisions of this chapter, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway unless the person has a current and valid Idaho driver’s license. Provided however, that those persons holding a restricted school attendance driving permit may drive upon a highway pursuant […]
49-302. WHAT PERSONS ARE EXEMPT FROM LICENSE. The following persons are exempt from licensing if driving privileges are not suspended, canceled, revoked, disqualified, denied or refused: (1) Any person while driving or operating any farm tractor or implement of husbandry when incidentally operated on a highway. (2) Farmers are exempt from obtaining a class A, […]
49-303. WHICH PERSONS SHALL NOT BE LICENSED. The department shall not issue any driver’s license, any instruction permit, privileges or right to drive and if issued, may revoke or cancel the driver’s license of a person who: (1) As an operator of a vehicle requiring a class D driver’s license, is under the age of […]
49-303A. DRIVER’S LICENSE OR PERMITS ISSUED TO CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS. (1) Attendance requirements. The department may issue a driver’s license, a class D driver’s training instruction permit, a class D supervised instruction permit, or a class D instruction permit to a minor younger than eighteen (18) years of age if, […]
49-304. MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT. The department shall issue a motorcycle "M" endorsement on a driver’s license to applicants who complete the requirements to operate a motorcycle. (1) No person may operate a motorcycle upon a highway without a motorcycle "M" endorsement on a valid driver’s license. (2) Any person who applies for a driver’s license or […]
49-305. INSTRUCTION PERMITS — COMMERCIAL LEARNER’S PERMIT — TEMPORARY LICENSES — MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT INSTRUCTION PERMIT. (1) Upon passage of the required knowledge tests appropriate for the vehicle being operated, the department may issue a commercial learner’s permit for the type of vehicle(s) the person will be operating or a class D instruction permit for a […]
49-306. APPLICATION FOR DRIVER’S LICENSE, INSTRUCTION PERMIT, COMMERCIAL LEARNER’S PERMIT OR RESTRICTED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DRIVING PERMIT. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2023] (1) Every application for any instruction permit, restricted school attendance driving permit, or for a driver’s license shall be made upon a form furnished by the department and shall be verified by the applicant […]
49-307. CLASS D DRIVER’S TRAINING INSTRUCTION PERMIT — CLASS D SUPERVISED INSTRUCTION PERMIT — APPLICATION FOR A CLASS D DRIVER’S LICENSE — RESTRICTIONS ON CLASS D DRIVER’S LICENSE. (1) No enrollee of any class D driver’s training course shall be allowed to attend classes or participate in driving instruction unless he has obtained a class […]
49-307A. RESTRICTED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DRIVING PERMIT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter applying to licenses or permits, and notwithstanding the minimum age requirement for a driver training course specified in section 33-1703, Idaho Code, other than those provisions specifically applying to restricted school attendance driving permits: (1) The department may issue a restricted school […]
49-308. DRIVER TRAINING ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED. The driver training account is established in the office of the state treasury, which account is continuously appropriated for the purpose of driver training. All disbursements for driver training purposes made under certificate of the state board of education shall be made from the driver training account. History: [49-308, added […]
49-310. APPLICATIONS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS. (1) The application of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years for any class D instruction permit, restricted driver’s license, restricted school attendance driving permit, driver training instruction permit or driver’s license shall be signed and verified before a person authorized to administer […]
49-311. RELEASE FROM LIABILITY. Any person who has signed the application for a driver’s license of a person under the age of eighteen (18) years may file with the department a verified written request that the driver’s license so granted be cancelled and the department shall cancel the driver’s license. The person who signed the […]
49-312. DEATH OF PERSON SIGNING APPLICATION FOR PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE. The department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person(s) who signed the application of a person under the age of eighteen (18) years for a driver’s license, shall cancel the driver’s license and shall not issue a new […]
49-313. EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS. (1) The sheriff, his deputy or authorized agents of the department shall examine every applicant for an instruction permit, commercial learner’s permit, restricted school attendance driving permit, seasonal driver’s license, driver’s license or a motorcycle endorsement, except as otherwise provided by law. The examination shall include a vision screening and a […]
49-314. LOCAL EXAMINERS APPOINTED BY DEPARTMENT. (1) The department shall appoint the sheriff in each county and may appoint any deputy sheriff, chief of police, or other officials or private citizens whom the department deems qualified as examiners, who shall be agents of the department and shall perform duties prescribed in this title. (2) The […]
49-315. LICENSES ISSUED TO DRIVERS. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2023] (1) The department shall issue to every qualifying applicant a distinguishing driver’s license as applied for, which shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, the full name, date of birth, Idaho residence address, sex, weight, height, eye color, hair color, color photograph, name […]
49-316. DRIVER’S LICENSE TO BE CARRIED AND EXHIBITED ON DEMAND. Every licensee shall have his driver’s license in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall, upon demand, surrender the driver’s license into the hands of a peace officer for his inspection. However, no person charged with a violation of […]
49-317. RESTRICTED DRIVER’S LICENSES. (1) The department, upon issuing a driver’s license, shall have authority whenever good cause appears to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to: (a) The type of or special mechanical control devices required or not permitted on a motor vehicle which the licensee may operate; (b) Medical […]
49-318. DUPLICATE DRIVER LICENSES AND SUBSTITUTE PERMITS. (1) The holder of any instruction permit, class A, B, C or D, restricted school attendance driving permit, or seasonal driver’s license which is lost or destroyed, or a licensee whose name is legally changed, may apply for a duplicate driver’s license or substitute permit. A duplicate driver’s […]
49-319. EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF DRIVER’S LICENSE. (1) Every noncommercial Idaho driver’s license issued to a driver shall expire and be renewable as follows: (a) For drivers twenty-one (21) years of age or older, the driver’s license shall expire on the licensee’s birthday in the fourth year following the issuance of the driver’s license. (b) […]
