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        GENERAL LICENSING                   has a valid license issued by his or her home   sion proof of payment of such tuition paid
        INFORMATION                         state. This includes their spouse or dependent   for the current or immediately preceding
                                                                                period of enrollment.
                                            son or daughter who has a valid license is-
                                            sued by their home state;
        This Section Covers               •  Any person who is on active duty in the  Applicants under age 18 —
                                            armed forces of the United States and who  automobile or motorcycle
                                               in his or her immediate possession a valid
        Requirement to Obtain a             has



        Georgia Driver’s License .......................................   4   license issued in a foreign country by the   In addition to   the requirements listed above,

        Applicants under age 18   ....................................... 4   armed forces of the United States. However,  applicants under 18 years of age must present
                                            this license will only be accepted for a period
                                                                             proof of the following:
        Previous License, Instructional Permits,     of not more than 45 days from the date of his
        or Identification Cards...........................................   4   or her return to the United States;  •  All applicants under 18 years of age must have
                                                                              a parent, legal guardian or responsible adult
        Vision Requirements   ..............................................4   • Any person temporarily driving or operat-  present to sign the application and complete
        Classes of Licenses ...............................................   5   ing a farm tractor or farm equipment on a    a Responsible Adult Affidavit;
                                            highway for the purpose of conducting farm

        Fees/Forms of Payment ........................................   5   business;   •  Completion of Alcohol and Drug Awareness
        License Restrictions...................................5  •  Any  member  of  the  reserve  components  of    Program (ADAP);
        Expired License ......................................................   6   the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States  who  is    • Satisfaction of school enrollment; see page
                                                                              30 for requirements;

        Carrying and Displaying             operating  a  motor  vehicle  owned  by  or  leased       •  For a Class D license or for a Class M In-
                                                       States
                                                           government.  However,  the
                                            to
                                               the  United
        Your License ...........................................................   6

                                            motor  vehicle  must  be  operated  in  accordance    structional Permit (MP) at age 16
                                                                                                        or  age
                                                                                 proof of completion of a DDS approved
        Real ID Documentation Requirements.............  6   with  the  duties  of  the  person  as  a  member  of    17
                                            the  reserve  components  of  the  armed  forces;  driver education
                                                                                           program  plus  evidence of
                                          •  Any person seeking to obtain a driver’s li-  at least forty (40) hours of supervised
                                            cense while he or she is taking the driving   driving, six of which must be at night.
                                            examination to obtain a license. This person   Additional       these require-
                                                                                       details concerning
                                            must be accompanied by a
                                                                Responsibile
                                                                          at
                                            Adult with a valid driver's license and be   ments can be found on pages 30-32 of this man-
                                            least 21 years of age or a certified driver   ual or on our website at dds.georgia.gov.

                                                    or agent of the department;
        Requirement to obtain a             examiner
        Georgia Driver’s License          •  Any migrant farm worker who works in this   Previous Licenses,
                                            state less than 90 days in any calendar year   Instructional Permits   or
                                                who possesses a valid driver’s license

          Georgia law requires that any person want-  and                     Identifcation Cards
        ing   to operate a motor vehicle on the roadways   issued by another state;
        of   this state obtain a Georgia driver’s license or   •  Any resident who is 15 years of age or over
        permit within 30 days of becoming a resident.   while  taking  actual  in-car  training  in  a
        A   person meeting at least one of the following   non-commercial training vehicle and while   In most cases, when applying for renewal,
        criteria is considered a Georgia resident accord-  under the direct personal supervision of a   replacement or transfer of any license, instruc-
        ing to Georgia law (O.C.G.A. §40-5-1):   DDS-licensed driving instructor. A driving   tional permit, or identification card (ID Card)
                                                                             previously issued in Georgia or any other state
        •  A  person  who  has  a  permanent  home  or  instructor must test the eyesight of any un-  or foreign jurisdiction, customers must surren-
                                                   person who will be receiving actual
          abode  in  Georgia  and,  when  absent,  has  the    licensed                 der, the previously-issued license/permit/ID
          intent of                         in-car training prior to the training, and the   to DDS. In some cases, surrender of all valid
                   returning;
                                            person must meet the vision requirements
        •  A  person  who  accepts  employment  or  en-  listed on page 8 of this manual;  licenses/permits/ID cards will be required.
                                                                              Most  non-citizen  customers  with  a  valid
          gages  in  any  trade  or  occupation  in  Georgia                 out of country driver’s license, permit, or ID,
          or  who  enters  his/her  children  in  school;    •  Any  person  who  is  operating  a  personal  may retain their out of country document upon
                                                          vehicle on any  roadway
        •  Any  person  that  has  been  in  the  state  for  30    transportation               issuance  of  a  Georgia-equivalent  document.
          days  or  more.                   publicly  maintained  for  the  use  of  personal    U.S. citizens will not be allowed to retain any
                                            transportation  vehicles  only,  or  when  cross-  licenses, permits, or identification cards issued
        Not  required  to  obtain  a  Georgia  ing  a  street  or  highway  used  by  other  types    to them by foreign countries.
        Driver’s                            of  motor  vehicles  at  a  location  designated  for
                 License/Permit
                                            such  crossing  by  a  motorized  cart;
        •  Any  employee  of  the  United  States  govern-  •  A  nonresident  of  Georgia  who  is  attending    Vision Requirements
          ment  who  is                     a  school  in  this  state,  as  long  as:
                    operating  a  motor  vehicle  owned
                                                                              Customers for initial issuance of a driver’s
          by  or  leased  to  the  United  States  government    a. He  or  she  is  at  least  16  years  of  age  and  has   license must
          or  that  is  being  operated  on  official  business.    in  his  or  her  immediate  possession  a  valid     demonstrate the ability to meet



          This  exemption  does  not  apply  if  the  em-  license  issued  to  him  or  her  in  his  or  her    minimum  vision  requirements.  The
                                                                                     acceptable  vision  for  a  non-
          ployee  is  required  by  the  United  States  gov-  home  state  or  country  and  a  valid  inter-  minimum

                                                                                            is  20/60 in one eye, with or
          ernment  or  any  agency  of  the  United  States    national  driving  permit  if  the  license  is  in    commercial license
                                                                                              and a horizontal field
                                                                            without

                                                                                  corrective enses,


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          Government  to  have  a  state  driver’s  license;  a  language  other  than  English;  provided,   of vision of at least 140 de-grees. If you are








        •  A  nonresident  who  is  at  least  16  years  of  age    however,   that   any   restrictions   which  would   unable  to  pass  the  vision  screen-ing





          and  who  has  in  his  or  her  immediate  posses-  apply          l
                                                    to  a Georgia  driver’s icense apply   administered at the DDS Customer Service
          sion  a  valid  license  issued  to  him  or  her  in    to  the  privileges  given  to  this  person;  and  Center, you will be given a Vision Report Form
          his  or  her  home  state  or  country.  However,    b. He  or  she  is  currently  enrolled  or  was  en-  (DS-274) which must be completed by a licensed
          any  restrictions  that  would  apply  to  a  Georgia    rolled  during  the  immediately  preceding    optometrist or opthalmologist and submitted to
          driver’s   license      a  matter      law   would   apply    period  of  enrollment  in  a  school  in  this    DDS. The completed form will be evaluated to
                            of
                    as
          to  any  person  who  has  an  out-of-state  license.  state,  has  paid  the  tuition  charged  by  the   determine if you are eligible to obtain a driver’s
                                              school  to  nonresidents  of  Georgia  for  the   license. This form may also be used to document
        •  A  nonresident  who  is  on  active  duty  in  the    current  or  immediately  preceding  period
                                                                                                       is
          armed  forces  of  the  United  States  if  he  or  she  of  enrollment,  and  has  i  the need  for bioptic  lenses  for driving and    avail-
                                                                  n his  or  her  posses-
                                                                            able on our website, dds.georgia.gov.
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