Utah driver's license requirements, step by step

The steps for a first Utah license

1. Get a learner permit: book an appointment, bring your documents, pass the eye test and the 50-question written test, and pay $19.
2. Take driver education if you're 15 to 18. At 19 or older it's optional, but it shortens your permit time.
3. Practice for 40 hours, 10 after sunset, and hold the permit for the time your age needs.
4. Pass the online Traffic Safety and Trends Exam with 100%.
5. Pass the driving skills test at a division office, in your driver ed course or with a third-party tester.
6. Go to your license appointment, have your photo taken and pay the license fee. You'll get a temporary license that day and the card in about 4 to 6 weeks.

What are the Utah driver's license requirements by age?

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What is a Class D license in Utah?

Class D is Utah's regular license for cars, pickups and other personal vehicles up to 26,000 pounds. Anything bigger, or a vehicle for 16 or more people, needs a commercial Class A, B or C license. A motorcycle needs an M endorsement added to your Class D.

What is a provisional license in Utah?

Anyone under 21 gets a provisional Class D license. It lets you drive the same vehicles as a regular license, but it comes with a lower point limit, 70 points in three years instead of 200, and it expires after five years instead of eight. Until 18 you also can't drive from midnight to 5 a.m. without a licensed driver 21 or older, and for your first six months you can carry only family.

Moving to Utah with a license

If you're licensed in another state or country, you take the 25-question open-book test instead of the 50-question one, and you skip the Trends Exam. You may still be asked to take a road test. You hand in your old U.S. license when you apply. Visitors with a valid license can drive in Utah for up to six months, but an out-of-state learner permit isn't valid for driving in Utah.

Three kinds of Class D license

U.S. citizens and permanent residents get a regular license. Other people with verified lawful presence get a limited-term license. People who can't show lawful presence may get a driving privilege card, which lets them drive but isn't ID.