Licensing Requirements
Permit
- $1 issuance fee
- Successful completion of
eye exam
- Successful completion of knowledge exam
- Successful completion of
skill exam
- Valid for 1 year
License
- $13 endorsement fee ($5 for those with a regular driver’s license)
- Rider must be 16 with or without successful completion of a rider education program.
- Motorcycle endorsement must be renewed every 4 years.
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Operator Licensing (1999 Data)
Testing and Training Responsibilities
- Testing agency: Highway Patrol
- Third-party testing: No
- Agency responsible for training examiners: N/A
Knowledge and Skills Tests Used
- Knowledge test used: Local
- Primary skills test used: Motorcyclist In-Traffic Test (MIT)
- Secondary skills test used: Local on-street
Incentives
- Rider education waiver: None
- Reciprocity for rider education completed in
another State: N/A
- Reciprocal license waivers: Yes
Operator and Vehicle Characteristics
- Motorcycle operators licensed: 54,804
- Registered motorcycles: 20,226
- New motorcycle licenses/endorsements issued in 2001: N/A
- Operators licensed through rider education in 2001: N/A
- Operators licensing without rider education: N/A
- Operators without license or proper endorsement: N/A
Motorcyclist Licensing System
- Graduated licensing: None
- Tiered licensing: None
Public Information and Education
- Operator’s manual used: Motorcycle Operator’s Manual
- Annual budget for public information and education: None
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