§17B-2-5. Qualifications, Issuance and Fee for Instruction Permits
(a) Any person who is at least 15 years of age may apply to the division for an instruction permit. However, any person who has not attained the age of 18 shall comply with the provisions of 17B-2-3a of this code. The division may, in its discretion, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts […]
§17B-2-5a. Training, Certification and Monitoring of License Examiners
(a) The commissioner shall train, certify and monitor those employees of the Division of Motor Vehicles designated by the commissioner as license examiners regarding the administration of licensing application and testing procedures for the purpose of ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. (b) In order to determine an applicant's suitability for employment, the commissioner […]
§17B-2-6. Application for License or Instruction Permit; Fee to Accompany Application
(a) Every application for an instruction permit or for a driver’s license shall be made upon a form furnished by the division. Every application shall be accompanied by the proper fee and payment of the fee entitles an applicant under the age of eighteen to not more than two attempts at the written test or […]
§17B-2-6a. Voluntary Contribution to State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund
(a) Each person applying for the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license under this article, when paying the fee therefor may voluntarily contribute an additional amount to the State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund established in §15-2-24d of this code by designating the additional amount on the form provided by the Division of Motor Vehicles. […]
§17B-2-7. Examination of Applicants
(a) Upon the presentment of the applicants certified copy of the birth certificate issued by a state or other governmental entity responsible for vital records or a valid and unexpired passport issued by the United States government, as evidence that the applicant is of lawful age and verifiable identity, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall […]
§17B-2-7a. Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board
(a) The Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board is hereby continued. The board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of three years, commencing July 1, 2018: Provided, That as to the members first appointed, two shall be appointed for a […]
§17B-2-7b. Separate Examination and Endorsement for a License Valid for Operation of Motorcycle
(a) The State Police shall administer a separate motorcycle examination for applicants for a license valid for operation of a motorcycle. On and after July 1, 2000, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall administer the examination provided for in this section. Any applicant for a license valid for operation of a motorcycle shall be required […]
§17B-2-7c. Motorcycle License Examination Fund
On and after July 1, 2007, any unexpended balance remaining in the Motorcycle License Examination Fund heretofore created shall be transferred to the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund created under the provisions of section twenty-one, article two, chapter seventeen-a of this code. The fund shall include all moneys received from fees collected for motorcycle instruction permits […]
§17B-2-8. Issuance and Contents of Licenses; Fees
(a) The division shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant qualifying therefor a drivers license, which shall indicate the type or general class or classes of vehicle or vehicles the licensee may operate in accordance with this chapter or Chapter 17E of this code, or motorcycle-only license. Each license shall contain […]
§17B-2-1b. Transfer of Driver's Licensing Examination Function
(a) Effective July 1, 1999, the responsibility for driver's licensing examinations and civilian employees of the West Virginia state police whose primary governmental duties as of June 30, 1999, involve the examination of applicants for instruction permits and driver's licenses shall be transferred from the West Virginia state police to the Division of Motor Vehicles. […]